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Denny Hamlin won the Lipton Tea 250, his sixth victory in 97 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. Hamlin scorres his first victory at his ‘hometown’ track and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Richmond International Raceway.

This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races in 2008. He became the third different driver to win for Joe Gibbs Racing this season – all three have won at least one race in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Defending Richmond Winner Bowyer Arrives Atop Standings
JGR: Crew Chiefs Setting The Organization Apart in 2008
Series-Only Regulars Make Up Half Of Top 10

Bowyer Is Standings Leader, Defending Winner Coming To Richmond

It seems like Clint Bowyer (No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet) is getting all breaks this season.
Despite a 25th-place finish due to an early accident at Talladega Superspeedway — where he went in leading defending series champion Carl Edwards (No. 60 Scotts Ford) by nine points — Bowyer managed to increase that lead to 27 points thanks to Edwards’ first DNF of the season.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. (April 26, 2008) — Polesitter Tony Stewart held off a last-lap challenge from Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Saturday to claim his first victory at Talladega Superspeedway in any series.

“Boys, we won at Talladega!” Stewart shouted as he crossed the finish line in the Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race .302 second ahead of runner-up David Stremme. It was Stewart’s third NASCAR Nationwide win of the season.

Bobby Hamilton Jr. ran third, Jason Leffler fourth and Mark Green fifth, as Earnhardt dropped to sixth after Stewart repelled his last-ditch run on the final lap.

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BIRES EAGER FOR EXCITING TALLADEGA CHALLENGE

Kelly Bires is brimming with excitement ahead of the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama this weekend.

The Clorox driver’s enthusiasm for the close and fast brand of racing created by a restrictor plate race on a superspeedway is clear when you look at the results Bires has earned in just a short space of time on superspeedways.

This will be the third start on a superspeedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Bires, with 16th place at Daytona International Speedway last fall and a stunning 12th place in the 2008 season opener at Daytona in February.

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MEXICO CITY — Kyle Busch got on his radio and advised anyone who was listening that Scott Pruett would get dumped if he kept blocking Busch as they battled for the lead Sunday in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Pruett didn’t need to hear those words. He already had been there, done that.

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NASCAR Nationwide Series
Corona Mexico 200
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Qualifying Fast Facts

NASCAR Nationwide Series Pole Winner: Colin Braun
Age: 19
Team: No. 16 3M Ford
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Eddie Pardue

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ROAD COURSE GIVES AMBROSE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEG-UP IN NATIONWIDE SERIES

Marcos Ambrose sees his first road course race for 2008 as a chance to gain a ‘leg up’ in this year’s NASCAR Nationwide Series in the Mexico Corona 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City this weekend.

Ambrose currently lies 17th in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion. The 31-year-old, a two-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion, was eighth after eight races last season in his rookie year and Ambrose is determined and working hard on getting the momentum back into his 2008 assault.

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Kyle Busch gave fans of the NASCAR Nationwide Series a case of déjà vu as he scored a dominant victory for the second straight week.

After picking up his first win of the season in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series last Saturday at Texas, the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry driver staved off a determined challenge from Carl Edwards to win Friday night’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.

In a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race two laps beyond its scheduled 200 laps, Busch crossed the finish line .241 seconds ahead of Edwards. The victory was Busch’s 13th in the series and the fourth for Toyota this season. The 22-year-old led 133 laps on the evening.

Denny Hamlin ran third, followed by Kevin Harvick and David Ragan. Mike Bliss, Stephen Leicht, points leader Clint Bowyer, David Reutimann and David Stremme completed the top 10.

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NASCAR Nationwide Series
O’Reilly 300
Texas Motor Speedway
Fast Facts

Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 22
Team: No. 18 DLP HDTV Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Jason Ratliff

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NASCAR Nationwide Series Quals Fall Victim to Rains

Kevin Harvick (above) meets the media after being awarded the top starting spot in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly 300 race. Rain cancelled qualifying so per the rule book, the field is set by owner points.

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