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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Ryan Newman</b><br><r/><br>Tony Stewart had the lead after a restart on Lap 198, but Ryan Newman used a push from Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch to surge into the lead. He held on to first and claimed the checkered flag, breaking his 81-race drought and earning team owner Roger Penske's first victory at a restrictor-plate racetrack.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>With 163 of the 250-lap race still to be completed, torrential rains made it impossible to finish the Auto Club 500 on the Sunday it started. Instead, the drivers came back to the Auto Club Speedway on Monday, and Carl Edwards emerged victorious. Edwards overtook Jimmie Johnson on Lap 238 then finished in first when the caution flag was raised on the final lap.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>For the second straight week, Carl Edwards earned a trip to victory lane in the Sprint Cup Series. After an 18-minute delay as officials cleaned the track of debris from a wreck that claimed Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon, just two laps remained the decide the victor. Edwards performed well on cold tires and finished .504 seconds ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. The win gave Edwards his first career lead in the points standings.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>Not only did Kyle Busch reclaim the points lead with his Kobalt Tools 500 victory, but he also made history. Busch became the first driver to win a Sprint Cup Series race for Toyota. Carl Edwards, who had won the previous two races, had the lead in Georgia but had to retreat to the garage with transmission trouble late in the race. That opened the way for Busch, who added a Cup win to the Truck Series win he had earned earlier in the weekend.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jeff Burton</b><br><r/><br>A green-white-checkered finish extended the Food City 500 six laps beyond what was expected, and that was lucky for Jeff Burton. After Tony Stewart, who had led the most laps in the race, was sent spinning into the wall on Lap 497, Burton was in second place on the restart. Leader Denny Hamlin suffered issues with his fuel pickup, and Burton easily raced around him then held on to take the checkered flag.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Denny Hamlin</b><br><r/><br>A pit-stop gamble fueled Denny Hamlin's win in Martinsville. Opting for just fuel while leader Jeff Gordon took four tires, Hamlin beat Gordon out of the pits. He then passed Jeff Burton, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards and Casey Mears, all of whom had stayed on the track instead of taking a pit stop under caution, taking the lead on Lap 427 and holding on for the win in the 500-lap race. The victory was Hamlin's first in his home state of Virginia.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>Carl Edwards led a race-high 123 laps en route to winning the Samsung 500 in Texas, holding off Jimmie Johnson on a single-file restart on Lap 338. Martin Truex Jr. blew an engine on Lap 330, which forced a green-white-checkered-flag finish. The victory moved Edwards, who had incurred a 100-point penalty four races earlier after his win in Las Vegas, back into the top 12 in the points standings.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jimmie Johnson</b><br><r/><br>Crew chief Chad Knaus told Jimmie Johnson to pit on Lap 304, but the two reversed their original decision and instead had the No. 48 stay out of the track. The gamble paid off, as Johnson won by a large 7.002 seconds. He had enough gas left for a celebratory burnout but had to be towed from the track on his victory lap with an empty tank.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>Kyle Busch earned the victory at the Talladega Superspeedway with the help of two drivers not on his team. Both Jeff Gordon and Juan Montoya gave Busch the pushes he needed to surge to the front of the pack. Strong racing and a good car made up for Busch's mistake on pit road on Lap 63 of the 188-lap race, when he missed his pit stall on a green-flag stop and had to come in again on the following lap.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Clint Bowyer</b><br><r/><br>When leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. slammed into the wall just three laps from the finish, Clint Bowyer took advantage of the extra laps. He earned the second win of his career, holding off Kyle Busch for the victory.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>En route to winning his third Sprint Cup Series race of the season and becoming the youngest victor in Darlington Raceway history, Kyle Busch led a race-high 169 laps of 367. Despite hitting the wall a number of times, his car had enough to earn him the checkered flag.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kasey Kahne</b><br><r/><br>Just like at the finish of the previous week's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge, Kasey Kahne crossed the line ahead of Greg Biffle. This time his win was earned by a 10.203-second margin. Kahne reclaimed the lead on Lap 397 of the 400-lap race when Tony Stewart blew a tire and hit the wall.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>For most of the second half of the Best Buy 400, the winner was never really in doubt. That's because Kyle Busch was the dominant driver, using strong pit stops to open up an unassailable lead. In the race's early laps, an 11-car wreck knocked out a number of top contenders, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kasey Kahne</b><br><r/><br>Kasey Kahne's chances at the Pocono 500 win were almost doomed by an early pit stop miscue, where he left his stall with three lug nuts missing on his left front tire. By the halfway point, though, he had worked his way up to sixth, and Kahne took the lead for good on Lap 185 of 200.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Dale Earnhardt Jr.