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Sports

DICKIES 500 TIME MOVED UP 10 MINUTES

by Austin Kilgore

Sun, Nov 4, 2007, 08:46 AM

The start time for today’s Dickies 500 has been moved up 10 minutes. The green flag will now wave at 2:36 p.m.

The race broadcast begins at 2 p.m. on ABC.

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EDWARDS CLINCHES BUSCH CHAMPIONSHIP AT TMS

by Austin Kilgore

Sat, Nov 3, 2007, 08:20 PM

Carl Edwards won the NASCAR Busch Series Championship Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, two races before the end of the season.

Edwards, a regular of the NASCAR’s premier Nextel Cup Series, also ran a full-time schedule in the second-tier Busch Series this year, notching four wins over the course of the season.

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HARVICK WINS TMS BUSCH RACE

by Austin Kilgore

Sat, Nov 3, 2007, 08:13 PM

While Carl Edwards was trying to clinch the Busch Series championship, current Busch champion Kevin Harvick was busy trying to win a race.

Harvick took the checkered flag at Saturday’s O’Reilly Challenge, breaking a tie with Mark Martin for career Busch Series wins at Texas Motor Speedway.

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TEAMS ALTER LUG NUTS TO GAIN ADVANTAGE

by Austin Kilgore

Sat, Nov 3, 2007, 07:36 PM

Two teams were penalized before Saturday’s Busch race for attempting to alter the car’s lug nuts.

The No. 24 car, driven by Casey Mears, and the No. 88 car, driven by Brad Keselowski, were sent to the rear of the field at the start of the race for issues with the car’s lug nuts.

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EDWARDS CLINCHES BUSCH SERIES TITLE

by Austin Kilgore

Sat, Nov 3, 2007, 04:36 PM

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 60 Ford, mathmatically clinched the Busch Series championship Saturday on lap 167 of the O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway.

Edwards needed to finish 37 or better to clinch the championship with two races remaining in the season.