Edwards Beats Teammate: The Alliance Truck Parts 250 Review

by Troy J. on Jun 23, 2011 12:11 AM EDT in NASCAR Nationwide Series

Carl Edwards climbs into the Michigan International Speedway grandstands to celebrate his Alliance Truck Parts 250 victory with the fans.Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com

This was actually a pretty decent race. Edwards took the checkered but he worked for it. It looked like Sadler and Stenhouse were the fastest cars out there, but Edwards was lurking all race long. Stenhouse has already proven that he is a future star in this sport but Edwards raced him hard and won. Edwards did make a few questionable moves as a fellow Roush driver. He shot up in front of Stenhouse and could have wrecked both cars.

Paul Menard had another great run this week. Last year I was really hoping he would win a race, for some reason it just isn't happening for Menard. Kyle Busch was a non-factor all race and I wondered yet again what he was even doing in the event.

Results and more after the jump!

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Status
1	3	60	Carl Edwards(i)	Fastenal Ford	125	Running
2	5	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Tender Ridge Ford	125	Running
3	12	18	Kyle Busch(i)	Pizza Ranch Toyota	125	Running
4	1	33	Paul Menard(i)	Rheem/Menards Chevy	125	Running
5	7	16	Trevor Bayne	RickysvsTrevor.com Ford	125	Running
6	9	20	Joey Logano(i)	GameStop/Cars 2 Toyota	125	Running
7	11	32	Mark Martin(i)	Dollar General Chevy	125	Running
8	6	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevy	125	Running
9	8	22	Brad Keselowski(i)	Discount Tire Dodge	125	Running
10	22	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Chevy	125	Running
11	15	30	Reed Sorenson	Rexall Chevy	125	Running
12	10	70	David Stremme(i)	Foretravel Chevy	125	Running
13	13	31	Justin Allgaier	Deft Chevy	125	Running
14	14	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	125	Running
15	4	88	Aric Almirola	Suave Men Chevy	125	Running
16	25	7	Josh Wise	Air Hogs Chevy	125	Running
17	16	11	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Toyota	125	Running
18	28	64	David Reutimann(i)	Aspen Dental Toyota	125	Running
19	21	62	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Toyota	124	Running
20	19	09	Kenny Wallace	Toyota Toyota	124	Running
21	23	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	124	Running
22	27	01	Mike Wallace	Cowboys & Aliens Chevy	124	Running
23	17	19	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports Chevy	124	Running
24	2	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alliance Dodge	123	Running
25	18	81	Blake Koch #	Daystar.com Dodge	123	Running
26	29	51	Jeremy Clements	Diamond Pistons Chevy	123	Running
27	39	15	Timmy Hill #	EPH Tools Ford	123	Running
28	35	28	Derrike Cope	Jay Robinson Inc. Chevy	121	Running
29	33	14	Eric McClure	Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevy	121	Running
30	31	40	Charles Lewandoski #	Precision Werx Chevy	121	Running
31	41	23	Robert Richardson, Jr.	North TX Pipe Dodge	120	Running
32	36	13	Jennifer Jo Cobb #	DriverBoutique Ford	120	Running
33	26	39	Danny Efland	Go Green Racing Ford	119	Running
34	38	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory in Jesus Racing Chevy	95	Electrical
35	37	41	Carl Long	Lilly Trucking of VA Chevy	27	Start and Park
36	20	68	Matt Carter	Marro's Truck Chevy	17	Start and Park
37	43	03	Scott Riggs	North TX Pipe Chevy	15	Start and Park
38	40	75	Andy Ponstein	Lilly Trucking of VA Ford	7	Start and Park
39	30	74	JJ Yeley	Riverwalk Cafe Chevy	5	Start and Park
40	34	42	Tim Andrews	Key Motorsports Chevy	2	Start and Park
41	32	44	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Chevy	2	Start and Park
42	42	52	Tony Raines(i)	MDS Trucking/Metro Ministries Chevy	2	Start and Park
43	24	49	Dennis Setzer	Jay Robinson Inc. Chevy	1	Start and Park

Reed Sorenson just can't stay up top in the standings. Everytime he does he gets knocked off. This week Ricky Stenhouse finally overcame his DNF and took over the points standings once again. This honestly is the best battle in racing right now. Here's how things look after Michigan:

Pos	Car	Driver	Make	Points	Wins
1	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	525	1
2	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevy	523	0
3	32	Reed Sorenson	Chevy	521	0
4	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevy	508	1
5	88	Aric Almirola	Chevy	471	0
6	38	Jason Leffler	Chevy	471	0
7	09	Kenny Wallace	Toyota	441	0
8	66	Steve Wallace	Toyota	415	0
9	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	393	0
10	62	Michael Annett	Toyota	371	0

Jack Roush has used Joe Gibbs' bad luck and lack of sponsorship to put some distance on them in the owners standings. Edwards is going to be tough to beat. Here's how it shakes up:

Pos	Car #	Driver	Points
1	60	Carl Edwards	572
2	18	Kyle Busch	559
3	32	Reed Sorenson	547
4	20	Joey Logano	534
5	33	Kevin Harvick	531
6	6	Ricky Stenhouse	525
7	2	Elliott Sadler	523
8	31	Justin Allgaier	508
9	22	Brad Keselowski	482
10	38	Jason Leffler	480

Thanks to the #20, #16, and #99 all missing one race, Jimmy Means Racing has been locked in. It's now the fight for the top 33. Here's who's in and who's out:

Pos	Car #	Driver	Points
31	23	Robert Richardson	243
32	40	Scott Wimmer	219
33	52	Kevin Lepage	196
34	12	Sam Hornish	159
35	41	Carl Long	158
36	79	Tim Andrews	102
Pos	Car #	Not Locked In	Points
4	20	Joey Logano	534
12	16	Trevor Bayne	455
20	99	Ryan Truex	359

Next week we head to my home state of Wisconsin for Road America! Road Course racing at it's best. Join us later in the week for a preview of the even. Enjoy!

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Kinda Liking the Grayed Out For the Start-and-Parks

It doesn’t really matter the official reason anyway. I wonder if they have a list, and somebody goes “ok, this week was the clutch, next week will be vibration, then it’s rear end….”

by UnderdogFan89 on Jun 23, 2011 1:06 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure on the rules for nascar

But I’m pretty sure they don’t want to have “No Reason” for the reason a car dnfs.

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by Troy J. on Jun 23, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions