#60-Carl Edwards won the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway with a powerful 2-car pass to 2nd, then on the final restart, blew by #8-Martin Truex Jr. to win by about 10 car lenghts. Edwards dominated the race and led 150 of 200 laps. #2-Clint Bowyer was third, followed by #41-Reed Sorenson and #11-Paul Menard [his best career finish].
Edwards chopped off 30 points and is now 66 behind leader #41-Sorenson, despite missing last week’s NASCAR Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway; a one-day rain delay at Nashville moved that event to last Sunday, conflicting with the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event at Pocono Raceway. Edwards raced at Pocono and won, but his absence cost him the lead in the NASCAR Busch Series standings. Only one driver has won the NASCAR Busch Series championship without running a full schedule: Sam Ard in 1984, who ran 28 of 29 events.
Besides Edwards, four other Nextel Cup regulars ran the race with the following results: #40-Sterling Marlin, 6th; #64-Rusty Wallace, 24th; #66-Greg Biffle, 30th; #99-Michael Waltrip, 42nd.
Race results at:
ESPN.com
BGNRacing.com
Motorsports One
NASCAR.com.(6-18-2005)
