Carl Edwards Wins in Michigan
Carl Edwards won the Citizens Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway this weekend, ending a 52 race drought, and if you watched the race, you saw him cutting the facial hair of a crew member who had decided no to cut it until they won again. Poor guy. Bet he never makes that bet again and I bet his wife/girl friend is happy as well. Hard to believe that this is just his fifth cup win, he has been running up front and finishing well for awhile, just had not been able to put it in victory lane.
It was, as Edwards handily beat Truex to the line to grab his first win since Nov. 11, 2005, at Texas. He celebrated his fifth career Nextel Cup win with his trademark back flip off the window ledge of his car.
He then gleefully took a pair of scissors to team member Tom Giacchi’s shaggy beard, clipping off a chunk of hair that had been growing since the two vowed in late 2005 that Giacchi wouldn’t shave until Edwards’ next win (watch video).
The victory gave car owner Jack Roush his second win of the season — first since Matt Kenseth won Feb. 25 at California — and temporarily snapped Hendrick Motorsports’ season-long domination. Hendrick cars have won 10 of the 15 races this season.
Roush, who lives in nearby Livonia, makes winning at Michigan a priority for all his drivers and he celebrated twice this weekend — Travis Kvapil also won the Truck Series race Saturday. Source: Edwards wins at Michigan ending 52-race drought
Michael Waltrip finally had a good day this season, finishing in the tenth spot in only his third race of the year. Martin Truex Jr. continued his good run streak of late, finishing in the second position with teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. finishing in fifth, and both drivers congratulating their teams. Tony Stewart started in 41st, dropped back to 43rd and promptly marched up through the field to finish in the third position, Casey Mears also continued his strong runs of late, finishing in 4th, the highest for a Hendrick driver during this race. Jimmie Johnson was running in was in third but ran out of gas with 7 laps to go. Jeff Gordon added another top 10 to his list this season finishing in 9th position, the last car on the lead lap, and extended his points lead to 264.
Here is how they finished:
1 12 99 Carl Edwards
2 8 1 Martin Truex Jr.
3 41 20 Tony Stewart
4 13 25 Casey Mears
5 23 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6 3 5 Kyle Busch
7 19 29 Kevin Harvick
8 35 26 Jamie McMurray
9 6 24 Jeff Gordon
10 18 55 Michael Waltrip
11 21 21 Bill Elliott
12 38 15 Paul Menard
13 30 7 Robby Gordon
14 7 11 Denny Hamlin
15 40 00 David Reutimann
16 11 07 Clint Bowyer
17 20 38 David Gilliland
18 17 22 Dave Blaney
19 2 48 Jimmie Johnson
20 27 14 Sterling Marlin
21 34 6 David Ragan
22 25 88 Ricky Rudd
23 29 41 Reed Sorenson
24 9 31 Jeff Burton
25 10 2 Kurt Busch
26 28 70 Johnny Sauter
27 37 45 John Andretti
28 1 18 J.J. Yeley
29 15 01 Mark Martin
30 5 13 Joe Nemechek
31 43 84 A.J. Allmendinger
32 36 9 Kasey Kahne
33 22 10 Scott Riggs
34 31 43 Bobby Labonte
35 39 19 Elliott Sadler
36 42 66 Jeff Green
37 4 12 Ryan Newman
38 14 16 Greg Biffle
39 32 96 Tony Raines
40 24 40 David Stremme
41 16 83 Brian Vickers
42 26 17 Matt Kenseth
43 33 42 Juan Montoya
