Racing Resources Says…


…Brad Keselowski won the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He scored his second series victory in his 60th career start. Keselowski won from the 37th-place starting position, only the third driver to win a series race at Bristol from a starting position below 25th. He led one time for the final 24 laps in the 250-lap race.
…Keselowski became the 38th different winner in the 53 series races at Bristol. He gave JR Motorsports its fourth series victory, and all four have come in 2008.
…Chevt posted its sixth win of the 2008 season. Toyota has 15 wins and Ford has five, but Dodge has yet to win in 2008.
…Keselowski is the fifth Nationwide “regular” to score a victory in 2008. Keselowski finished fourth at Bristol in the spring.
…Points leader Clint Bowyer led the most laps, leading one time for 121 before finishing second. He has scored 21 top-10 finishes in 26 series races this season.
…Bowyer and Keselowski have each scored 21 top-15 finishes in the 26 races.
…Keselowski climbed from third to second in the points, trailing Bowyer by 122.
…Steven Wallace started the race from the rear of the field and recovered to finish 10th, his sixth top-10 in 2008.
…Jason Leffler (15th) has scored top-15 finishes in his past four races to extend a streak that began at Montreal.
…Marcos Ambrose (34th) ended a six-race streak of top-15 finishes.
…Rookie pole winner Cale Gale led the first 17 laps, a career high. He went on to finish fourth and score his career-best finish.
…The race featured five cautions for 26 laps. There were five lead changes among four drivers.
…The top 10 consisted of three Toyotas, one Ford and six Chevrolets. The highest-placing Dodge, that of Dario Franchitti, finished 11th.
…The race ran at record pace with an average speed of 93.512 miles per hour.
…Elliott Sadler and Carl Edwards got together on the backstretch on Lap 87, bringing out the second caution of the night. Edwards, who was second in points, dropped to third in the points standings after spending 85 laps behind the wall. He finished 90 laps down, lost 128 points and left the race 241 points behind Bowyer.(ESPN.com)(8-25-2008)