ON THE TRACKS This weekend's events

NASCARBUSCH SERIESPepsi 300Lebanon, Tenn.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 11 a.m.); race (FX, 4 p.m.)Track: Nashville Superspeedway (tri-oval, 1.33 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns)Race distance: 300 miles, 225 lapsLast race: Already with a season title and 15 victories in NASCAR's Nextel Cup series, Kurt Busch stepped down and drove in his first Busch Series race. He led the final 70 laps -- including an extra six after a flurry of late cautions at Texas Motor Speedway. Cup regulars have won all seven Busch races and led all but 55 laps this season. Busch, making his debut in the No. 39 Penske Dodge that Ryan Newman also drives, became the seventh different Busch winner on the season. The last driver to win in his Busch Series debut was Terry Labonte at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 1985.Last year: Rookie Reed Sorenson raced to victory at the Pepsi 300, beating Kenny Wallace by a whopping 14.417 seconds. The 19-year-old Georgia driver, making only the 11th start of his Busch career, started from the pole after topping qualifying for the first time.
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