* Carl Edwards won the 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo at Michigan International Speedway. He won won from the 27th-place starting position, only the second race in Michigan history to be won from lower than 25th. Edwards also finished first in the Nationwide Series Carfax 250 on Saturday, only the second Nationwide/Cup sweep in 2008. Kyle Busch swept at Chicagoland. It was only the second weekend sweep at Michigan. Mark Martin swept in 1993. Edwards scored his 12th Cup victory in 144 career races. He remains second in the points standings trailing leader Busch by 222 points. * Edwards has scored five victories in 2008, winning at California, Las Vegas, Texas, the second Pocono race and second Michigan race. Edwards’ last victory came at Pocono, three races ago. He scored his second victory in nine races at Michigan. Edwards led 84 of the 200 laps raced, including the final 18. That was the most led by any driver in the race. * Ford scored its fifth victory in 2008, all by Edwards. Toyota has nine wins, Chevrolet has five while Dodge has four. * Roush Fenway Racing has scored 19 wins at Michigan: 11 in Sprint Cup, four in Nationwide and four in Craftsman Truck. * All five Roush Fenway cars finished in the top 10. The team has won six of the last 12 races at Michigan. * Busch finished second, scoring his 14th top-5 finish in 23 races this season, the most among all drivers. * David Ragan finished third. He tied his career-best finish set at Richmond last fall. * Ragan and Clint Bowyer are tied in 13th, each with 2,709 points and just 26 points behind 12th-place Denny Hamlin with three races remaining in the Race to the Chase. * Marcos Ambrose, who finished third a week ago at Watkins Glen, had an engine failure in the #21 Wood Brothers Ford on Lap 18, spreading oil on the track. He finished 43rd. * Lap 90 saw Reed Sorenson and Chase contenders Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart running four-wide in Turn 4 with Gordon and Johnson making contact. Johnson pitted on Lap 91 with a cut tire/fender rub and Gordon suffered a flat on Lap 96 hitting the wall and bringing out the third caution of the race on Lap 98. Gordon had serious damage, spending 61 laps behind the wall for repairs. He returned briefly before taking the car behind the wall for his fourth DNF of the season and a 42nd-place finish. * Gordon dropped from sixth to ninth in points, just 82 points ahead of 13th-place Ragan and Bowyer. * Chase contender Kasey Kahne went to the garage on Lap 132 with his car losing power. Kahne dropped from 8th to 11th in the standings. * A late race caution on Lap 180 of a scheduled 200 for debris had the field pit except for Ragan and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Edwards beat Busch out of the pits. On the restart, Earnhardt got into the backstretch wall. * Chase contender Denny Hamlin was running 13th on Lap 194 when his engine failed. Hamlin dropped from ninth to 12th in the standings, just 26 points ahead of 13th-place Bowyer and Ragan. (ESPN.com)
