HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kyle Busch made it a double dose of celebration, winning the Nationwide Series championship before completing a lap and capping his night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane.
Busch held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards to win the Ford 300, a fitting ending because the two NASCAR stars finished 1-2 in the standings.
Busch only needed to start the race Saturday to win his first NASCAR title.
Busch finished with nine wins in the second-tier series and had 11 second places. He entered with a 190-point lead over polesitter Edwards.
His championship helped Busch ease the sting from his failure to qualify for the Chase for the championship in the Sprint Cup series.
Harvick gets Truck victories: Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.
Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Ford 200 Camping World Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners' championship when Ron Hornaday Jr. - who had already wrapped up his fourth Trucks title - finished eighth.
Kevin Harvick went into the pit after Ryan Sieg hit the wall and brought out a caution flag with seven laps left. Harvick took four tires, exited pit road first and lined up just behind Timothy Peters - who took a risk by staying out - for a green-white-checkered finish.
Harvick passed Peters in the first turn after the restart.
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Remember when ACC teams began conference play about a month ago, and how it seemed like the road to the regular-season championship would be limited to a two-team race between North Carolina and Duke? 
If Wake Forest wants to extricate itself from the ACC's cellar, wins in its next two games would be a good place to start. 
There's a secret to setting up a 12-player, round-robin table tennis tournament like the one going on this weekend at Bond Park Community Center in Cary. 
While there will be bonus time to draw up a game plan for Thursday's trip to Duke, the break also comes at a good time for C.J. Williams. 
North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said that Tar Heels coach Roy Williams has implemented a new rule for his team. 
It was the third time Panther Creek swimmer Henriette Stenkvist had been summoned to the podium to receive a first-place medal for a conference championship event. 
Duke will try to avoid a UNC hangover when it hosts the Terrapins 
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