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[align=center][align=center]Reutimann wins first Busch race [/align][/align][align=center]
Written byMCF `Space

Oct 27, 2007 at 05:20 PM
In a wreck filled Busch race at Memphis Motorsports Park, David Reutimann managed to survive with barely a scratch on his #99 machine and ends up in victory lane. Carl Edwards Busch Championship will have to wait, as he needed to finish 8th or better to clinch but ended up 25th. Speaking of the number 25, that is how many cautions there were shattering the previous record of 16.
http://www.finallapradio.com/images/...ut_memphis.jpg[/align][align=center]Here's how the top 10 stacks up...
1. David Reutimann
2. Mike Bliss
3. David Ragan
4. Marcos Ambrose (pole sitter)
5. Jason Leffler
6. Scott Wimmer
7. Jamie McMurray
8. Jason Keller
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Brian Keselowski

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"Rowdy" Busch takes CTS race [/align][align=center]
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Written by Administrator&`Space

Oct 27, 2007 at 04:58 PM

Race Recap: Kyle Busch Powers to Truck Series Win at Atlanta
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

http://www.finallapradio.com/UserFil..._busch_atl.jpg[/align][align=center]HAMPTON, Ga. (October 27, 2007) -- Kyle Busch held off Ron Hornaday Jr. in an eight-lap green-flag run to the finish Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway to win the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.

Less than one lap after the race's final restart on Lap 123, Busch powered from third to first, passing Hornaday for the lead at the start/finish line. In winning for the first time in eight starts this year -- and for the fifth time in his career -- Busch became the first repeat winner in the series at Atlanta.

Hornaday finished .971 seconds behind the race winner and regained the series points lead by four over Mike Skinner with three events left on the schedule. Johnny Benson recovered from a pit road speeding penalty to run third. Mark Martin was fourth, followed by Skinner, who restarted 17th after a pit stop on Lap 51 and worked his way back into the top five.

http://www.finallapradio.com/UserFil...1027em1950.jpg[/align][align=center][size=2][b]As Benson battled Hornaday for the lead moments after the Lap 123 restart, Busch moved to outside and charged past both competitors by the time he got back to the stripe.

"I just kept it up on the middle of the track, and Johnny gave me some room to the outside," Busch said. "Then I held it to the floor for (eight) laps."

The final 30 laps were interrupted by two cautions, the first of which saved Busch from coming to the pits under the green flag. The yellow flag flew on Lap 105, after a tap from Ted Musgrave sent Jack Sprague's No. 60 Toyota spinning into the inside wall on the backstretch.

The caution was serendipitous for Busch, who had just been black-flagged because the window net on his No. 51 Chevrolet had worked loose from its fasteners. Busch took advantage of a pit stop under yellow to correct the problem, restarted sixth and had worked his way up to third by the time Chad McCumbee's No. 8 Chevy leaked oil onto the asphalt and brought out the fifth and final caution of the race.

"It busted loose completely, and I was trying to hold it up so nobody could tell," said Busch, w