Edwards, Sorenson lead Cup Happy Hour at Texas (cont'd)

Jeff Gordon, who'll start from the pole Sunday, was 26th in the morning practice and 27th in Happy Hour. He battled a car that was somewhat twitchy in the corners at the track which he's never won -- one of only three on the circuit at which he can make that dubious claim.

Edwards said the reason for no repeat winners at Texas is simple, to him.

"I think that the biggest reason you see so many different winners here is this isn't a track where the racecar driver can really make a huge difference, you know what I mean?" Edwards said. "If you get the track right, it's a track where the car and the setup and the crew chiefs, like my crew chief, Bob Osborne, really shine.

"If they can do the job and get things right, it makes the driver look really good. So, I think every time you come back, everybody has a little bit different setup and everybody has some new technology or whatever, so it seems like there's always one guy that's fast every different race."

The Busch brothers, Kyle and older brother Kurt have a history of being fast at Texas, but separate crashes in practice on Friday for Kurt and Saturday morning for Kyle will send them to the rear of the field in backup cars Sunday.

Kyle, who'll line up fifth and Kurt, who'll line his No. 2 Penske Racing Dodge up in 17th position, will both drop to the rear of that line after rolling off pit road.

Kurt crashed when a lower control arm failed on the right front of his car, in the opening moments of practice Friday afternoon when it resumed after a several-hour rain delay. His team took out its backup car and Busch was seventh in the Saturday morning practice and 21st in the afternoon.

Kyle crashed only five minutes into the Saturday morning session in the entrance of Turn 2, where he backed hard into the outside wall on his 10th lap of the track. Within four minutes his crew had the backup car coming down off the lift-gate of the transporter.

Crew chief Alan Gustafson instructed his men by radio to begin changing the primary car's engine into the backup car to enable it to practice in the afternoon session. Kyle came out a little more than 15 minutes into the final session, made 14 laps and was listed in 22nd on the time sheet.