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Kyle Busch in reach of NASCAR trifecta

by STEPHEN HAWKINS , The Virginian-Pilot


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By Stephen Hawkins

The Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas

Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first.

Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the 1?-mile, high-banked track Saturday. The dominating victory came a day after he won his fifth Truck race in his past five starts in the series.

He will try to complete an unprecedented trifecta today and become the first driver to win all three of NASCAR's national series on the same weekend.

"I hope it happens, that would be the greatest thing," Busch said. "The hardest one is the last one."

Busch qualified fifth for today's race at Texas, where he is 0 for 9 in Sprint Cup races and finished 18th in April.

When Busch climbed out of the car in Victory Lane on Saturday, he said he was "sorry" he won and would make it three in a row.

"People would get tired of buying tickets to the Kyle Busch show, I guess," he said. " If luck is on our side and we play it smart, we could come out of here 3 for 3. That would be pretty special."

This is the 28th time in his career Busch has run all three series the same weekend. This is the seventh time this year and twice he won two races - at California in February and Bristol in August - without being able to get the third.

"Maybe we can come up two spots better here," he said.

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