</b><br><r/><br>Snapping a 76-race streak without a victory, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway. A gamble on gas earned Junior the win, as he saved just enough to take the checkered flag. His final pit stop was on Lap 148 of the 203-lap race (which was supposed to be just 200 laps).";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>After leading 78 of the 112 laps, Kyle Busch won his fifth race of the season and first ever on a road course. Disappointed with the way the car performed in practice and qualifying sessions, Busch's team made comprehensive changes to the car, and it paid off on race day.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kurt Busch</b><br><r/><br>Kurt Busch admitted he didn't have the fastest car and didn't deserve to win, but the weather and a fuel-mileage call combined to give him the checkered flag at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He stayed on track during a caution and was rewarded when a massive thunderstorm halted the race, dooming the hopes of Tony Stewart, who had spent 132 of the 284 laps in first.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>With a major wreck unfolding behind him on the final lap of a green-white-checkered finish, Kyle Busch just edged ahead of Carl Edwards. When the field was frozen, Busch was awarded the win, his sixth of the season. He had to work his way up from 37th, after a tap from Denny Hamlin in Lap 82 dropped him from third to the back of the pack.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>Earning his second straight win and seventh of the season, Kyle Busch claimed the LifeLock.com 400 victory at Chicagoland Speedway. He also earned the Nationwide Series win the previous night. Busch surged to the lead with two laps remaining, passing Jimmie Johnson on a restart and holding off the No. 48 by .159 seconds.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jimmie Johnson</b><br><r/><br>Frequent competition cautions mandated for safety's sake due to tire-wear concerns made the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard a difficult one to watch and race, but Jimmie Johnson had every reason to be happy at the end. He held off Carl Edwards on the final seven laps to earn a .333-second win. Johnson became just the second driver in 15 races at the Brickyard to win from the pole.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>Things looked bleak for Carl Edwards when his team's decision to come to the pits cost him track position once the race was halted due to rain. The race resumed, however, and Edwards stormed to his fourth Sprint Cup Series victory of the season. He beat out second-place finisher Tony Stewart by 3.858 seconds.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Kyle Busch</b><br><r/><br>With Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Tony Stewart just behind him, Kyle Busch took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen International. It was his second road race win of the year, giving him the season sweep. Busch moved into the lead on Lap 66 of 90 and never relinquished first place.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>A caution on Lap 194 of 200 set up a final laps battle between the two most successful drivers of the season -- Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. When the green flag waved again at the Michigan International Speedway, Edwards held off Busch on the final two laps to earn the win. The runner-up finish made Busch the first driver of the season to clinch a spot in the Chase.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Carl Edwards</b><br><r/><br>For the second consecutive Sprint Cup race, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch finished 1-2, and their rivalry continued to grow. Edwards bumped Busch in Lap 470 of 500 to pass him for the lead, and that angered Busch. After the checkered flag had been waved, Busch bumped Edwards and the No. 99 bumped back, sending the No. 18 spinning. ";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jimmie Johnson</b><br><r/><br>Jimmie Johnson led 228 of the 250 laps at the Auto Club Speedway en route to earning his third victory of the season and clinching a Chase spot. While his team wasn't always the fastest in the pits, he was by far the fastest on the track.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jimmie Johnson</b><br><r/><br>The driver with the most momentum heading into the Chase was Jimmie Johnson, who won his second straight race by holding off Tony Stewart in a side-by-side battle in the closing laps. The race at Richmond International Raceway was delayed by a day because of Tropical Storm Hanna, but that didn't faze Johnson at all. With the win he secured the three seed in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Greg Biffle</b><br><r/><br>Snapping a 33-race winless streak, Greg Biffle opened the 2008 Chase by earning a trip to victory lane in New Hampshire. He passed Jimmie Johnson with 12 laps to go to claim the Sylvania 300 win, but Johnson still moved into the top spot in the Chase standings.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Greg Biffle</b><br><r/><br>Greg Biffle improved his 2008 postseason record to a perfect 2-for-2, passing Matt Kenseth with just nine laps remaining to take the checkered flag in Dover. While his luck continues, Kyle Busch's seems to be gone. His car suffered a blown engine, and Busch finished 43rd to drop to 12th and last in the Chase field.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Jimmie Johnson</b><br><r/><br>Jimmie Johnson held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards -- who did everything he could to take over the top spot, including purposely bouncing off the wall in the final lap -- to win at Kansas Speedway and take the series points lead. Johnson raced in first place for a race-high 124 of the 267 laps.";

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spt_NASCAR_2008racewinners[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Tony Stewart</b><br><r/><br>Regan Smith crossed the finish line ahead of Tony Stewart, but a review of the last lap showed Smith had made an illegal move and Stewart was awarded his first victory in 43 races. Not only did Stewart catch a break with the ruling, but he also caught a break by surviving the action without getting involved in one of the big wrecks the Talladega track featured. It was Stewart's first win in 10 years at Talladega.";

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