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While Olympic judges might not give Carl Edwards a gold medal for his backflip; his late race pass of Brad Keselowski brought him back into Victory Lane.
With ten laps to go Edwards' Ford made an outside pass, on Keselowski's Dodge who, until then, had complete control of the Nationwide Race at Watkins Glen.
"We went down into turn one, I was having a little trouble on my restarts," Edwards said, continuing "so I decided - if anything - I was gonna be a little too aggressive down there into turn one and Brad gave me enough room on the exit to run beside him. "
Only Keselowski wasn't ready to give up when the final caution of the day came out for the blown tire on Austin Dillon's car.
On the final restart, on lap 81, Edwards had a little bobble and Keselowski took his shot. "Obviously, he missed that last left-hander," Keselowski said. "I pulled up beside his left-side door and went into on Carl's outside, and he got loose and came up the track and hit me and put me in the wall there."
It was enough to knock some speed off of his rival."That kind of [move] took away all my momentum. I didn't have a chance at it from there, " added Keselowski. "
The two Sprint Cup stars, who have had their run ins in the past, raced, basically, cleanly. And rather than retaliate Keselowski, who led a race-high 42 laps explained in a tweet "Feel bad for my guys on 22 team, but sometimes you gotta play nice... I want the cup championship."
Meaning he was thinking he might be near Edwards during the Chase.
It was Edwards' first Nationwide Series race of the year. The win put him third on the all-time win list in the series.
Pole sitter Sam Hornish Jr. finished third followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ontario's Ron Fellows.
Edwards made contact with Kyle Edwards and Joey Logano, and although Edwards apologized on television, Logano said he wasn't convinced.
With Elliott Sadler finishing 12th he continues to lead the series by 13 points over Stenhouse, 24 over Hornish and Austin Dillon, who fell to fourth 29 points back.
With ten laps to go Edwards' Ford made an outside pass, on Keselowski's Dodge who, until then, had complete control of the Nationwide Race at Watkins Glen.
"We went down into turn one, I was having a little trouble on my restarts," Edwards said, continuing "so I decided - if anything - I was gonna be a little too aggressive down there into turn one and Brad gave me enough room on the exit to run beside him. "
Only Keselowski wasn't ready to give up when the final caution of the day came out for the blown tire on Austin Dillon's car.
On the final restart, on lap 81, Edwards had a little bobble and Keselowski took his shot. "Obviously, he missed that last left-hander," Keselowski said. "I pulled up beside his left-side door and went into on Carl's outside, and he got loose and came up the track and hit me and put me in the wall there."
It was enough to knock some speed off of his rival."That kind of [move] took away all my momentum. I didn't have a chance at it from there, " added Keselowski. "
The two Sprint Cup stars, who have had their run ins in the past, raced, basically, cleanly. And rather than retaliate Keselowski, who led a race-high 42 laps explained in a tweet "Feel bad for my guys on 22 team, but sometimes you gotta play nice... I want the cup championship."
Meaning he was thinking he might be near Edwards during the Chase.
It was Edwards' first Nationwide Series race of the year. The win put him third on the all-time win list in the series.
Pole sitter Sam Hornish Jr. finished third followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ontario's Ron Fellows.
Edwards made contact with Kyle Edwards and Joey Logano, and although Edwards apologized on television, Logano said he wasn't convinced.
With Elliott Sadler finishing 12th he continues to lead the series by 13 points over Stenhouse, 24 over Hornish and Austin Dillon, who fell to fourth 29 points back.