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Harvick said he's loose all over the track

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Lap 43 Green fl ag pit stops starting

[the H team]

this is why kyle was benched for this weekends races.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A spat that turned blatantly ugly between Camping World Truck Series drivers' championship contender Ron Hornaday and owners' championship contender Kyle Busch definitely altered both races -- plus the potential outcome of the WinStar World Casino 350K.
With both trucks permanently in the garage only 15 laps into the race, Kevin Harvick Incorporated's No. 2 Chevrolet, which the owner won with at Texas, clinched the owners' championship. It had come to Texas leading Kyle Busch Motorsports' No. 18 Toyota by 72 points.

Texas tiff

Kyle Busch got parked and Ron Hornaday lost a shot at the championship when Busch wrecked Hornaday under caution at Texas.
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Hornaday, who'd won twice and finished second twice in the four races preceding Texas, came into Friday night's penultimate race in the series tied for third with Johnny Sauter, just 15 points behind leader Austin Dillon.
Less than 10 percent of the way into the event that was extended to 148 laps by a green-white-checkered finish, Busch and Hornaday were racing for second, side-by-side with Busch on the outside when they encountered Johnny Chapman's lapped truck in the middle of Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 14.
Hornaday moved up slightly to avoid Chapman and when he did, his truck "loosened-up" and slapped Busch's truck, knocking it slightly into the outside wall. Hornaday also grazed the outside wall, but both trucks continued without slowing much as the race's first caution flew at Lap 15.
Busch's truck caught up to the back of Hornaday's No. 33 KHI Chevrolet and rammed into it, upsetting its balance but not spinning it out. After traveling some distance, Busch moved out to the right, then speared Hornaday's truck in the right-rear corner, turning it abruptly -- and head-on -- into the outside wall.
Busch -- whose truck was heavily damaged after contacting Hornaday and, after it spun Hornaday's truck, hit the wall itself -- was sent to the garage by NASCAR officials in the control tower "for aggressive driving." After the race, Busch and his crew chief, Eric Phillips, met briefly with NASCAR officials at the Truck Series' office trailer. A NASCAR spokesman said "we'll revisit the situation [Saturday] morning."
After he exited his truck, on SPEED's broadcast Busch was asked, "Did you just lose your mind for a few seconds there and did you consider that Ron was in the championship?"
Busch, whose TV demeanor was calm, answered at length.
"If you consider Ron was in the championship maybe Ron could've played it a little bit smarter on Lap 15 and checked-up a little bit and given room to everybody around [him]," Busch said. "Obviously if you make it a three-wide situation -- I can't go up in the dirt. I'm already on the outside lane and there's not three lanes out here right now. It's the first race here this weekend.
"So If I just lay over and give up everything for Ron Hornaday, that's not Kyle Busch's fashion. I'm out here to win a race just as much as anybody else is. When he races up on my inside, gets loose and takes me up to the fence -- I ended up losing my cool.
"I've been wrecked four weeks in a row [including two Sprint Cup races] and finally I've just had enough of it. Sorry it was Ron Hornaday and he's going after a championship, but the fact of the matter is you can't place all the blame on one person -- there was two people that got into it to begin with and there's two people that ended it."
When Hornaday came out of the track's care center, he obviously was beside himself in his TV interview.
"I don't know, we just touched a little bit, I guess -- I don't know," Hornaday said before going off on a tangent. "He knows I'm going for a points deal, I don't know why he would do it. Anybody got a Cup car? He'll never win another championship again.
"This is just stupid. He knew what I was going for and he knew I was there [to the inside]. Oh, my God. He had to lift too, and if I had lifted I would've hit the back of that slower truck and it would've caused a big wreck.
"He just drove me in the fence. I mean, he just ruined a perfectly good race car."
Hornaday finished 34th, one spot behind Busch and is unofficially 48 points out of the lead, in fourth. Dillon finished second to Harvick and can now clinch his first Truck Series championship by finishing 16th or better in the Homestead finale, 17th or better if he leads one lap or 18th or better if he leads the most laps.

[the H team]

tony has stayed out to lead a couple of laps to get his bonus point.

