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Carl Edwards lead the second segment of the Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. (John Harrelson/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos
Carl Edwards took the second 25-lap segment of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIV at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Saturday night, as pole-sitter Kyle Busch suffered an apparent dropped cylinder in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
After the first segment, the entire field pitted, with many of the front-runners opting for only two tires. The order after pit stops was Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Bobby Labonte, Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth. Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett were sent to the back of the field for pit-road violations.
On the restart, which was double-file, Kyle Busch got off to a huge jump, opening a lead of 0.867 seconds on the very first green flag lap. Edwards, the other three-time Cup race winner besides Kyle Busch, took second from Newman on Lap 27.
By Lap 30, though, Busch already was 1.724 seconds ahead of Edwards and appeared to be cruising to his second consecutive segment win. One lap later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took third from Newman.
Then, on Lap 35, Kyle Busch’s Toyota dropped a cylinder and his margin began shrinking as Edwards closed on him, taking the lead for the first time on Lap 39. Two laps later, Earnhardt took over second place.
Edwards held on to capture the segment over Earnhardt, Matt Kenseth, Newman and Biffle.
Order at the end of segment 2:
1. Carl Edwards
2.
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Ryan Newman
5. Greg Biffle
6. Kyle Busch
7. Mark Martin
8. Kasey Kahne
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kurt Busch
11. Tony Stewart
12. Bobby Labonte
13. Kevin Harvick
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Jeff Gordon
16. AJ Allmendinger
17. Casey Mears
18. Martin Truex Jr.
19. Jamie McMurray
20. Clint Bowyer
21. Juan Pablo Montoya
22. Dale Jarrett
23. Jeff Burton
24. Sam Hornish Jr.
SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE XXIV RESULTS
Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to
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