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Greg Biffle won his second Cup race in a row; Kyle Busch won N'wide race No. 8 and Mike Skinner found Victory Lane for the first time this season.

More of the same at Dover, new winner at Las Vegas

All three series saw point standings tighten up after race

By NASCAR.COM
September 22, 2008
12:32 PM EDT

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A recap of all the exciting action this past weekend from Dover and Las Vegas:

Figuratively speaking

6 -- Number of times a driver has won consecutive Chase races since the Chase began in 2004. Jimmie Johnson won three in a row in 2004 and four in a row in 2007. Four drivers have won two in a row: Carl Edwards in 2005, Tony Stewart in 2006, Jeff Gordon in 2007 and Greg Biffle this season. Biffle is the first to win the first two races of the Chase.

Cup Series

Pit Crew of the Week

No 48. Chevrolet: Who else? Crew chief Chad Knaus called for a two-tire stop and air-pressure adjustment on Lap 200 and the 48 car was first out of the pits, marking a 12-spot improvement. Jimmie Johnson led his first laps of the race and from there coasted to the title.

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Race
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• Greg Biffle doubled up on last week's victory at New Hampshire with a thrilling win Sunday in the Camping World RV 400 at Dover. With a determined run down the backstretch, Biffle passed Roush Fenway teammate Matt Kenseth on Lap 392 and opened a lead that reached .934 seconds at the finish. The glory day for the Roush teams was a nightmare for Kyle Busch, the top seed entering the Chase. Engine problems ultimately forced Busch into the garage and out of the race after 172 laps.
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Qualifying
• Coming back to Dover was just what Jeff Gordon needed. Returning to the Monster Mile, where he has four career victories, Gordon turned a lap in 22.921 seconds (157.061 mph) Friday to win the pole for Sunday's race. Gordon, who claimed his fourth pole at the high-banked concrete track, edged Mark Martin (157.054 mph) by a thousandth of a second for the top spot.
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Nationwide Series

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• With a committee of crew chiefs, Kyle Busch won Saturday's Camping World RV Sales 200 at Dover in dominating fashion. Busch led 157 of 207 laps in a race that ended with a green-white-checkered finish. It was Busch's eighth Nationwide victory of the season, matching his total in the Cup Series, and the 19th of his career.
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Qualifying
• Kyle Busch cruised to his fourth Nationwide pole of the season, besting the rest of the field by 2 mph with a fast lap of 155.246 mph to win the pole at Dover. Kelly Bires qualified second, giving him a career-best starting position in a Nationwide race.

Truck Series

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• Mike Skinner outdueled Erik Darnell on a green-white-checkered finish to win the Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas on Saturday . Running second, Skinner bumped Darnell on the final restart and went to the outside in Turn 1 to take the lead and then won the drag race to the checkered flag, arriving .020 seconds ahead.
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Qualifying
• Ron Hornaday is trying to cut into Johnny Benson's point lead and he took a step in the right direction, taking the pole in Las Vegas with a lap of 170.428 mph. Colin Braun is on the outside of Row 1 and Johnny Benson isn't too far back, qualifying fifth.

Survey says ...

After finishing 34th and 43rd in the first two Chase races, NASCAR.COM asked: Will Kyle Busch win another race this season?

Answer	Votes	Pct.

Yes	21606	57%
No	16317	43%

Off the Marx

Bill Marx of Sporting News Wire Service weighs in with his top 10:

Pos.	Driver	Need to know ...

1.	Greg Biffle	Two in a row. Is he going to win all 10?
2.	Jimmie Johnson	Snags fourth top-five in a row.
3.	Carl Edwards	Evidently Edwards has replaced Denny Hamlin as the guy who finishes third every week.
4.	Kevin Harvick	Harvick's eight-week run of top-10s is impressive, but that's not going to win him the championship.
5.	Jeff Burton	Burton has returned to his top-10 ways but, like Richard Childress Racing teammate Harvick, needs wins and top-fives to win the title.
6.	Clint Bowyer	Bowyer is moving in unison with his RCR buddies.
7.	Jeff Gordon	Gordon made some noise with his third pole of the season, then went quietly into the top 10.
8.	Tony Stewart	Smoke didn't compete for the win but finished high enough to keep the points leaders in sight.
9.	Kyle Busch/Denny Hamlin	What's going on here?
10.	Mark Martin	The wily one is our second "Non-Chaser of the Week." He picked up his 10th top-10 in 19 races Sunday.