Carl Edwards raced to victory Saturday at the Nationwide NorthernTool.com 250 in West Allis, Wis., home of the “Milwaukee Mile.”
Edwards, in his Ford Fusion, beat Kyle Busch’s Toyota to the checkered flag for his first Nationwide victory this season, after beginning the race from the back of the pack of 43 drivers.
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Both drivers quickly made up ground once the green flag dropped, climbing into the top 20 only 18 laps into the race and into the top 10 by lap 55.
Busch then took over the lead on lap 123, coming off pit road first after a round of pit stops under caution. But Edwards began to gain ground on Busch during a subsequent long green-flag run, and some drama developed as a piece of metal began dragging and sparking near Busch’s right-rear wheel.
“Today we won the way you like to win races,” Edwards said.
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Edwards jump-started his 2008 Nationwide season by winning at the Mile, and this year he hopes to do the same with his new crew chief, Menasha native Dan Stillman. Edwards won seven races after Drew Blickensderfer took over at Milwaukee, which led to a promotion to Matt Kenseth’s Sprint Cup team. Stillman inherited the job in the off-season. Auto Racing Daily
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 4 6 Erik Darnell * Ford 5 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 6 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 7 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 8 29 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 9 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 10 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 11 40 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 12 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 13 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 14 47 Michael McDowell * Toyota 15 177 Peyton Sellers * Chevrolet 16 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 17 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 18 5 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 19 81 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Dodge 20 27 Jason Keller Ford 21 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 22 32 Burney Lamar Toyota 23 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 24 20 Brad Coleman Toyota 25 5 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 26 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 27 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 28 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 29 31 Travis Kittleson Chevrolet 30 61 Brandon Whitt Ford 31 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 32 24 Eric McClure Ford 33 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 34 7 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 35 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 36 10 Kelly Bires Toyota 37 0 J C Stout Chevrolet 38 87 Chad Blount Chevrolet 39 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 40 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 41 196 Dennis Setzer Dodge 42 4 Kertus Davis Chevrolet 43 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet
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