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Stewart wins following last-lap wreck
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Kyle Busch braced himself for a four-lap "trophy dash" around Daytona International Speedway, intent on snatching a win away from Tony Stewart.
Busch thought he mapped out the strategy to take him to Victory Lane.
Instead, he ended the race in the infield care center after a vicious last-lap accident sent him flying into the wall as Stewart skirted by for a somber win.
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| FROM THE NASCAR WIRE | Wire |
 | Double-file restarts debut in Nationwide at Daytona (Sporting News) - Kyle Busch endorses the Nationwide Series using double-file restarts for the first time Friday in the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway. "Daytona is a good place to do it since there is less chance of having trouble on the starts since it takes a little bit for us to get up to speed there and there are multiple grooves," Busch said. "It was good for NASCAR to wait until Cup and Nationwide were together on the same weekend again. (MORE) |
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| NASCAR Leaders: Points | |||
| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Tony Stewart | 2719 | 2 |
| 2 | Jeff Gordon | 2539 | 1 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 2525 | 2 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 2414 | 1 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 2317 | 0 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 2302 | 0 |
| 7 | Ryan Newman | 2235 | 0 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 2234 | 3 |
| 9 | Greg Biffle | 2215 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Kenseth | 2201 | 2 |
| 11 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2187 | 0 |
| 12 | Kasey Kahne | 2166 | 1 |
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