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Biffle Takes Pole At Dover, Followed By Busch Brothers

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 31, 2008

DOVER, Del. - Greg Biffle took the pole. Kyle Busch took the heat.

Biffle held off the Busch brothers, turning a lap of 155.219 mph Friday at Dover International Speedway to take the top spot and bolster his bid to drive the No. 16 Ford to his first win of the season.

Kurt Busch was second at 153.971, and points leader Kyle Busch was third at 153.767 on the 1-mile concrete track.
Kyle Busch leads the Sprint Cup series by 94 points and has won nine times this season in the Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck series.

The latest run-in came last week when chased down Jeff Gordon after the Coca-Cola 600 and got in his face. His gripe? That Gordon raced him too hard while fighting for position down the stretch. Busch finished third; Gordon fourth.

Gordon accused his former teammate of being bitter about his parting with the Hendrick Motorsports team. Busch said Friday he simply overreacted and should have reached out to Gordon via other methods.

The two talked this week at Pocono Raceway and Busch said, "All is cool now. My mistake, but I learned from that. He gave me a bit of advice if there was a next time for that."

Kevin Harvick called out Busch and said he showed a lack of respect to the veterans. Harvick said Busch was talented, but doesn't yet have the maturity to go along with his considerable skill.

CRAFTSMAN TRUCK: Scott Speed made it three straight first-time winners in the series, pulling away to win his first career race in the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Kyle Busch led a race-high 96 laps, but finished 27th. Rounding out the top five: Jack Sprague, Ron Hornaday Jr., Travis Kvapil and Matt Crafton.

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