…Carl Edwards won the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Speedway. Edwards scored his 17th career victory in his 134th race. He passed Joe Nemechek and Jeff Green for 14th on the all-time wins list. Edwards scored his fourth win of the 2008 season. He has won two of the past four races this season and posted his second Richmond victory in his eighth race. He won in his first start at Richmond in May 2005. Edwards posted his third short-track victory in the series. Edwards led twice for 34 laps.
…Edwards gained 15 points on points leader Clint Bowyer.
…Roush Fenway Racing scored its eighth Richmond victory, the most of all teams. It posted its fifth win of the 2008 season.
…Ford posted its 14th victory at Richmond and its sixth of the 2008 season.
…Seven of the nine drivers who competed in the Sprint Cup race earlier in the day finished in the top 10.
…Points leader Bowyer, who finished third, led a race-high 195 laps. Bowyer posted his series-leading 23rd top-10 finish of the season.
…Joey Logano, who finished seventh, posted his ninth top-10 finish in 12 career starts.
…Kevin Harvick rebounded to finish eighth after a pit-road violation dropped him to 18th on the Lap 217 restart.
…Jason Keller, who made his 450th start in the race, finished 16th.
…Austin Dillon, who finished 26th, made his Series debut.
…Landon Cassill, who finished 12th, was the highest-finishing rookie of the year contender.
…The top 10 consisted of three Fords, four Chevrolets and three Toyotas. Elliott Sadler — who finished 19th — was the highest-finishing Dodge.
…Bryan Clauson blew an engine while running 23rd on Lap 93. He finished the race 38th.
…David Reutimann brought out the race’s fourth caution of the night after he hit the wall on Lap 106 while running eighth. He remained on pit road when the field took the restart on Lap 112. When he returned to the track he was in 35th position.
…Brad Keselowski (third in points) struggled all night. He started the race third and was running one lap down within the first 90 laps of the race. After receiving the free pass twice during the race, he finished 21st.(ESPN.com)(9-8-2008)
