Carl Edwards held off tenacious Brad Keselowski to win Friday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
The victory was Edwards’ second at Texas, his first of the season, the 30th of his career and the first for the new Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Paul Menard finished third, with Joey Logano and Elliott Sadler rounding out the top five.
Series leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who started fourth, finished eighth. Although Stenhouse hasn’t won this season, it was his fifth top-10 finish in six races. He is 14 points ahead of Jason Leffler, who finished 15th.
In fact, no Nationwide points contender has won this season. All six have been won by Cup drivers.
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas - Race Result
Carl Edwards Takes First NASCAR Nationwide Win of The Season at Texas
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 218 Leader 2 Jason Leffler 204 -14 3 Justin Allgaier 194 -24 4 Elliott Sadler 188 -30 5 Reed Sorenson 188 -30 6 Aric Almirola 187 -31 7 Trevor Bayne 181 -37 8 Brian Scott 173 -45 9 Kenny Wallace 164 -54 10 Mike Bliss 150 -68 11 Steve Wallace 143 -75 12 Michael Annett 134 -84 13 Josh Wise 129 -89 14 Joe Nemechek 127 -91 15 Jeremy Clements 127 -91 16 Danica Patrick 109 -109 17 Eric McClure 109 -109 18 Ryan Truex* 106 -112 19 Derrike Cope 105 -113 20 Mike Wallace 103 -115 21 Morgan Shepherd 96 -122 22 Robert Richardson Jr. 94 -124 23 Scott Wimmer 91 -127 24 Shelby Howard 84 -134 25 Timmy Hill* 78 -140 26 Blake Koch* 61 -157 27 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 46 -172 28 Charles Lewandoski* 43 -175 29 Landon Cassill 41 -177 30 Carl Long 41 -177 31 Donnie Neuenberger 39 -179 32 Kevin Lepage 39 -179 33 Sam Hornish Jr. 36 -182 34 Bobby Santos, Iii 27 -191 35 J R Fitzpatrick 26 -192 36 Patrick Sheltra 20 -198 37 Jeff Green 20 -198 38 Brett Rowe 19 -199 39 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 17 -201 40 Tim Andrews 17 -201 41 Kelly Bires 17 -201 42 Daryl Harr 14 -204 43 Willie Allen 9 -209
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