Busch wins third straight at Bristol\nBRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kurt Busch worked his magic again at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning his third straight NASCAR Nextel Cup race and fourth in the last five tries on the half-mile oval.\nNot even a mysterious engine problem and an error in judgment by the driver himself could keep Busch from winning Sunday on his favorite track.\nBusch angered crew chief Jimmy Fennig when he made a last-second decision to pass up a tire change with the other leaders under caution 119 laps from the end of the 500-lap race. That put him in the lead for the first time in the race, and Busch somehow made his worn tires last, holding off frustrated Rusty Wallace to the end.\n"This one by far has got to be the sweetest because of what we had to overcome," Busch said of his victories here, nearly half of his career total of nine. "Our engine had about 1,000 RPM less all day today ... and I just couldn't get the car to handle right. It's just unreal."\nBusch, who said before the race that winning at Bristol always takes some luck, acknowledged he had plenty of good fortune Sunday.\nAsked why he stayed on track when the other leaders pitted on lap 382, he grimaced.\n"We only had 20 laps on our tires," Busch said. "I looked in the mirror, and some guys didn't pit behind us, so I just ... stayed out. But all those guys were a lap down.\n"It was a decision I was wrong on, and I had to bail myself out on it."
Replay will be back, but mayve not forever\nPALM BEACH, Fla. -- The NFL rule makers want instant replay to be added permanently.\nBut if they cannot get their way, they will settle for the next best thing: extending it for five years.\n"There's always plan 1-B," John Mara of the New York Giants said Sunday when the NFL meetings opened. "We think we have more than enough votes to get it in permanently, but if we feel there's enough opposition, we're open to compromise."\nGiven the history of replay as an officiating aid, it looks as though there will be a compromise, in this case, the fallback position of extending it a few more years.\nReplay was first implemented for the 1986 season, voted out in 1992, then brought back in 1999 in its current form, with the coaches' challenge system.\nIt was put in for three years in 2001, and this yea,r the competition committee, which includes Mara, voted 8-0 to put it in permanently.\nBut that requires approval from three-quarters of the teams -- 24 of 32. So if replay goes in permanently, it would need 24 votes to remove it, and that makes some owners nervous.\n"I have my reservations because we've been hurt by replay a couple of times," said Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian, who voted in the committee for permanent replay. "So yes, I'm for it, but I can see some people still wondering"
