ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Add Dale Jarrett to the list of drivers who love racing at Rockingham.

Always successful at North Carolina Speedway, Jarrett proved how good the racing can be at the endangered track by besting Kurt Busch in a stirring 10-lap duel Sunday in the Subway 400.

The track is expected to lose one of its two Winston Cup dates when NASCAR realigns its schedule next season. But Jarrett, who has two victories, six second-place finishes and 13 top 10s in the past 15 events, made a plea for the 1.017-mile track.

''Why would we want to leave here,'' he asked. ''I hope in my heart that we don't, not just because I won here today. It's a great racing facility and I certainly would hate to see us lose one here.''

About 30,000 fans spread out in grandstands that hold 60,000 to watch Jarrett and Busch's back-and-forth battle.

Busch had the strongest car late in the race, leading 150 laps with few challenges from the rest of the field after he got up front.

But Jarrett passed him 10 laps from the finish by first pinning him against the wall, then using lapped traffic to box him in and slide past.