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Series champ Kyle Busch wins Saturday's finale

HOMESTEAD, Fla. Kyle Busch won his first NASCAR championship in the style to which he has become accustomed in the Nationwide Series, with a victory.

In winning Saturday’s Ford 300 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway which he effectively clinched by starting the event Busch equaled Sam Ard, who in 1983 became the first to win the championship and the season finale.

Saturday’s win was another in a long line of dominant performances in 2009.

Friday's race big for the Toyota camp

There is no Sprint Cup Series championship in the cards for Kyle Busch this season, but he still has the opportunity to win his first NASCAR championship.

Entering Friday night's Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Busch holds a 155-point advantage over Carl Edwards in the Nationwide Series standings.

Busch, 24, would need to hold off Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski over the final five races to secure the championship, which would be his first in NASCAR’s three national series.

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Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 - Phoenix International Raceway - Avondale, AZ

With just two races to go, several drivers remain in contention to win the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship. Jimmie Johnson held a commanding 184- point lead prior to last Sunday's race at Texas, but after wrecking on the third lap, Johnson finished a season-worst 38th and saw his lead trimmed to 73 points over Mark Martin, who finished fourth.

Busch wins, is 2 for 2 on Texas weekend

FORT WORTH, Texas Kyle Busch won another Nationwide Series race. There’s nothing new there.

Busch won his fourth consecutive O’Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Nothing new there, either.

Yet there is still plenty of new ground for Busch to break.

Title runs also among 2009's top stories

Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday have all collected their NASCAR trophies and award money.

It was Johnson's NASCAR-record fourth consecutive Sprint Cup Series championship; Busch's first Nationwide Series title; and Hornaday's record fourth Truck series championship.

That's Racin' begins a three-week look back at the