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Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch each have mulitple wins on the season.

Plenty of sparks in three exciting Bristol night races

Busch dominates in Truck, Cup but only wins one of them

By NASCAR.COM
August 25, 2008
03:15 PM EDT

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A recap of the fireworks that took place at Bristol Motor Speedway:

Figuratively speaking

99.05% -- Percent of laps, or 944 out of 953 laps, Kyle Busch spent in the top 15 in all three races at Bristol. Busch spent all off the Truck and Cup races in the top 15 and all but nine laps of the Nationwide race in the top 15. Busch led 560 laps in all three races, 58.7 percent of the laps run.

Cup Series

Pit Crew of the Week

No 48. Chevrolet: Who else? Crew chief Chad Knaus called for a two-tire stop and air-pressure adjustment on Lap 200 and the 48 car was first out of the pits, marking a 12-spot improvement. Jimmie Johnson led his first laps of the race and from there coasted to the title.

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Race
Lineup | Results | Standings | Central

• For the second consecutive Cup race, Carl Edwards beat Kyle Busch when it counted. Executing an adroit bump and run on Lap 470, Edwards passed for the lead and pulled away in the final 30 laps Saturday, winning the Sharpie 500 by 1.969 seconds in front of Busch.
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Qualifying
• Fresh from his fifth Cup victory last Sunday at Michigan, Carl Edwards continued to show outstanding speed with in his pole-winning qualifying run at Bristol with a fast lap of 15.745 seconds (121.860 mph). David Reutimann will start on the outside of the front row, followed by Jeff Gordon, rookie Regan Smith and Bill Elliott.
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• Also check out:
Menzer: Edwards, Busch rivalry needed
Amid wreckage, Hamlin leaves with boost
Caraviello: Bristol can still unleash havoc
Potential Chase drivers find trouble at BMS

Nationwide Series

Race
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• One slip was all Brad Keselowski needed. After a restart on Lap 226 of Friday night's Food City 250 at, Keselowski pressured points leader Clint Bowyer. On Lap 227, Bowyer slipped off Turn 2, giving Keselowski the opening he needed to win his second race in the series.
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Qualifying
• Cale Gale qualified third at Gateway; his next race at Michigan he started second. So logically the next time he qualified he was due to win the pole and that's exactly what happened at Bristol as his lap of 122.007 mph was enough to hold off Dario Franchitti and give Gale his first career Nationwide Series pole.

Truck Series

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Lineup | Results | Standings | Central

• Kyle Busch continued his NASCAR dominance Wednesday night, winning the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol for his third Craftsman Truck Series win of the season and his 17th overall in 2008 in NASCAR's top three series.
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Qualifying
• Scott Speed has a last name tailor-made for qualifying and he didn't disappoint at Bristol as his lap of 123.865 mph gave him his first career Truck Series pole. Johnny Benson, Kyle Busch and Todd Bodine were the only other drivers to top 123 mph.

Survey says ...

Following the drama between Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards at Bristol, NASCAR.COM asked: Who would you like to see as Kyle Busch's biggest rival?

Answer	Votes	Pct.

Carl Edwards	39,661	42%
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	24,981	27%
Tony Stewart	17,038	18%
Jeff Gordon	6,681	7%
Kurt Busch	2,824	3%
Jimmie Johnson	2,664	3%

Off the Marx

Bill Marx of Sporting News Wire Service weighs in with his top 10:

Pos.	Driver	Need to know ...

1.	Carl Edwards	Edwards bumps Kyle Busch to No. 2.
2.	Kyle Busch	Hey, Johnson and Gordon: Busch is slumping with back-to-back second-place finishes.
3.	Kevin Harvick	If you first must put together a streak of top-10 finishes before you win, that is what Harvick is doing.
4.	Tony Stewart	Toss out Indy, which I have, and Stewart also has been hanging out in the top 10 a lot lately.
5.	Jimmie Johnson	Has cooled in the past two weeks but is still a threat.
6.	Matt Kenseth	Kenseth's 14th top-10 trails only Busch (18) and Edwards (16).
7.	David Ragan	Starts 43rd in a backup car and finishes 10th. Twelve points out of the top 12 with two races to go.
8.	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Paid dearly for his huge mistake on the first lap. He was one lucky dog from a top-10 finish, but it never happened.
9.	Denny Hamlin	Hamlin continues his pattern of getting a top-10 in every other race. He also finished third for the fifth time this year.
10.	Jamie McMurray	The fifth Beatle in the Roush Fenway Racing band has put together some nice finishes the past five races.