Kyle Busch gives Gibbs Nationwide owners title

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kyle Busch kept his perfect weekend alive by winning the Ford 300 Nationwide Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday -- a victory that gave Joe Gibbs Racing the owners championship.

It was Busch's 13th win of the Nationwide season and career victory No. 43 in that series, second to Mark Martin's 48 wins. It came on the heels of Friday night's win in the Trucks Series, which also gave Busch the owners championship in that series.

Busch heads into today's Sprint Cup finale looking for a weekend sweep -- he won three races in NASCAR's three national series at Bristol in August -- but he was thinking about the big picture instead of his personal accomplishments. JGR teammate Denny Hamlin can win his first Cup title in today's race.

"Wish I had something for tomorrow," Busch told his team as he crossed the finish line, "but we'll play the teammate and get them one."

Kevin Harvick, one of three drivers racing today for the Cup title, finished second, followed by Brad Keselowski, who had already wrapped up the Nationwide driver's championship. He had been hoping to catch Busch to give Penske Racing the owners title, but instead settled for a series-record 26th top-five finish.

Harvick seemed loose and ready to go after the Nationwide race, and said he would take lessons learned from Saturday into the title fight. Hamlin has a 15-point lead over four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, and Harvick is 46 points back.

Harvick was the only one of the three contenders to run the Nationwide race.

Danica Patrick finished her final NASCAR race of the season with a career-best finish of 19th, but she was extremely frustrated after the race because she had struggled to get around a slower Brian Scott in the closing laps.

"Why am I so upset? I don't know. Because I was working my (butt) off to get by the 09 car, and I couldn't get by him," she said. "And so I'm mad. Because when you're running where I'm running, it's not like I'm running for a win, and I was mad."