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Kyle Busch scores the Bristol sweep

March 20, 2011|By HEATHER WILLIAMS | Eyewitness Sports

BRISTOL, Tennessee — Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarbrough, Rusty Wallace and now you can add Kyle Busch to the list of drivers that just have a way when it comes to getting around the Bristol Motorspeedway. Busch scored his 5th career Sprint Cup win at the 1/2 mile track on Sunday, completing the weekend sweep. He also won Saturday's Nationwide series race.

Kyle also swept the weekend the last time NASCAR was in Bristol, winning the Truck, Nationwide and Cup race, making it 5 straight wins in Thunder Valley for Busch.

"It was a lot harder today," said Busch after the race. "Carl (Edwards) was keeping me honest."

Edwards who started on the pole, battled back from an ill handing race car early to finish second.

"It didn't look to good in the middle of the race, but my guys did a really good job of battling back," said Edwards.

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While little brother Busch won the battle today, big brother is winning the war. Kurt Busch finished 7th and takes over the points lead. Kurt is the only driver to finish in the top 10 at all 4 races. He is one point ahead of Edwards, with Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard rounding out the top 5.

Emporia, Kansas native Clint Bowyer had a tough day at the short track, getting caught in a couple of accidents before finally blowing an engine. He finished 35th and is now 24th in the point standings 66 points behind the leader.

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