Reutimann still hot, wins Busch pole in Texas

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11/02/2007 - Fort Worth, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Last week's Busch Series race winner David Reutimann edged Tony Stewart for the pole for Saturday afternoon's O'Reilly Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway. The No.99 Toyota driver circled the 1.5-mile, 24-degree banked oval in 28.177 seconds (190.646 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Reutimann's first of the season and second of his Busch career.

Starting with Reutimann on the front row will be Stewart who posted a time of 28.279 seconds

Two more Nextel Cup drivers, series points leader Carl Edwards (28.310) and 2006 Busch Series champion Kevin Harvick (28.333) will make up row two.

Edwards continues to stumble down the stretch, but it makes no difference in who will win the drivers championship. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing driver still leads the Busch Series championship by a whopping 531 points with three races remaining on the schedule.

But it would have made a nice finish to a tough week which started with his very public display towards Nextel Cup teammate Matt Kenseth.

"It was a very frustrating race, but I feel good," said Edwards on his team's website. "The silver lining is that David Reutimann won the race and he's a heck of a guy. So, that's good for him. But that's just racing. We got caught up in some stuff. We had a great race car."

Assuming Edwards starts the final three races, he has already clinched the title. But in a sport where people crash into walls at very high speeds, anything is possible. Therefore, to mathematically clinch the drivers title Edwards has to finish in 36th place or 38th if he leads at least one lap.

The race is scheduled to drop the green flag on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (et).

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