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Path to stardom unusual for Busch

By Rupen Fofaria
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Busch This trip down memory lane goes back, like most, to the wide-eyed dreams of a teenager. To that predictable school assignment: What do you want to be when you grow up? Kurt Busch just won the most coveted trophy in American motorsports, edging Jimmie Johnson by eight points after finishing fifth at Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the week leading up to the crowning moment, the pressure around him was as thick as Busch is slender, but he still lau ...

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