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McMurray's victory riles Busch

Jamie McMurray nosed out Kyle Busch at the finish line to capture the Pepsi 400 Saturday night at the Daytona Speedway.

Busch, who had won the Busch Series race just a few hours earlier, was upset with teammate Jeff Gordon for not helping him late in the race. In a post-race interview, Busch criticized Gordon for not drafting, which could have pushed him to the front and a possible victory over McMurray.

Busch, Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears belong to the Hendricks Motorsports team. However, Busch will be replaced by Dale Earnhardt Jr. after the season.

Kurt Busch finished third, Carl Edwards fourth and Jeff Gordon nailed the fifth spot in the final scoring.

The points standings is unchanged following the Pepsi 400. Jeff Gordon leads the chase followed by Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton.

Chicagoland Speedway, located in Joliet, Ill., will host the USG Sheetrock 400 Sunday afternoon. Gordon won the event last year.

Greg Satterlee of Rochester Mills recorded his first career Late Model win Friday night at the Sarver track, while Rod George notched his third feature win of the season in the Sprint division.A regular Fab 4 program is on tap Friday with the 16th Annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup World of Outlaws Sprint program slated for Tuesday.

Brandon Spithaler, 15, of Evans City scored his first career win in the Limited Sprint division at Sharon Saturday night.Jody Keegan (Sprints), Del Rougeux (Modifieds), Alan Dellinger (E-Mods) and Dwayne Clay (Stock) also went on to win their respective feature races.Sharon will present a regular five-division program Saturday night.

Scott Bonnell put his Sprint car in victory lane Saturday night, notching his second win in four visits to the oval. Mike Lutz finished second followed by Gale Ruth Jr., Arnie Kent and Danny Holtgracer.Mercer has added bike races for the kids to the five-division program Saturday night.

• Dave Wade of Imperial grabbed his second win of the year in the Late Model division Saturday at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.• Bob Felmlee made a last lap move on Rod George to capture the Sprint feature at Tri-City Sunday evening. Jeremiah Shingledecker of Polk went wire-to-wire in the Big Block Modified feature. Tri-City will host the BRP Modified Tour 2007 Sunday at part of the regular five-division program.• Dale Blaney won the special O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint feature at Tri-City July 3. Greg Wilson, Rod George, Danny Smith and Ed Lynch Jr. followed Blaney across the finish line.• Dick Baron, popular Late Model driver from Ashville, N.Y., won the FASTRAK feature and $5,000 at Mercer Raceway last Wednesday night.I will be taking a week off but will return July 25.Jim Lokhaiser is the racing columnist for the Butler Eagle.

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