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NNS: Keselowski Wins At MIS
Brad Keselowski won the Carfax 250 for the second year in a row...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted August 14, 2010   Brooklyn, MI
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, celebrates with his crew in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images)
NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader Brad Keselowski blew away the field to win Saturday’s Carfax 250 at Michigan International Speedway.

LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: CARFAX 250 - MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF > UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: CARFAX 250 - MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

The victory was the fourth of the season and 10th of his NNS career for Michigan native Keselowski, who visited victory lane for the second year in a row in his No. 22 Penske Racing Dodge.

Finishing second was the No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Carl Edwards, won took the spot by inches over Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Justin Allgaier was fourth in a second Penske Dodge, while Edwards’ teammate Paul Menard was fifth.

The second five was Joey Logano, Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, Colin Braun and Kevin Harvick.

The first half of the race belonged to pole-sitter Keselowski, who led 60 of the first 64 laps.

By Lap 60 of the 125-lap race, Keselowski had a lead of 11.264 seconds, an eternity by NASCAR standards.

The first caution waved on Lap 63, and under yellow Keselowski lost the lead on pit road because of clutch problems leaving his stall. Menard had the lead when the field restarted on Lap 68, with Keselowski next to him.

What ensued was a fierce, three-way lead duel among Roush Fenway Racing teammates Menard and Edwards, along with Keselowski. Edwards went into the lead on Lap 76, taking Keselowski into second place with him.

Seven laps later, Keselowski was back out front. But by Lap 100, Keselowski, Edwards and Harvick were running nose to tail.

On Lap 101, Harvick became the first of the leaders to make his final pit stop. Edwards pitted two laps later, with Keselowski coming in for his last stop on Lap 106.

Keselowski’s clutch balked again on pit road and when the green-flag stops cycled through, Edwards led Keselowski by 4.698 seconds, with Trevor Bayne, Harvick fourth and Menard fifth.

Then, Robert Richardson scraped the wall, bringing out a caution flag on Lap 113. At about the same time, Harvick started to fade with handling problems due to running over an errant side window.

The race restarted on Lap 117, Edwards leading Keselowski, Menard, Allgaier and Logano. But once the green flew, it was all Keselowski, as he won easily by 3.179 seconds.

LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: CARFAX 250 - MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF > UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: CARFAX 250 - MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen 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. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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