Edwards Wins from the Pole in Roush's Back Yard
If there’s such a thing as home cooking at a NASCAR race track, Michigan International Speedway served as Jack Roush’s kitchen for Saturday’s Carfax 250.
In a race that ended under caution because of Danny Efland’s wreck on the white-flag lap, polesitter Carl Edwards gave Roush Fenway Racing its first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at the two-mile track since 1998. It was Ford’s first Michigan win in the series since Ryan Newman took the checkered flag in 2001.
“I’m so happy we won this thing,” said Edwards, who won his third Nationwide race of the season, all since Drew Blickensderfer replaced Pierre Kuettel as crew chief in late June. “We’ve been so close before. It feels good to put a Ford here in Victory Lane.”
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Tenth Career Nationwide Pole Position for Edwards
Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for today's CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Edwards qualified with a lap of 38.688 seconds, at an average speed of 186.104 mph, to earn his 10th pole in 131 career NASCAR Nationwide Series starts. This is his third pole of the 2008 season and his first pole in four races at Michigan. Rookie Cale Gale put his Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet on the outside pole, nailing down his third top-10 start of 2008 and his first in two races at Michigan. The pole sitter for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race, Brian Vickers qualified in the third starting spot, posting his third top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway. It is his fourth in eight races this season.
Video: Nationwide Post-Race News Conferences at Michigan
Race winner Carl Edwards is proud to put Ford in winners circle
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Tony Stewart kept momentum up for third-place finish
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Brian Vickers says he's able to lead a lap, just not the winning one
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