Carl Edwards won Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and collected a $1.2 million prize, but wrecked his car while he did a celebratory burnout on the infield grass at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Edwards exited the pits first during a mandatory four-tire stop prior to the start of the final 10-lap segment. He then held off a hard-charging Kyle Busch, the pole sitter, during the closing laps to win his first all-star race at Charlotte. His previous best finish in this event was fourth, which came in 2006.
His No.99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford sustained heavy damage to the front end when he ran over a manhole cover on the infield grass. After Edwards did his trademarked backflip from his car and then ran over to the grandstands to celebrate with the fans, his car had to be towed into victory lane.
Edwards apologized to his crew on the team radio for the incident. MiamiHerald.com
David Reutimann ran third, followed by Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle. Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, David Ragan, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman completed the top 10.
“You never know what comes from misfortunes and it was definitely unfortunate,” Edwards said. “Pretty wild twist of fate that we tore it up, but I’m going to have faith something good will come from it.”
Edwards had a sheepish grin as he climbed out his window for his customary celebratory backflip, and he apologized to crew chief Bob Osborne for wrecking the car.
“That’s a million dollars. We just won a million dollars,” Edwards said from Victory Lane. “I feel so bad about tearing up the car. But I’m sure Bob’s got a better one.” The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 0 David Reutimann Toyota 4 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 6 David Ragan Ford 9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 10 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 11 5 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 13 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 15 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 16 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 18 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 19 25 Mark Martin Chevrolet 20 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 21 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota
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