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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) Kyle Busch has won the Nationwide Series championship.
Busch only needed to start the race Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win his first NASCAR title. When the green flag dropped on the race, Busch was the champ.
Busch has eight wins in the second-tier series and 11 second-place finishes. He entered with a 190-point lead over polesitter Carl Edwards. Busch had led 2,625 laps entering the race.
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Sidelined by the wreck, Vickers finished 38th and remained 12th in the Chase standings, 666 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. In the 10th installment of his Chase diary, Vickers talks about his misfortune at Phoenix, Earnhardt's spin, the hazards of double-file restarts and his outlook for Sunday's season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway: (MORE)
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