…Carl Edwards won the Carfax 250 at Michigan International Speedway, scoring his 16th series victory in his 131st career start. Edwards became the 13th different winner in the 17 races at Michigan. He led five times for 71 laps including the final 33 in the 125-lap race. Edwards dominated the first 32 laps as leader of the race from his pole position before Brian Vickers took the lead on lap 33. Vickers would lead 17 laps in the race and finished second.
…Edwards won from the pole position. The last driver to win from the pole at Michigan was Jeff Burton in 1998 driving for Jack Roush.
…Edwards gave Roush Fenway Racing its fourth series victory at Michigan, the most of all car owners.
…Ford posted its fifth win of the 2008 season and its first in the last seven races at Michigan. Toyota has 15 wins, Chevy has five while Dodge has yet to win in 2008.
…Vickers has scored top-10 finishes in five of the eight series races that he has competed in this season.
…Joey Logano finished seventh, posting his seventh top-10 finish in his nine career series starts.
…David Ragan (finished 36th) ended a streak of 10 straight top-15 finishes, a streak that began at Nashville in June. Ragan spun his car on Lap 52 inflicting serious damage to both the front and rear of the car. Ragan dropped from fifth to sixth in points
…The race featured six cautions for 21 laps.
…The race featured 10 lead changes among four drivers.
…The top 10 consisted of four Toyotas, three Fords and three Chevys.
…The highest finishing Dodge was Dario Franchitti in 13th.
…Points leader Clint Bowyer finished 10th. His 113-point lead over second-place Carl Edwards is the smallest since race 13 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway when Bowyer led by just 67 points.
…Brad Keselowski finished 11th and dropped from second to third in the points. Keselowski trails Bowyer by 132 points.
…The first lap was not completed before Steven Wallace and Mark Green were involved in an accident on the backstretch. Green was able to continue while Wallace suffered front-end damage and finished 38th.
(ESPN.com)(8-18-2008)
