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Busch wins, Gibbs takes owner's title

HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Kyle Busch took the season-ending Ford 300 race in Florida Saturday, handing Joe Gibbs Racing the Nationwide Series owner's championship.

Busch was dominant at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading for 153 of 200 laps. He took the lead from Kevin Harvick just after the final restart with 23 laps remaining and bested him by 0.85 seconds at the finish.

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Busch extended his record for most Nationwide wins in a season with his 13th victory of 2010 -- his 43rd career crown. His latest triumph puts him five victories shy of tying Mark Martin's career wins record of 48.

The Homestead win also gave Busch's No. 18 JGR Toyota team the owner's title by 71 points over Brad Keselowski's No. 22 Penske Racing Dodge team.

Busch also won the Camping World Truck Series event Friday, giving him the owner's championship in that series as well, and will try for a weekend trifecta in Sunday's Sprint Cup event.

Keselowski finished with a 445-point margin of victory in the driver's standings thanks to his third-place finish Saturday.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. grabbed fourth place and Trevor Bayne took the fifth spot.

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