Carl Edwards did all he had to do to postpone Kyle Busch’s opportunity to clinch the Nationwide Series until next week by winning Saturday’s Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Edwards led the most laps with 109 and easily beat second-place Kevin Harvick at the finish by 2.415 seconds to cut Busch’s lead to 190 points. MiamiHerald.com
Busch’s first NASCAR championship is still a near-certainty—he only needs to start next week’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway to grab the title.
But early problems Saturday spoiled Busch’s bid to get it out of the way. He spun his Toyota eight laps into the race, suffered heavy damage when he hit the wall, and had to battle to a ninth-place finish. Memphis Commercial Appeal
Reed Sorenson ran third in Todd Braun’s No. 32 Toyota, followed by Clint Bowyer and Keselowski.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 4 29 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 5 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 6 6 David Ragan Ford 7 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 8 11 Mike Bliss Toyota 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 11 27 Jason Keller Ford 12 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 1 James Buescher Chevrolet 14 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 15 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 16 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 17 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 18 10 David Reutimann Toyota 19 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 20 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 21 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 22 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 23 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 24 26 Kevin Conway Chevrolet 25 196 Michael McDowell * Dodge 26 183 John Borneman III Ford 27 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 28 24 Eric McClure Ford 29 0 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 30 198 Paul Menard Ford 31 31 Nick Joanides Chevrolet 32 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 33 58 Josh Wise Chevrolet 34 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 35 7 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 36 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 37 37 Kevin Hamlin Ford 38 81 Alex Tagliani Dodge 39 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 40 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 41 85 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 42 192 Dennis Setzer Dodge 43 47 Chris Cook Toyota
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