BUSCH SERIES Kenseth's completed pass goes a long way

The race actually ended under its eighth caution.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Matt Kenseth took the lead from Bobby Hamilton Jr. just before a caution flag with six laps left, and went on to win the NASCAR Busch series race Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.
As Kenseth was passing under Hamilton in the third turn on the 195th lap, Tracy Hines spun out on the frontstretch, taking out Kasey Kahne.
By time the caution came out and the field was frozen, Kenseth had completed the pass in his Ford. NASCAR reviewed replays to confirm the pass that gave Kenseth his first lead in the O'Reilly 300. After a red flag, Kenseth was strong on the restart with three laps left and went on to his 15th Busch victory. His average speed was 126.865 mph, and he finished ahead of polesitter Kyle Busch in a Chevrolet. "I had a really pushing car all day, I'm surprised we won it," said Kenseth, who took a Cup race at Texas two years ago. "It's always cool to win in Texas."
Kenseth, in his third Busch race this season, is the defending Nextel Cup champion and current points leader with two wins. He starts 25th today in the Samsung/RadioShack 500 on the 11/2-mile track where no driver has ever completed a weekend sweep.
Busch, the 18-year-old brother of Cup driver Kurt Busch, led 147 laps in his third runner-up finish in 13 career starts. Robby Gordon was third.
Two of Kyle Busch's runner-up finishes have been behind Kenseth.
"This team is awesome. It's just a matter of time before things come together and we win that first one," Busch said. "I tried to catch up with Kenseth, but you just can't make up that amount of gap in that short time."
Hamilton had an engine glitch on the restart after the red flag and slipped to fifth, behind the Dodge of Johnny Benson, who had his first top-five Busch finish since being the series champion in 1995.
"I had it in neutral letting it idle and cool off, and went to take off and it just stumbled," Hamilton said. "The 17 car [Kenseth] was stout, but if it wasn't for the caution, we'd been a second-place car."
Hamilton had ridden Busch's bumper for more than 30 laps, deterred several times by lapped cars before finally getting by for the lead. When Busch came out of Turn 2 high on the 179th lap, Hamilton was able to overtake him on the backstretch.
Kenseth, who started 15th, also was making a move and 10 laps later had passed Busch and caught up with Hamilton. After almost pushing past Hamilton three times the previous two laps, Kenseth took the lead just in time.
The race actually ended under the eighth caution, caused when Clint Bowyer -- 106 laps off the pace -- stalled in the second turn on the last lap.
Jason Leffler, defending race champion Joe Nemechek, David Green, Jeff Burton and Martin Truex Jr. were sixth through 10th.