Carl Edwards put on a dominating performance to win Saturday’s One Main Financial 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.
Edwards led 179 of 200 laps and held off his fellow Sprint Cup Series competitor, Brad Keselowski, at the finish by 0.8 seconds for his seventh win of the season and the 36th of his Nationwide career. Nine of those victories have come on concrete-surfaced tracks (Bristol, Dover and Nashville).
Edwards made his last pit stop just before the fourth and final caution flag waved on lap 159 for an incident involving Brian Scott. He reclaimed the lead during the caution, and then held off Keselowski and Clint Bowyer on the last restart. MiamiHerald.com
Kasey Kahne finished fourth, one spot ahead of series leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who extended his margin to 22 points over pole-sitter Elliott Sadler, who ran 14th. There are five races left in the season.
In beating Sadler by nine spots, Stenhouse felt he took a sizable step closer to the Nationwide title.
“I think we’re in control, for sure,” Stenhouse said, “but we’ve got to control what we do. We’ve got to not make mistakes. We’ve got to bring good, fast race cars to the race track. I’ve got to do a good job keeping it out of the fence and keeping the fenders on it. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 4 38 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 6 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 7 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 8 20 Ryan Truex * Toyota 9 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 10 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 11 11 Brian Scott Toyota 12 62 Michael Annett Toyota 13 18 Joey Logano Toyota 14 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 15 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 16 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 17 7 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 19 30 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 20 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 21 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 22 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 23 39 Fain Skinner Ford 24 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 25 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 26 28 Derrike Cope Dodge 27 52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 28 70 Casey Roderick Chevrolet 29 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 30 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 32 171 Matthew Carter Ford 33 40 Josh Wise Chevrolet 34 175 Carl Long Ford 35 141 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 36 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 37 104 Kelly Bires Ford 38 147 Charles Lewandoski * Chevrolet 39 146 Chase Miller Chevrolet 40 142 Tim Andrews Chevrolet 41 182 Scott Wimmer Dodge 42 150 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 43 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet
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