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With a strong restart on a green-white-checkered-flag finish, David Ragan held off Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards in Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ragan led the final 56 laps of the Nationwide Series event at the .533-mile speedway, but Edwards was the big winner, as he trimmed Kyle Busch’s lead in the series standings from 339 to 248 points. Busch was the victim of an early accident and finished 28th, 59 laps down. NASCAR
“Man, the outside lane was just great all night,” Ragan said. “I don’t think there was enough money in this speedway to make me choose that bottom. I just didn’t want to miss a shift or anything because I knew we had the car to beat.”
Racing against his teammate just compounded the excitement, Ragan said.
“I had a lot of fun racing with Carl,” Ragan said. “I was able to pin him behind a lapped car. I don’t think I would have passed him without that because he was running that middle groove and I just couldn’t get around him.”
Ragan said he realized that he had a car capable of winning around lap 150.
“We’re usually mediocre here, but my crew did a great job,” said Ragan, who led the final 56 laps. “It was a fun night to drive such a fast race car.” Bristol Herald Courier
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 6 David Ragan Ford 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 4 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 5 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 6 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 7 29 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 8 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 9 198 Paul Menard Ford 10 26 Michael McDowell * Dodge 11 32 David Reutimann Toyota 12 61 Matt Carter Ford 13 5 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 14 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 15 87 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 16 27 Jason Keller Ford 17 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 18 172 Benny Gordon Ford 19 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 20 81 Sean Murphy Dodge 21 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 22 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 23 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 24 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 25 24 Eric McClure Ford 26 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 27 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 28 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29 20 Brad Coleman Toyota 30 11 Brian Scott Toyota 31 177 Peyton Sellers Chevrolet 32 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 33 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 34 52 Brad Teague Chevrolet 35 1 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 36 7 Chase Austin Chevrolet 37 10 Kasey Kahne Toyota 38 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 39 47 Coleman Pressley Toyota 40 178 Kevin Lepage Dodge 41 5 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 42 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 43 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet
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