Busch wins in Texas

Kyle Busch won his third consecutive Nationwide race in Texas with another dominating performance Saturday in Fort Worth, leading a race-record 178 of 200 laps to win the O’Reilly 300.

Busch finished 1.447 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart, who made a late charge from seventh with four new tires after a caution on lap 188. Brad Keselowski, forced to start 42nd in a backup car, finished third.

The winning streak at Texas began with Busch sweeping both races last year when he led 300 of 400 laps.

Busch led the first 56 laps in his Joe Gibbs-owned Toyota, building a six-second lead over Jeff Burton before the first pit stop. Before a caution a dozen laps later, Busch had already regained a seven-second lead.

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IndyCar

Graham Rahal has become the youngest pole winner in the history of the IndyCar Series, taking the top spot for the season-opening Honda Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Former Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing teammate Justin Wilson added to the surprising front row, taking the outside pole for today’s race in his debut with Dale Coyne Racing.

The 20-year-old Rahal supplanted Marco Andretti as the youngest driver to win a series pole on the same temporary street circuit where he won his IndyCar debut a year ago at 19.

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Formula One

Brawn GP’s Jenson Button will start today’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur from the pole position, with concerns about how his car will perform in the expected rain.

The British driver followed up his pole in Australia last weekend with another strong performance around the Sepang circuit, setting a best time of 1 minute 35.181 seconds.

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Supercross

James Stewart raced to his 10th AMA Supercross victory of the season, beating Chad Reed in front of 31,653 fans at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Florida. Stewart, the Team San Manuel Yamaha star from Haines City, cut Reed’s lead to five points in the season standings.

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Irwindale

Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills started from the front row and led the entire race winning the 25-lap feature NASCAR ACDelco Super Late Model twin race finale at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Joanides victory was his second of the season. Scott Dodd of Mira Loma won the first race of the twin bill.

-- Kevin O’Brien