Concrete Carl flipped again Saturday night.
NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Carl Edwards added to his Les Paul Gibson guitar collection at Nashville Superspeedway, dominating the Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300.
The win was his sixth at Nashville, five of which have come in NASCAR’s second-tier division. Edwards celebrated his win — the second this season at Nashville — by doing his patented back flip on the homestretch, then went up in the stands to greet a handful of the estimated 18,000 fans in attendance. The Tennessean
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. came in second place, followed by the weekend’s Truck Series race winner, Austin Dillon, in third, Justin Allgaier in fourth and Aric Almirola in fifth.
Even though Brad Keselowski started the race on the pole and led for 89 of the first 116 laps, engine problems saw him fall to a 12th-place finish, allowing Edwards and his extremely fast No. 60 Ford to dominate the race despite the pit-road penalty.
Edwards, who led 124 laps, said he thought the penalty would be a problem for him in the race, but the speed of his Ford through traffic nullified the loss in position.
“I can’t believe I was leading and I sped on pit road,” he said. “That was really, really not smart. But in the end it made our night more fun. I probably learned more.” NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 3 33 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 4 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 5 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 6 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 7 18 Drew Herring Toyota 8 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 9 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 10 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 11 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 12 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 13 87 Scott Wimmer Toyota 14 62 Michael Annett Toyota 15 30 Mikey Kile Chevrolet 16 70 David Stremme Chevrolet 17 11 Brian Scott Toyota 18 38 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 19 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 20 7 Josh Wise Chevrolet 21 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 22 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 23 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 24 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 25 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 26 39 Danny Efland Ford 27 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 28 52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 29 113 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Dodge 30 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 31 40 Chase Miller Chevrolet 32 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 33 141 Carl Long Ford 34 23 Dennis Setzer Dodge 35 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 36 175 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 37 171 Matthew Carter Ford 38 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 39 142 Tim Andrews Chevrolet 40 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 41 147 Charles Lewandoski * Chevrolet 42 104 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Ford 43 103 Marc Davis Chevrolet
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