Mar 17: Ricky Craven wins the narrowest of victories in Nascar's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 on Sunday. He finished alongside Kurt Busch after their cars hit repeatedly on the closing straight. The unofficial margin of victory was two thousandths of a second - the smallest since Nascar introduced electronic timing in 1993. Craven earned the second win of his career by charging from fourth with 23 laps to go. He moved up to second place on lap 271 of the 293-lap event when pole-sitter Elliott Sadler bounced off the wall and lost ground.
Busch had taken the lead the previous lap after Jeff Gordon banged off the wall while trying to fend him off.
He appeared to have the race won, but a worsening power steering problem gave Craven his chance.
Craven's Pontiac inched closer on every lap, and he finally pulled alongside Busch's Ford twice on lap 291. Bureau Report