(editor's note:  Amanda has been having computer issues but mangaed to get a copy of her Nationwide post to me so I could post it for her)

Kevin Harvick, who had the most laps led with 82, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Saturday’s Sam's Town 300. This is Harvick’s second win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (last one was in 2004)  via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com.  Credit: Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR

Kevin Harvick overcame two poor pitstops by his No. 33 during Saturday's Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to take the team to victory lane following the event. He took advantage of four tires his team put on his car during the next-to-last caution of the race, passing Denny Hamlin, who only took two on the same stop, on the restart following the final caution.

"The race started great and ended great, but the middle wasn’t so good on pit road," Harvick said.

Despite most of the cars around him being on four fresh tires, Hamlin held his ground after being passed by Harvick to finish in the runner-up spot. Hamlin was followed across the line by points leader Carl Edwards. With a finish of third, Edwards keeps a string of top-five finishes alive, finishing in the top-five in all three races so far in 2010.

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The Nationwide Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for Saturday's Sam's Town 300. The race is a homecoming for Vegas natives Kyle Busch and Brendan Gaughan, but if recent statistics are any indication, this race is a race for the rookies.

Of course, Gaughan was one of those rookies whose star shone at LVMS a year ago, as he was one of four rookies to post top-10 finishes in the 2009 event by finishing seventh.

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FONTANA, CA - FEBRUARY 20: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Z-Line Designs Toyota, celebrates on the track with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway on February 20, 2010 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Considering Joe Gibbs Racing entries had won the last four Nationwide Series races at Auto Club Speedway, it was no surprise that, yet again, JGR would be celebrating in victory lane following Saturday's Stater Brothers 300. The identity of the driver, however, was maybe a little bit of a surprise.

It may sound odd to consider Kyle Busch in victory lane following a Nationwide Series race a surprise. After all, he's the reigning Nationwide Series champion. On the other hand, he wasn't the JGR driver that was dominant throughout the race. Instead, it was JGR driver Joey Logano who was at the point for 130 laps of the 150-lap event.

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Possible 2010 Championship Contender Jason Leffer via nascarmedia.com Credit Getty Images for NASCAR

Saturday's Nationwide Series showdown at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., could come down to a showdown between two California natives -- series regular Jason Leffler and Kevin Harvick. The two drivers are coming off drastically different finishes, though, in last weekend's season-opener at Daytona.

Leffler, a Long Beach native, is hoping to bounce back after a dismal Daytona race. After being collected in a multi-car incident last weekend that resulted in a 33rd-place finish for he and his Braun Racing team, Leffler is looking to right the ship in his home state on the road to a 2010 season that he hopes will produce a series title for the first non-Sprint Cup full-timer in several years.

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Tony Stewart celebrates winning his fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 in six seasons Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com.   Credit: Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR.

It seemed like all eyes were on Danica Patrick as she made her NASCAR debut in Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 Nationwide Series event at Daytona International Speedway. She spent most of the early laps of the race running from mid-pack on back where she felt most comfortable. She even managed to miss a lap seven crash that involved Trevor Bayne, Brian Keselowski, and Mike Bliss, among several others -- driving right through the wreckage to remain unscathed.

"I don't know how I didn't, but I didn't," she told crew chief Tony Eury Jr. over the radio after missing the accident.

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Chrissy Wallace: the other female racer in Saturday's Nationwide race via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com credit  John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR (3/28/2008)

With all the media attention placed on Danica Patrick's entry into NASCAR with Saturday's Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, the other 42 drivers who'll be competing this weekend seem to have pretty much been forgotten.

Not only will Patrick be only one driver among the 43 who will start Saturday's race, she won't even be the only female making her Nationwide Series debut -- that is if Chrissy Wallace can put up a lap during Friday's qualifying session to get herself into the show. If Wallace can get into Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300, she and her father Mike Wallace will make series history by becoming the first father/daughter tandem to compete against each other in Nationwide Series competition. The father/daughter duo has already laid claim to that very same milestone in Camping World Truck Series competition.

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NASCAR 'Double Dipper' Brad Keselowski via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

Kyle Busch’s name may not be on the list, at least not yet, but the list of drivers hoping to race full-time in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series just keeps growing. It’s pretty much expected that Carl Edwards would do the double, after all it seems like he has been pulling full-time double-duty for years. Then, Brad Keselowski added his name to the list when he announced his move to Penske Racing, announcing that he would pilot cars for Penske full-time in both series.

Last month, Paul Menard signed up for full double-duty when Roush Fenway Racing announced that the driver would be behind the wheel full-time in a Roush Fenway Nationwide entry. Meanwhile, Menard will compete on the Sprint Cup side for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Plans for Edwards, Keselowski, and Menard to compete at both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup levels full-time in 2010 look to be a done deal. Meanwhile, a couple of other drivers are hoping for the same schedule.

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