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BUSCH BEAT-DOWN; No one could touch a dominant Kevin Harvick.(Motorsports)(Brief article)

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| December 11, 2006 | Pearce, Al | COPYRIGHT 2006 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Al Pearce

The "battle'' for the 2006 Busch Series championship ended almost as quickly as it began. The issue was settled when Kevin Harvick moved atop the points after round two at Fontana in late February.

Once ahead, "Happy'' settled in for the next 33 races and provided one of the most dominating performances by anyone at any time in any of NASCAR's upper divisions. He led by a virtually unbeatable 348 points by Charlotte in May, and his advantage was an impressive 374 points after the early August race near Indianapolis.

He built his lead to 484 points by Michigan in August and 619 by Richmond three races later. The spread reached 790 after the Memphis race in October and was 844 after the next-to-last race, at Phoenix in November. Harvick officially won his second title at Homestead by 824 points over Carl Edwards, a distant second most of the season.

All told, Harvick won one pole and nine races, had 23 top-fives and 32 top-10s. He was ninth or better in 19 of his last 20 starts and third or better in eight of ...

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