Carl Edwards knew he had to get everything he could on a restart with two laps left in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch, who finished second to Edwards, was convinced the race winner got too much.
Nevertheless, after a green-white-checkered finish, it was Edwards who celebrated his third win of the season and the 28th of his career, after thwarting Busch’s attempt to win his record sixth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the 1.5-mile track. NASCAR.com
“It felt good to stand up there with all the people,” said Edwards, who scored his third NNS win in 2010. “I really enjoyed it. I almost didn’t get back to the race car but that would have been ok too, That was a good group of people up there.”
“It was Carl’s 50th NASCAR victory,” Roush said. “I was glad to be with his first and I was glad to be there with his 50th. I hope I can there for his 100th as well — and maybe more than that — his first championship and his next championship and the championship after that.” FOXSports.com
Joey Logano finished fourth, followed by Martin Truex Jr.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota 5 99 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 6 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 7 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 8 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 9 98 Paul Menard Ford 10 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 11 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 12 17 Trevor Bayne Ford 13 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 14 16 Erik Darnell Ford 15 11 David Reutimann Toyota 16 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 17 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 18 15 Michael Annett Toyota 19 104 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 20 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 21 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 22 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 23 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 24 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 25 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 26 24 Eric McClure Ford 27 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 28 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 29 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 30 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 31 27 Alex Kennedy Ford 32 9 Brian Scott * Toyota 33 31 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 34 42 Parker Kligerman Dodge 35 10 Ricky Carmichael Toyota 36 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 37 131 James Buescher * Chevrolet 38 5 David Starr Chevrolet 39 179 Tim Andrews Ford 40 91 David Gilliland Chevrolet 41 107 Danny Efland Chevrolet 42 52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 43 92 Dennis Setzer Dodge
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