[the H team]

Lap 41 -- Best among Chasers: Matt Kenseth (leader); Worst among Chasers: Denny Hamlin (28th).
Lap 40 -- Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards run 3-4.
Lap 38 -- A.J. Allmendinger is the biggest mover, up 12 spots to 14th.
Lap 36 -- Andy Lally goes a lap down.
Lap 35 -- No. 46 heads to the garage. Matt Kenseth leads and Paul Menard rounds out the top 10.
Lap 33 -- The top four of Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards have put more than 5.5 seconds between them and the rest of the field.
Lap 32 -- Jimmie Johnson drops to 11th, passed by Clint Bowyer. Brad Keselowski then takes 11th from Johnson.
Lap 30 -- Regan Smith joins the top five, taking the spot away from David Ragan.
Lap 28 -- Thirty-seven cars are now on the lead lap; Jimmie Johnson drops to10th after giving up spots to Marcos Ambrose and Paul Menard.

[the H team]

Lap 47 -- Ryan Newman is in for a chassis adjustment, four tires and fuel. Matt Kenseth is back on track and re-takes the lead.
Lap 46 -- Michael McDowell pits the No. 18 for tires and fuel. Tony Stewart gives up the lead to pit a loose No. 14; he gets four tires, fuel and a wedge adjustment.
Lap 45 -- Greg Biffle is on pit road and is loose; he takes four tires and fuel. Carl Edwards takes four tires and fuel with a track bar adjustment for a loose No. 99.
Lap 44 -- Kasey Kahne is in four a track bar adjustment, tires and fuel. Tony Stewart takes the lead as Matt Kenseth leads; he takes four tires and fuel.
Lap 43 -- David Ragan started second and comes to pit road for four tires and fuel.

[the H team]

this was the apology that kyle issued after visitng the hauler.
After being parked by NASCAR for Saturday's Nationwide and Sunday's Cup race as a result of on-track actions in Friday's Truck Series race, Kyle Busch issued the following letter on Saturday night:

To all,

I've had a lot of time today to sit and reflect, and try to put my thoughts into words as best I can.

I want to sincerely apologize for my actions during Friday night's Truck Series race at Texas.

I apologize to my fans, all my sponsors, everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch Motorsports.

After talking with my team, it's great to have their support and encouragement to assure me that there are better days ahead. Even though this took place while driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, I am sorry for how difficult this has been for everyone associated with Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series teams.

I'd also like to apologize to Ron Hornaday Jr., and everyone associated with the No. 33 team in the Truck Series.

I understand why I was taken out of the car for the rest of the weekend. NASCAR officials had to act, and I accept their punishment and take full responsibility for my actions.

As a racecar driver, the hardest thing to do is to sit on the sidelines listening to cars on the track when you know you should be out there competing. For this, I have no one to blame but myself.

Through a lot of support from the people around me, I feel like I've made a lot of strides this year, but this was certainly a step backward. Moving forward, I will do everything I possibly can to represent everyone involved in a positive manner. However, I know my long-term actions will have more of a bearing than anything I say right now.

Sincerely,

Kyle Busch

[the H team]

Lap 54 -- Ryan Newman comes back to pit road for a different set of tires.
Lap 53 -- Brad Keselowski rounds out the top 10. His best finish of 14th at Texas came in April 2010.
Lap 51 -- Now that drivers have cycled through green- pit stops, Matt Kenseth leads with Greg Biffle in second, Carl Edwards in third, David Ragan in fourth and Tony Stewart in fifth.
Lap 48 -- Tony Stewart stayed out two extra laps, earned the bonus points but lost some time and position. He's in fifth as Carl Edwards claims third.

[the H team]

kyle is sitting on top of the pit box, but he has not made any communication with michael mcdowell

[the H team]

reutimann has picked up 19 spots. he was the pole sitter but had to go to the back because they had to had to change the engine.

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Smoke on the move!!!

[the H team]

Lap 62 -- Matt Kenseth leads Carl Edwards by 4.27 seconds. Tony Stewart remains in fifth.
Lap 59 -- Michael McDowell -- in the No. 18 -- is wheeling the car around Texas in 31st as Kyle Busch watches the race from atop his team's pit box.
Lap 57 -- Carl Edwards passes Greg Biffle for second. No. 35 heads to the garage.

[rockit]

reutimann has picked up 19 spots. he was the pole sitter but had to go to the back because they had to had to change the engine.

Kind of a kick in the teeth for Reuti from MWR. Didn't see that one coming

[the H team]

Lap 67 -- Dave Blaney is back in the race but is several laps down.
Lap 66 - David Ragan holds off a challenge from the No. 14 as Tony Stewart backs off through Turn 4.
Lap 64 -- No. 36 serves a pass-through penalty for speeding as Tony Stewart closes on David Ragan for fourth.

[the H team]

Kind of a kick in the teeth for Reuti from MWR. Didn't see that one coming

i agree with you there. hopefully he will be picked up by some team. he's done pretty good this year.