MADISON, Ill. — Carl Edwards meant no harm to Brad Keselowski. He just wanted to take the checkered flag that he deserved.
Edwards prevailed in a wild final lap, nudging Keselowski out of control on the final straightaway to take the Nationwide Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.
“The deal is he’ll eventually learn he can’t run into my car over and over and put me in bad situations,” Edwards said. “In every situation, there’s an aggressor and there’s someone who reacts. I was not the aggressor in this situation.”
Keselowski was on the inside and had appeared to take the lead before Edwards’ car drifted into him. Keselowski spun into the wall and was struck head-on by another car as he slid back to toward the infield.
Reed Sorenson was second and 19-year-old polesitter Trevor Bayne third.
Harvick wins truck race.
Kevin Harvick took the first half of a racing doubleheader with a near wire-to-wire victory in the Camping World 200 in Madison, Ill.
Harvick won for the third time in four NASCAR truck races this season, leading for 143 of the 160 laps at the 1.25-mile Gateway International Raceway. He led by up to eight seconds and the margin of victory was more than five seconds.
“That was the hope coming here, that the day was going to go like it did,” Harvick said.
Keselowski was second and Johnny Sauter finished third, and Aric Almirola, who led for 16 laps, was eighth.
Wilson wins Toronto pole.
Justin Wilson won his first IndyCar Series pole to end Team Penske’s streak at eight in the Honda Indy Toronto, turning a series track- record lap of 104.827 mph on the 11-turn, 1.755-mile street circuit.
Beckman tops funny car.
Funny car driver Jack Beckman set both ends of the Infineon Raceway track record while earning his first No. 1 qualifier of the season at the NHRA Nationals in Sonoma, Calif.
Beckman paced the funny car field with a 4.063-second pass at 311.56 mph. The other No. 1 qualifiers: Larry Dixon (top fuel), Allen Johnson (pro stock) and Hector Arana (pro stock motorcycle).
Lorenzo wins German pole.
Jorge Lorenzo won his fourth straight pole, capturing the German Grand Prix in Sachsenring. The AP
