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"His car was really strong," Harvick said of Newman. "He probably had the best car for about 20 laps, then our car was better the next 20 laps. It probably would have been a good fight at the end, but I'm glad we didn't have to see it."

Harvick battles Newman on the turns.

The caution came out with 10 laps remaining bunching up front-runners. The single-file restart with six laps to go Newman charged past Carl Edwards for third place behind Harvick and Biffle. Edwards finished fourth and Mark Martin was fifth -- meaning Cup regulars or "Buschwhackers" finished 1-5.

"I knew that Biffle was good on the restarts," Harvick said. "I just had to feel my car out and do what I thought was right. It was a good restart.

"We kept adjusting on the car, a little half a pound [of air in the tires] here and there and it was real good at the end."

After the race.. The old fued between Harvick and Biffle reared its ugly head again.. Biffle called Harvick a "Chicken" and said he will be lucky to win another Nextel Cup Race. Biffle claimed Harvick was blocking him earlier in the race. When asked about Biffle's comments... Harvick called Biffle a "Baby" Lets hope they can behave on Sunday

Newman had the car to beat all day leading a race-high 118 laps. The Rocketman fell 1.185 second short of his second Busch victory. A penalty for too many crewmen over the wall during a late pit stop cost Newman down the stretch.

"It was a pretty good race, but we made a mistake and that's just what we deserved," Newman said. Newman also attributed some of the problems to his new crew.. as they have only been together for two races.

Martin Truex Jr. now leads the Busch points standings by 72 points over Harvick's teamate Clint Bowyer. Reed Sorenson is third, 106 points behind.The victory was Kevin Harvick's 15th in the Busch Series, tied for 14th place on the all-time win list.