Carl Edwards Cruises To Nationwide Win At Dover

Carl Edwards celebrates with fans in the grandstand after winning Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Dover International Speedway. Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR

Carl Edwards pulled away from Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer after a restart on lap 168 of 200 to win Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.

The victory was Edwards’ seventh of the year and the 36th of his career. Keselowski held off Bowyer in the closing laps to claim the runner-up position, with Bowyer running third.

Kasey Kahne finished fourth, one spot ahead of series leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who extended his margin to 22 points over pole sitter Elliott Sadler, who ran 14th. There are five races left in the season.

Edwards led 179 laps en route to the victory. About the only thing that went wrong for the driver of the No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford was his celebratory back flip on the banked concrete track.

“Everything went great, except my back flip, which was terrible—I was nervous about doing it on the banking,” Edwards said. “But it was just an awesome day.”

Bowyer and Keselowski were able to gain on Edwards at various stages of the race, but passing him was another matter.

“It didn’t matter who it was,” Bowyer said. “When you got up to ’em, you’d get in their wake, and it would take the air off your car, and you’d get really, really loose. I about turned it around with four or five (laps) to go right there behind Brad.

“It’s definitely not worth junking a car over passing for second. I don’t know if the tables would have been turned if I was in front of him, if he would have had the same trouble, but, certainly, as you got up to him, you got loose.”

“We weren’t as good as Carl was—that’s for sure. I thought for a minute we were going to steal one with some strategy when that yellow came out, but it wasn’t meant to be. Carl’s car was a lot faster, and he deserved to win the race.”

Edwards and Bowyer were putting on a two-car show when the fourth caution interrupted the action on lap 159 during a round of green-flag pit stops. Edwards and Bowyer were on pit road when Brian Scott’s brakes locked and he clobbered the sand barrels at the entrance to pit road to bring out the yellow.

Edwards had led 141 laps to that point, and after Keselowski, Kahne, Bowyer and Stenhouse stopped under caution on lap 163, Edwards regained the top spot. Sadler had made a green-flag stop before Scott slid into the barrels.

Trapped two laps down by the untimely caution, Sadler took a wave-around before the lap 168 restart but took the green flag in 17th place, one lap down.

In beating Sadler by nine spots, Stenhouse felt he took a sizable step closer to the Nationwide title.

“I think we’re in control, for sure,” Stenhouse said, “but we’ve got to control what we do. We’ve got to not make mistakes. We’ve got to bring good, fast racecars to the racetrack. I’ve got to do a good job keeping it out of the fence and keeping the fenders on it.

“So far we’ve done that, and I feel like we’ve got a really good shot at this thing. I felt comfortable coming into today, and obviously, I feel a lot more comfortable afterwards. I think we’ve got a race team that’s pretty determined to win this thing.”

Story by Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

NASCAR Nationwide Series
Dover International Speedway – Dover, DE
OneMain Financial 200 – Oct. 1, 2011

Fin Start No. Driver Points Car Laps Completed Status Earnings
1 2 60 Carl Edwards 0 Ford 200 Running $49,775
2 8 22 Brad Keselowski 0 Dodge 200 Running $26,075
3 4 33 Clint Bowyer 0 Chevrolet 200 Running $22,250
4 7 38 Kasey Kahne 0 Chevrolet 200 Running $17,900
5 6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 39 Ford 200 Running $25,718
6 9 16 Trevor Bayne 38 Ford 200 Running $21,918
7 19 32 Reed Sorenson 37 Chevrolet 200 Running $23,528
8 5 20 Ryan Truex 36 Toyota 200 Running $22,288
9 13 19 Mike Bliss 35 Chevrolet 200 Running $24,818
10 14 31 Justin Allgaier 34 Chevrolet 200 Running $21,793
11 11 11 Brian Scott 33 Toyota 200 Running $20,268
12 18 62 Michael Annett 32 Toyota 200 Running $20,143
13 3 18 Joey Logano 0 Toyota 199 Running $14,025
14 1 2 Elliott Sadler 31 Chevrolet 199 Running $23,218
15 16 88 Aric Almirola 29 Chevrolet 199 Running $20,693
16 10 09 Kenny Wallace 28 Toyota 199 Running $20,243
17 15 7 Jamie McMurray 0 Chevrolet 199 Running $13,225
18 23 51 Jeremy Clements 26 Chevrolet 199 Running $20,393
19 17 30 Jason Leffler 25 Chevrolet 198 Running $19,593
20 12 66 Steve Wallace 24 Toyota 198 Running $20,268
21 22 81 Blake Koch 23 Dodge 197 Running $19,493
22 42 15 Timmy Hill 22 Ford 197 Running $19,393
23 31 39 Fain Skinner 21 Ford 194 Running $19,718
24 27 14 Eric McClure 20 Chevrolet 194 Running $19,268
25 39 89 Morgan Shepherd 19 Chevrolet 194 Running $19,368
26 41 28 Derrike Cope 18 Dodge 193 Running $19,643
27 37 52 Kevin Lepage 17 Chevrolet 191 Running $19,518
28 36 70 Casey Roderick 16 Chevrolet 190 Running $19,043
29 21 01 Mike Wallace 16 Chevrolet 164 Suspension $18,968
30 24 87 Joe Nemechek 14 Toyota 137 Running $19,218
31 25 23 Scott Riggs 13 Chevrolet 128 Transmission $18,863
32 33 71 Matthew Carter 12 Ford 22 Electrical $12,335
33 40 40 Josh Wise 11 Chevrolet 21 Engine $12,275
34 34 75 Carl Long 10 Ford 16 Handling $12,240
35 35 41 Johnny Chapman 9 Chevrolet 10 Rear Gear $12,210
36 38 49 Mark Green 8 Chevrolet 8 Overheating $12,185
37 26 04 Kelly Bires 7 Ford 7 Vibration $12,165
38 20 47 Charles Lewandoski 6 Chevrolet 6 Ignition $12,100
39 43 46 Chase Miller 5 Chevrolet 5 Ignition $12,075
40 30 42 Tim Andrews 4 Chevrolet 4 Electrical $12,020
41 28 82 Scott Wimmer 3 Dodge 3 Ignition $11,900
42 32 50 T.J. Bell 0 Chevrolet 3 Brakes $11,950
43 29 44 Jeff Green 1 Chevrolet 1 Vibration $11,892

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