DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Teammates Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick ganged up on the Chance 2 duo of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. to sweep past with less than three laps remaining to win the Busch Series' season-opening Hershey's Take 5 300 on Saturday.

Stewart's victory ended Earnhardt's streak of three consecutive Busch openers, and it was the 2002 Cup champion's first Busch win and fifth overall at Daytona's famed 2.5-mile superspeedway.

"I had the drama, had the recovery, had the comeback," said Stewart, who charged to the lead with three laps remaining and won under a yellow flag after a last-lap crash. "I could not have scripted it any more exciting if I was making a movie."

But Stewart's hopes nearly ended with 25 laps to go when a bump from Carl Edwards sent Stewart skidding through the infield grass at 190 mph.

Somehow, he kept the car going in the right direction, steering it back onto the high-banked oval.  More