Car Deals

Brooklyn, MI, United States (AHN Sports) – Carl Edwards passed teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with nine laps left to win Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

Roush Fenway Racing finished 1-2 and led 101 of 125 laps, with all three of its Ford Mustangs leading during the event. Stenhouse finish second while Roush Fenway driver Trevor Bayne ran fifth.

“I realized with 11 laps to go and I was thinking the laps kept ticking down and I was driving harder and harder and not catching him. With 11 to go I stepped it up and drove harder than maybe I should have. I saw him wiggle one time and hit the fence off of two and he was driving that car hard,” Edwards said.

“His car wasn’t as balanced as mine. We were able to get by him. With 15 to go I didn’t think we were going to be able to get him. We were talking in victory lane about the race a year ago here. We weren’t even close. We were not competitive with a lot of these guys.”

Stenhouse passed Edwards with 21 laps left in the Alliance Truck Parts 250, but Edwards caught him in the closing laps and passed for the lead on Lap 117 of 125.

It was Edwards’ fourth Nationwide Series race win of the season and the 33rd of his career.

“We just got too tight there at the end,” said Stenhouse. “It was a good one-two finish for Jack and everyone at Roush-Yates Engines. This track definitely needs a motor and we have it. This was a great day for Ford, we wanted a one-two-three finish, but three cars in the top-five and one-two is pretty good.”

Stenhouse held on to second, crossing 1.669 seconds behind Edwards and took the points lead in the series standings by two over eighth-place finisher Elliott Sadler.

Kyle Busch won a heated battle with Paul Menard for third and they were followed by Bayne.

“It was great racing there at the end with Paul (Menard). That was fun. We had a good time and put on a good show hopefully. We were back and forth a little bit there — him on the bottom and me on the top. He got away from me and I finally found something,” Busch said.

“You can change your line six inches up in the top lane and it’s all the difference. I found something about six inches different, ran him back down and wasn’t sure if I could get back by him or not but we did right there coming to the checkered.”

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