Brad Keselowski was dominant on the race track during Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
Keselowski was able to overcome clutch problems—stalling twice during pit stops—to win the CARFAX 250 before an estimated crowd of 30,000 to increase his points lead to 347 over bitter rival Carl Edwards with 12 races left.
He grabbed the lead on a late-race restart with only eight laps to go, then pulled away to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.
Edwards took second by inches over Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Justin Allgaier was fourth in a second Penske Dodge, while Edwards’ teammate Paul Menard was fifth.
“The clutch problems just affect our pit stops, and at the end, it affected my [celebratory] burnout,” Keselowski said. “It still was an awesome race car. When you’ve got cars this good, man, life is a lot easier.”
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Keselowski Extends Points Lead With Carfax 250 Nationwide Race Win at Michigan
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Carfax 250 at Michigan - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 3704 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 3357 -347 3 Kyle Busch 3201 -503 4 Justin Allgaier 3059 -645 5 Kevin Harvick 2908 -796 6 Paul Menard 2892 -812 7 Steve Wallace 2735 -969 8 Trevor Bayne 2571 -1133 9 Brendan Gaughan 2487 -1217 10 Jason Leffler 2450 -1254 11 Michael Annett 2446 -1258 12 Joey Logano 2433 -1271 13 Brian Scott* 2418 -1286 14 Reed Sorenson 2309 -1395 15 Tony Raines 2287 -1417 16 Mike Bliss 2164 -1540 17 Mike Wallace 2107 -1597 18 Kenny Wallace 2080 -1624 19 Joe Nemechek 1934 -1770 20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 1923 -1781 21 Michael McDowell 1919 -1785 22 Colin Braun* 1831 -1873 23 Eric McClure 1787 -1917 24 Jason Keller 1680 -2024 25 Josh Wise 1483 -2221 26 Shelby Howard 1415 -2289 27 Greg Biffle 1368 -2336 28 Robert Richardson Jr. 1335 -2369 29 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -2376 30 Morgan Shepherd 1299 -2405 31 Brian Keselowski 1230 -2474 32 Mark Green 1169 -2535 33 Willie Allen 1114 -2590 34 Jamie McMurray 1044 -2660 35 James Buescher* 903 -2801 36 Tayler Malsam 887 -2817 37 Clint Bowyer 855 -2849 38 Kevin Lepage 793 -2911 39 Jeremy Clements 752 -2952 40 Scott Riggs 741 -2963 41 Kelly Bires 740 -2964 42 Brian Vickers 733 -2971
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