The 30-year-old NASCAR driver claimed one championship when he sprinted into the lead in the 41st lap on the way to winning the Bucyrus 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Road America.
With only a Thursday practice session under his belt, Edwards proved a quick learner as he claimed the pole position Saturday morning. Driving a Ford, he then led in 35 of 50 laps in inaugural NASCAR Nationwide event at the historic Elkhart Lake road track.
Keselowski, who came into Saturday’s race leading the series points standings, finished fourth.
The race was filled with several long delays to clean up accidents, including a red flag period lasting more than half an hour after a nine-car pileup just past the race’s halfway point. Auto Racing Daily
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 2466 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 2229 -237 3 Justin Allgaier 2051 -415 4 Kyle Busch 1945 -521 5 Paul Menard 1860 -606 6 Kevin Harvick 1852 -614 7 Brendan Gaughan 1685 -781 8 Steve Wallace 1674 -792 9 Jason Leffler 1597 -869 10 Joey Logano 1593 -873 11 Trevor Bayne 1566 -900 12 Brian Scott* 1518 -948 13 Tony Raines 1504 -962 14 Michael Annett 1489 -977 15 Kenny Wallace 1427 -1039 16 Reed Sorenson 1406 -1060 17 Mike Wallace 1385 -1081 18 Greg Biffle 1368 -1098 19 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -1138 20 Mike Bliss 1319 -1147 21 Eric McClure 1267 -1199 22 Michael McDowell 1260 -1206 23 Joe Nemechek 1134 -1332 24 Jason Keller 1079 -1387 25 Colin Braun* 1024 -1442 26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 1019 -1447 27 Josh Wise 970 -1496 28 Jamie McMurray 906 -1560 29 James Buescher* 903 -1563 30 Brian Keselowski 879 -1587 31 Robert Richardson Jr. 840 -1626 32 Willie Allen 789 -1677 33 Shelby Howard 755 -1711 34 Scott Riggs 741 -1725 35 Brian Vickers 733 -1733 36 Clint Bowyer 700 -1766 37 Morgan Shepherd 700 -1766 38 Mark Green 699 -1767 39 Scott Wimmer 678 -1788 40 Kelly Bires 673 -1793
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