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Kyle Busch wins 3rd straight Nationwide race
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 21

MEXICO CITY -- Kyle Busch got on his radio and advised anyone who was listening that Scott Pruett would get dumped if he kept blocking Busch as they battled for the lead Sunday in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

$Kyle Busch of the Doosan Infracore Toyota team drives his car during the Corona Mexico 200 race of the NASCAR Nationwide Series in Mexico City, Sunday, April 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)$

Mexico City results

Pruett didn't need to hear those words. He already had been there, done that.

Having been tapped by teammate Juan Pablo Montoya battling for the lead last year, Pruett let Busch by with nine laps remaining and Busch sprinted to his third consecutive Nationwide Series victory.

A few laps before the pass for the win, Busch had been hammering hard on Pruett's bumper.

"He was just blocking a little bit too much, I believe," said Busch, who had never won a NASCAR race on a road course. "Now I understand why he got dumped last year. And if it came down to it, it was going to be again. He smoked the tires, and I was able to get by him."

Pruett ended up also getting passed by Marcos Ambrose for second and settled for third.

"(Busch) shoved me a few times, telling me he was getting anxious to go," said Pruett, who led 36 of the 80 laps. "Instead of getting turned around and my car tore up like last year, I gave him (room) and thought I could hold on and Marcos came up as well.

This Weeks Sprint Cup Race:

What: AARON’S 499
Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
GREEN FLAG: 2:30 p.m. ET April 27
TV: Fox, 2:00 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:188 Laps 500 miles
Track layout:2.66 paved track
2007 Winner: Jeff Gordon

Todays Headlines:

--Ambrose Had Some ‘Splainin’ to Do Sunday

--Bires Impresses with Strong run

--Braun Shows Potential In Road Course Debut

--Hola and Hello, a Welcome Mix

--Putting Patrick’s victory in perspective

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David Pearson and Carl Edwards taking hot laps at Darlington Raceway

Ambrose Had Some ‘Splainin’ to Do Sunday
By Greg Engle, Editor, Cup Scene Daily , April 21

Marcos Ambrose scored his best ever finish in NASCAR Sunday coming home second in the Corona Mexico 200.

Bires Impresses with Strong run
By Greg Engle, Editor, Cup Scene Daily , April 21

Kelly Bires, the young teammate to second place finisher Marcos Ambrose impressed many with a strong performance Sunday.

Braun Shows Potential In Road Course Debut
By Greg Engle, Editor, Cup Scene Daily , April 21

Colin Braun the 19 year old polesitter for Sundays Corona Mexico 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, began his day leading the field and was scored 33rd when the checkered flag dropped.

The View From Fanville
Hola and Hello, a Welcome Mix
By Amy Hair,Senior Columnist,Cup Scene Daily,April 21

As if adding fuel to the fire of an already rigorous and tedious schedule, the Nationwide Series fellows took to the road course in Mexico Sunday afternoon.

Putting Patrick’s victory in perspective
By Bob Margolis, Yahoo! Sports , April 21

Danica Patrick’s first IndyCar win in the Japan 300 was more a triumph in public relations than auto racing.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 21

1: Drivers who have won four consecutive Nationwide Series races. Sam Ard won races 30-33 in 1983 -- South Boston, Martinsville, Rougemont and Charlotte. Kyle Busch, who won Sunday's race in Mexico City, will go for four in a row Saturday in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Newman have won five straight starts, but they were not in consecutive races.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 21

1968: In his 13th start at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway, David Pearson picks up his first victory at the track, winning the Gwyn Staley 400 by more than a lap over Buddy Baker.

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