Bowyer on Busch pole at PIR

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11/10/2007 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nextel Cup driver Clint Bowyer won the pole for Saturday afternoon's Arizona.Travel 200 at the Phoenix International Raceway. The No.2 Chevrolet circled the one-mile oval in 27.077 seconds (132.954 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Bowyer's first of the season and sixth of his Busch career.

Starting alongside Bowyer will be Scott Wimmer, who posted a time of 27.258 seconds.

Still two more Nextel Cup drivers hold down the second row - Kasey Kahne (27.330) and Kyle Busch (27.345), who won last night's Craftsman Truck Series race over the same track.

Carl Edwards, who clinched the title last week in Texas, will start 28th.

Bowyer won the spring event edging Matt Kenseth in the process. But it was Kenseth who won last fall, beating out Kevin Harvick by 0.337 second. Bowyer finished fourth.

With 30 laps to go in the April race, Kenseth went to the high side and made the successful pass around Bowyer. Kenseth and Bowyer moved out on Burton in third leaving him more than one second back with 20 laps to go.

Bowyer kept taking a peek to the inside, but couldn't make the move just yet. Then with 14 laps he tried it again and got side-by-side. He edged in front of him, but Kenseth wouldn't go away.

The fun battle was interrupted when Stephen Leicht crashed to bring out one more caution flag.

The race restarted with seven laps to go and Bowyer got off well. In fact, he broke free of Kenseth and Jeff Burton began to pressure Kenseth for second place. The second-place fight left Bowyer to cruise to the checkered flag and his first Busch win of 2007.

The race is scheduled to drop the green flag at 4:30 p.m. (et).

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