BUSCH SERIES McMurray passes Busch near end to win

Jamie McMurray used an outside pass on a restart to take his final lead.
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Jamie McMurray beat a bitterly disappointed Kyle Busch on Saturday, winning the NASCAR Busch Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.
They swapped the lead twice in the final 27 laps. But McMurray used a surprising outside pass on a restart 10 laps from the scheduled finish to grab the lead from Busch for the final time in the Bashas' Supermarket 200.
Busch, who dominated the race, leading 151 of the first 190 laps, got a last chance to get back past McMurray's Dodge after Shane Hmiel and Kevin Harvick collided, igniting a multi-car crash with four laps to go in regulation.
Without time to restart the race before lap 200, NASCAR finished with a green-white-checker, two-lap overtime that began on lap 204. But McMurray, who led four times for 47 of the 205 laps on the 1-mile oval, easily held off the rookie this time as Busch found himself having to fend off series leader Martin Truex Jr. to hold on to second place.
"That was a great win for us," said McMurray, a Nextel Cup regular who got his sixth Busch win, second of the season and first in the developmental series for Chip Ganassi Racing. "Our car was fast from the time we unloaded it for our test out here and it was super today."
Determined to win
Busch, who finished second to Matt Kenseth last week at Atlanta, was again determined to win the race in memory of the 10 people killed in the crash Oct. 24 of a Hendrick Motorsports plane. When he came up short, the 19-year-old younger brother of Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was angry with himself and frustrated.
"It's been extremely difficult," the downcast Busch said. "Obviously, Mr. [Rick] Hendrick gives us the equipment to win every week. I don't see why I couldn't have won this one or the last one."
McMurray said he also was frustrated after passing Busch for the lead on a restart on lap 176. He watched the youngster come right back to retake the top spot the time around.
The next caution flag came out when John Graham, many laps off the pace, spun right as Busch and McMurray passed him in turn three on lap 188. He nearly took out the leaders.
That set up another restart on lap 193, and this time McMurray crossed up the leader and drove to the outside, making a daring pass that eventually brought him the victory.
He beat Busch's Chevrolet to the finish line by 0.261-seconds -- about 3 car-lengths.