Dover 200 - Dover International Speedway

Edwards Wins for Third Time in 2007
Carl Edwards led 122 laps and pulled away from fellow Nextel Cup regular Denny Hamlin during a rash of late-race cautions to win Saturday’s Dover 200 NASCAR Busch Series race at Dover International Speedway. It was the third victory of the year for Edwards, the series points leader. Hamlin, Scott Wimmer, Casey Mears and Matt Kenseth completed the top five in a race that was slowed by two red flags and 11 cautions for a total of 47 laps. Six of those cautions came during the final 40 laps. Edwards was leading when the day’s sixth yellow flag flew for debris on Lap 161. But when Kenseth and rookie Marcos Ambrose chose not to pit, Edwards found himself restarting the race on Lap 165 in fifth place. “There were times in the race (the car) was just so good,” Edwards said. “I thought, ‘Man, all we can do is screw this up.’ And then we had that final pit stop, and I thought, ‘There, we did. We screwed it up.’ After three more cautions, Edwards caught Kenseth and then found himself in a three-wide battle as Hamlin made his bid for the lead. Once around Kenseth, Edward's Roush Fenway Ford was clearly the fastest on the one-mile concrete track. “Denny is real good on the restarts, and I was having trouble with mine. He could have really worked me over there. It was just a fun race.” It was Edwards' 12th career victory in 85 starts in the Busch Series and his first win at Dover. Hamlin, who started on the pole and led twice for 50 laps, said his Chevrolet was “really a second-place car to Carl after about Lap 50. “They didn’t have anything at the (nearby) Air Force base that could run with him today,” Hamlin said. “We gave ourselves a shot there at the end, going three wide, but I just didn’t have the bite I needed. ... They really just outclassed us today.” Edwards leads the point standings by 472 points over Kevin Harvick.

Dover 200 Notes
· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Toyota Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Ford Qualifying Quotes · Final Practice · Practice 2: Rookie Practice · Practice 1 · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Kevin Conway Notes · Mike Bliss Notes	· Carl Edwards Notes · Kevin Harvick Notes · Dave Blaney Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · David Ragan Notes · Jeff Burton Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Marcos Ambrose Notes · Casey Mears Notes · Juan Pablo Montoya Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · Shane Huffman Notes · Jon Wood Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Kasey Kahne Notes · Eric McClure Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Tony Raines Notes

Hamlin Wins Busch Pole in Dover
Denny Hamlin won the Busch Pole for today's Dover 200, lapping the Dover International Speedway in 23.443 seconds, at an average speed of 153.564 mph. This is Hamlin’s ninth Busch Pole in 81 career NASCAR Busch Series races. This is Hamlin’s third pole position and his seventh top-10 start in 10 NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007. His three Busch Poles have all come in th past four races. This is Hamlin’s first Busch Pole and fifth top-10 start in as many races at Dover International Speedway. Scott Wimmer posted the second-fastest lap at 23.534 seconds, 152.970 mph and will join Hamlin on the front row. This is Wimmer’s second top-10 start in eight races this season – both second and both in the past two races. It also is his first top-10 start in nine Dover International Speedway races. Marcos Ambrose (third) posted his fourth top-10 start this season. This will be his first race at Dover International Speedway. Ambrose was also the fastest qualifying rookie.