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Article: Busch wins race; Injured Earnhardt gets relief
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- July 25, 2004
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MIKE HARRIS, AP Motorsports Writer
AP Worldstream
07-25-2004
Dateline: LOUDON, New Hampshire
Kurt Busch won the race while injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. stuck to his game plan and, with relief help, held onto second place in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points on Sunday.
Busch was the only driver to stay with pole-winner Ryan Newman through most of the Siemens 300, passing him twice and, finally, pulling away from Newman and runner-up Jeff Gordon at the end for his second win of the season and 10th of his career.
"My car was just really good on long runs and, once we got to the front, we were able to run real strong in clean air," Busch said.
A number of drivers had their eyes on the season standings ...