Edwards wins fifth race of season at Michigan
Quote selected text Published August 17th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Carl Edwards completed a weekend sweep at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, beating NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Kyle Busch off pit road on their last stops and driving off to his fifth Cup win of the season and second in the last three races.
Busch, who has eight Cup wins, was just ahead of Edwards when they pitted under caution on lap 180 of the 200-lap 3M Performance 400, but Edwards beat the 23-year-old star out of the pits.
David Ragan and June Michigan winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had stayed on track and were running 1-2, but Edwards easily passed them on the restart on lap 183 to retake the lead, then held off Busch on another restart with two laps to go and gave Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush his 20th overall victory on the 2-mile Michigan oval.
Edwards, who turned 29 on Friday, also won the Nationwide Series race Saturday, becoming only the second driver to win both races in a weekend. Former Roush driver Mark Martin did it in 1993.
“The key was my crew today,” Edwards said. “My guys did an unbelievable job getting me off pit road.
“This is unbelievable. We’re winning races. We’re gearing up for the Chase. I’m feeling stronger than ever. We’re here to win championships. That’s what we’re shooting for.”
With just three races left until the start of the Chase for the championship, Edwards moved a little closer to Busch in the seeding process, which gives drivers making the 10-race postseason a 10-point bonus for each victory. Edwards lost one of those 10-point bonuses to a penalty early in the season, but would still be just 40 points behind Busch if the Chase began next week.
“That’s a part of it,” Edwards said. “Ten points is 10 points. The beauty of it is keeping Kyle from getting 10 points. He’s so fast you can’t give him any room.”
RESULTS:
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 27 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 195/10 200 Running
2 11 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 175/5 200 Running
3 16 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 170/5 200 Running
4 9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 165/5 200 Running
5 14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 155/0 200 Running
6 15 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 150/0 200 Running
7 1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 151/5 200 Running
8 38 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 142/0 200 Running
9 3 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 138/0 200 Running
10 18 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 134/0 200 Running
11 28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 135/5 200 Running
12 21 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 127/0 200 Running
13 26 28 Travis Kvapil Ford CARFAX 124/0 200 Running
14 7 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 121/0 200 Running
15 10 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Haas Automation 123/5 200 Running
16 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Cub Cadet 115/0 200 Running
17 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 117/5 200 Running
18 29 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg’s / CARQUEST 109/0 199 Running
19 42 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 106/0 199 Running
20 41 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 103/0 199 Running
21 20 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Alltel 100/0 199 Running
22 23 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 97/0 199 Running
23 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 99/5 199 Running
24 36 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Moen / Menards 91/0 199 Running
25 19 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 88/0 199 Running
26 40 38 David Gilliland Ford CitiFinancial 85/0 199 Running
27 35 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 82/0 199 Running
28 33 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 79/0 199 Running
29 8 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 76/0 199 Running
30 6 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Tow Truck in a Box 73/0 199 Running
31 30 70 Tony Raines Chevrolet Haas Automation 70/0 199 Running
32 17 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil 67/0 198 Running
33 31 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 64/0 198 Running
34 34 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 61/0 198 Running
35 22 00 Mike Skinner Toyota Champion Mortgage 58/0 198 Running
36 13 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 55/0 197 Running
37 12 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 52/0 197 Running
38 43 96 Brad Coleman Toyota DLP HDTV 49/0 197 Running
39 37 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 46/0 194 Engine
40 32 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 43/0 162 Engine
41 24 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 40/0 117 Accident
42 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 37/0 111 Accident
43 39 21 Marcos Ambrose Ford Little Debbie 34/0 17 Engine
Bookmark to:
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- Edwards wins Busch race at Nashville
- Edwards testing at Iowa to prepare for Richmond
- Michigan Cup qualifying rained out, Busch gets pole
Was a good race… sucked for Gordon and Johnson, although the Hendrick Haters will be satisfied.
How about that news out of the Nationwide series with the Gibbs cars?
Man that was surprising and I hope an action of an individual and not a reflection of an organization
It was a good race eventhough I cant wait to see Edwards foot get caught in that window net before he does his back flip. Edwards did have the best car today, and finally glad to see a race that didnt end in fuel mileage and the boys got to race and the best car won. Hopefully this will prove that HP in the Toyotas are just as same or close to the same as the other cars, cause if they werent KB would have walked edwards down and he couldnt.
Also to be noted Edwards guys did a good job getting him off pit road, that helped him alot, not to mention him driving his butt off. Still dont like him though
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
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Those darn magnets……..
JASON
I understand you like talking about farts and other funny things as that, but lets clarify for you. It was the nationwide cars that were caught, which means they are probably going to look extra close at the cup cars. So before you start making your dumb comments get your facts straight.
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
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When you get your farts straight, I mean facts, I will get mine straight, and talking about dumb comments, you are the king of them, at least I can spell better than you, hooked on phonix do it for me, LOL…….
NASCAR could take 50 HP and Toyotas would still win
they just handle better
It doesnt surprise me that carl won,for some reason the fords have always won there a lot for along time.
TheTru7h wrote:
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Thats why I junked my Toyota P/U cause the handling sucked, I bought a Z-71 Chevy and it kicks my EX-TOYOTA in the @ss…
Yea because thats absolutley related to NASCAR stock cars
Im pretty sure they didnt put the vehicles you mentioned in windtunnels for hours
multiple times every year
TheTru7h wrote:
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Well yes they did, they have Toyota Trucks in truck races right???
JASON
they do have toyota trucks and they won the championship last year
Damn, what a boring race. FIRST TIME I was actually bored watching a race. I mean, Indy was at least better than that..the tire issues kept you on the edge of your seat waiting to see who was going to blow the next tire..
Can’t help it..but.. I LOL’ed when Gordo and Johnson had their..issues :] lol
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Gordo and jj did awesome but so did jr who hit the wall that had been there for 200 miles
time to penalize those Roush cars
4 in the top 5 !!
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
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Yes I know they do, but this person evidentally didn’t know that read on….
TheTru7h
Aug 17th, 2008 at 6:42 pm Quote
Yea because thats absolutley related to NASCAR stock cars
Im pretty sure they didnt put the vehicles you mentioned in windtunnels for hours
multiple times every year
Congrats to Carl and everyone in the RFR camp on a job well done and well deserved. Carl will make a good champion if he wins the cup this year.