BUSCH SERIES Victory puts Vickers atop points list

In the Craftsman Truck Series, Ted Musgrave won his third straight at California.
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DOVER, Del. -- Winston Cup-bound teenager Brian Vickers took the lead in the Busch series standings with a victory Saturday at Dover International Speedway.
It was the third win of the season for Vickers, at 19 the youngest NASCAR driver. He won in part because of a quick pit stop and took the points lead from David Green, who crashed early in the Stacker 200 and finished 31st.
Vickers is moving up to NASCAR's top series next year, replacing Joe Nemechek with powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports. The win enabled Vickers to tie Nemechek and fellow Winston Cup competitor Kevin Harvick for the most in the Busch series.
Former series champion Green, who came in to the race 48 points ahead of Vickers, fell to fourth. Green was spun out on 16th lap by Scott Riggs, who moved from third to second in the standings, 32 points behind Vickers.
Also involved in the crash was former series champion Jeff Green, who took a Busch ride when Shane Hmiel was fired after NASCAR suspended him Thursday for violating its substance abuse policy.
Vickers went into the lead for the first time on the 36th of 200 laps on The Monster Mile, but fell out of it during green-flag pit stops midway through the race.
Riggs pulled out to a lead of more than two seconds, but was hurt by a caution flag for debris on lap 167. Vickers beat him off pit road by about three feet on lap 168.
Vickers began to pull away, but a lead of more than two seconds evaporated when the car of Tony Raines stalled on the track on lap 197 to bring out the final caution. Bobby Hamilton Jr. pulled up on the trunk of Vickers' car.
Trucks
FONTANA, Calif. -- Ted Musgrave matched a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series record by winning for the third straight time at California Speedway.
Musgrave, driving a Dodge truck for Jim Smith's Ultra Motorsports, outran series leader and pole-starter Brendan Gaughan for his third victory of the season and the 13th of his career.
He did it despite starting from the back of the 36-truck field after having to make an engine change before the race and making several major adjustments to his car during the 100-lap event.
Gaughan started from the pole and appeared to have the strongest vehicle, leading three times for 66 laps. But Musgrave erased a lead of about 1.6 seconds after grabbing second place on lap 85, passing Gaughan for the lead with nine laps remaining.