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Kyle Busch won his 4th consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday, as he held off Casey Mears in the O’Reilly Challenge.

This was Busch’s 29th series career victory, his eighth series win of the 2009 season and now leads Carl Edwards by 272 points in the standings.

Busch and Mears were followed to the drop of the checkered flag by Jason Leffler coming in third, pole sitter Matt Kenseth fourth, Brad Keselowski fifth, Kevin Harvick sixth, Brian Vickers seventh, David Ragan eighth, Carl Edwards ninth and Mike Bliss rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 126.790 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 21 Mins, 58 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 3.154 Seconds
Lead Changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 34 laps
Attendance: 76,000

Unofficial Top-10 in the Points Standings:

1. Kyle Busch – 5374
2. Carl Edwards – 5102 (-272)
3. Brad Keselowski – 5082 (-292)
4. Jason Leffler – 4349 (-1025)
5. Justin Allgaier # – 3831 (-1543)
6. Mike Bliss – 3818 (-1556)
7. Steve Wallace – 3726 (-1648)
8. Jason Keller – 3701 (-1673)
9. Brendan Gaughan # – 3678 (-1696)
10. Michael Annett # – 3395 (-1979)

# Denotes Rookie

2009 OReilly Challenge NNS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	6	18	Kyle Busch	Z-Line Designs/WWE SmackDown vs Raw Toyota	200	195	10	Running	6	179
2	14	29	Casey Mears	Holiday Inn Chevrolet	200	170		Running
3	3	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	200	165		Running
4	1	16	Matt Kenseth	CitiFinancial Ford	200	165	5	Running	1	10
5	7	88	Brad Keselowski	Degree Chevrolet	200	160	5	Running	2	4
6	5	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	200	155	5	Running	2	6
7	9	32	Brian Vickers	Dollar General Stores Toyota	200	146		Running
8	2	6	David Ragan	Discount Tire Ford	200	142		Running
9	8	60	Carl Edwards	Ortho Ford	200	138		Running
10	10	11	Mike Bliss	Ridemakerz Toyota	200	134		Running
11	28	1	James Buescher	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Chevrolet	200	130		Running
12	16	27	Jason Keller	Scott Ford	200	127		Running
13	11	99	Trevor Bayne	Aaron's Outdoors Toyota	200	124		Running
14	24	40	Scott Wimmer	StopRepairBills.com Chevrolet	200	121		Running
15	37	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	200	118		Running
16	18	62	Brendan Gaughan #	Loan Star Title Loans Chevrolet	200	115		Running
17	29	28	Kenny Wallace	U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet	198	112		Running
18	27	9	John Wes Townley #	Zaxby's Ford	197	109		Running
19	33	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Steel Sak Ford	197	106		Running
20	31	26	Kevin Conway	Extenze Chevrolet	196	103		Running
21	23	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Chevrolet	179	100		Accident
22	26	15	Michael Annett #	Germain.com Toyota	177	97		Accident
23	42	81	Bobby Hillin Jr.	T-Rex Companies Dodge	167	94		Running
24	21	20	Joey Logano	GameStop/WWE SmackDown vs Raw Toyota	152	91		Accident
25	17	12	Justin Allgaier #	Verizon Wireless Dodge	144	88		Running
26	40	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Mahindra Chevrolet	138	85		Engine
27	34	58	Josh Wise	Cavi Clothing Chevrolet	134	82		Electrical
28	19	1	Mike Wallace	Nutone/IQ Drive Chevrolet	119	79		Accident
29	22	96	Michael McDowell #	my123backup.com Dodge	118	76		Accident
30	4	10	Kasey Kahne	Great Clips Toyota	112	78	5	Suspension	1	1
31	39	70	Shelby Howard	ForeTravel Motorcoach/WCF Chevrolet	109	70		Ignition
32	36	89	Morgan Shepherd	Lagina Plumbing/Eldora Speedway Chevrolet	103	67		Accident
33	20	0	Jeremy Clements	Saxon Group Chevrolet	103	64		Accident
34	43	83	John Borneman III	Twisted X Boots Ford	50	61		Ignition
35	15	7	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	Dynamic Technology Chevrolet	32	58		Handling
36	38	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet	25	55		Electrical
37	41	61	Kenny Hendrick	Specialty Racing Ford	15	52		Rear End
38	32	5	Mark Day	31-W Insulation/CertainTeed Chevrolet	8	49		Transmission
39	30	47	Chase Miller	ConstructionJobs.com Toyota	6	46		Vibration
40	12	90	Johnny Chapman	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	4	43		Overheating
41	13	91	Terry Cook #	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	4	40		Vibration
42	35	92	Dennis Setzer	K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge	2	37		Overheating
43	25	49	Mark Green	GetMoreVacations.com Chevrolet	2	34		Handling