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April 1, 2003
11:32 AM EST (1632 GMT)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- It's still the Wild West. After a controversial black-flag call for race leader Brian Vickers and two red flags late in the race, Joe Nemechek inherited the lead and went on to win the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
It is Nemechek's second victory in the Busch Series this year.
"It was definitely a wild finish," said Nemechek, who had to start from the back in just his third Busch race of the season and led only the last eight laps. "You have to have luck on your side. We dodged the big one."
Only 11 cars finished on the lead lap as Nemechek won with an average speed of 117.891 mph. There were 48 laps run under 10 cautions, two more than the track record.
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