Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch with 22 laps to go Saturday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park and went on to win the Nationwide Series Kroger 200.
Edwards had the dominant car after starting from the rear of the field because he missed qualifying to participate in a practice session for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway. NASCAR
“I definitely like starting in the back,” he said. “It would be fine with me if we qualified for points and inverted the field every week. I think that would be a lot more exciting racing. It’s fun when you’ve got fast cars starting in the back. I know the crowd likes it, especially for these short races.”
Kyle Busch, who started 41st and qualified because of owner points, finished second.
Busch leads Edwards by 192 points in the Nationwide standings. Edwards knows he can’t make many mistakes if he is to catch up. Busch has finished in first or second in every race since a June 6 victory in Nashville. The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 4 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 5 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 6 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 7 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 8 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 9 5 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 10 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 11 32 David Reutimann Toyota 12 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 13 29 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 14 40 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 15 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 16 20 Brad Coleman Toyota 17 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 18 2 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 19 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 20 87 Kevin Conway Toyota 21 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 22 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford 23 24 Eric McClure Ford 24 5 Jeff Green Ford 25 27 Jason Keller Ford 26 177 Peyton Sellers * Chevrolet 27 31 Travis Kittleson Chevrolet 28 81 Michael McDowell * Dodge 29 6 Erik Darnell * Ford 30 61 Matt Carter Ford 31 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 32 7 Chase Austin Chevrolet 33 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 34 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 35 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 36 52 Chris Lawson Chevrolet 37 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 38 10 Chad Blount Toyota 39 47 Kelly Bires Toyota 40 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 41 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 42 4 Kertus Davis Chevrolet 43 49 Mark Green Chevrolet
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