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By stephen hawkins (ap)
fort worth, texas — jimmie johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and kyle busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented nascar trifecta.
kurt busch won at texas motor speedway on sunday, taking over the lead with 2 1/2 laps left when his younger brother's car suddenly slowed on the backstretch after leading 232 of the 334 laps.
johnson, the series points leader trying to become the first sprint cup driver to win four consecutive season championships, wrecked on the third lap.
his crew needed more than an hour to repair and basically rebuild his no. 48 chevrolet, but he returned to finish 38th — 129 laps behind kurt busch. johnson's points lead was cut from 184 to 73 over hendrick teammate mark martin, who finished fourth, with two races left.
"it's still a respectable lead, 73 with two to go is a good position to be in," johnson said. "i hate we gave up all these points. ... it's not as bad as it could have been, we could have finished 43rd."
kyle busch won the nationwide and camping world truck races at texas, and was trying to become the first driver to win in all three of nascar's national series on the same weekend. it was the 28th time he ran all three races the same weekend.
"this is the first time kyle and i raced each other hard," said kurt busch, who led six times for 89 laps while also running second behind his brother much of the race. "it's bittersweet, i was rooting for him, but at the same time this is for us. "
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