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BUSCH: Burton signs off with win

Jeff Burton wrote his name in the history books as the last driver to win a NASCAR Busch Series race as the 26-year reign of title sponsors Anheuser Busch came to a close at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday.

Burton's fifth win of the season in the #29 RCR Chevrolet also ensured that the Richard Childress owned team secures the 2007 owners championship even though Burton split driving duties with Scott Wimmer this year.

Burton dominated the final green flag run to win the Ford 300 by nearly two seconds over Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, this year's driver champion Carl Edwards and Stephen Leicht.

Greg Biffle finished sixth to give Roush-Fenway Racing three of the top six finishers with Tony Raines, Bobby Hamilton Jr, Clint Bowyer and Australian rookie Marcos Ambrose rounding out the top ten.

The season didn't end so well for Sam Hornish Jr, Dario Franchitti or Patrick Carpentier who all fell out of the race and finished 38th, 39th and 42nd respectively.

Edwards ends the 35-race season with a 613-point margin over his nearest title rival, Toyota's David Reutimann with Jason Leffler in another Toyota third overall, 805 points back. 2006 Champion Kevin Harvick takes fourth overall despite starting only 26 of 35 races while David Ragan finishes as the best rookie in fifth place overall.

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