There’s no place like home for Brad Keselowski.
The current NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader and Rochester Hills, Mich., native won the CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday in dominating fashion.
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.
With his win in 2009, Keselowski became the first driver in MIS history to win back-to-back Nationwide Series races at MIS.
“This one was even harder,” Keselowski said of the win. “We lost our clutch and ruined the burnout.”
It was the fourth Nationwide victory of the season and 10th of his career for Keselowski, who holds a dominant lead in the series points standings.
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.
Danica Patrick finished 27th in her first appearance at MIS since 2007.
It was the second race for NASCAR’s new Nationwide car, which made its debut at Daytona in July.
Keselowski dominated the first half of the race, but his clutch started to give near the race’s halfway point, causing him to lose the lead.
Keselowski spent much of the race going side-to-side with his on-track rival, Edwards. Both drivers are on probation for an on-track incident at Gateway International Raceway in July.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 5 98 Paul Menard Ford 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota 7 88 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 8 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 9 16 Colin Braun * Ford 10 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 11 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 12 100 Ryan Truex Toyota 13 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 14 10 Tayler Malsam Toyota 15 11 Brian Scott * Toyota 16 15 Michael Annett Toyota 17 9 John Wes Townley Ford 18 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 19 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 20 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 21 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 22 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 23 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 24 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 25 104 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 26 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 27 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 28 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 29 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 30 24 Eric McClure Ford 31 168 Carl Long Chevrolet 32 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 33 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 34 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 35 43 Chase Austin Dodge 36 1 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 37 21 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 38 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 39 73 Derrike Cope Dodge 40 27 Josh Wise Ford 41 107 Danny Efland Chevrolet 42 156 Kevin Lepage Toyota 43 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet
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