Carl Edwards survived a fight blows to old in the Dover International Speedway Sunday to gain the race Dodge Dealers 400 of Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR.
Edwards could escape of a full race of accidents that removed to many contenders to the championship of the second event in Caza of 10 races by Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR, the coveted title more in American motoring nowadays.
Thirteen periods of yellow flag, a record, maintained to the contingent at low speed in a sunny day before a great multitude that saw the ex- champion of NASCAR, Matt Kenseth, to lead 191 returns before the motor of its Ford burst almost in the end in a smoke ball.
Edwards, one of the contenders by Caza, moved away of the second place, Greg Biffle, in a short race of five returns after the last yellow flag of the day to take the picture flag.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr, returned after being a return down to finish thirdly. The veteran Mark Martin was quarter and Kyle Busch fifth.
Between the 10 first they arrived Casey Mears, the contender by Caza Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray, the contender by Caza and ex- champion Tony Stewart, and the ex- star of Formula One, Juan Pablo Montoya.
An accident of 12 cars in the main straight line retired several, among them to the contender by Caza Kurt Busch, that brought about the accident when something was broken in its car. The car of Busch went to the external wall and bounced towards the track in front of almost all the contingent.
The cars involved in the accident were those of the defending champion, Jimmie Johnson, the contender by Caza Martin Truex, Jr, Ryan Newman, Jeff Green, Kasey Kahne, Bobby Labonte, J.J. Yeley, Kyle Busch, Scott Riggs, Elliott Sadler and Reed Sorenson.
Other contenders by Caza had problems, like Denny Hamlin, that became jumbled in an accident with Kyle Petty that it relegated to Hamlin to a result in 38º. Kenseth finalized in 35º. Kurt Busch was 29º, Kevin Harvick, 20º, Johnson 14º, Jeff Gordon 11º, and Clint Bowyer, 12º.
The action of Sunday closed the battle in the scores, because only four points separate the first four pilots, Gordon, Stewart, Edwards and Kyle Busch.
Hamlin continued where it had remained Saturday when taking the leadership in the starting from the race. Hamlin dominated to the things when winning the event of the Busch Series.
Johnson was a little back him. Kenseth showed early signals of to be competitive, as Kurt Busch, that said Saturday at night that it thought that its Dodge would be well in the race.
The yellow flags flooded the first part of the race, and the track of pits had to close to take care of a member of the team of Michael Waltrip injured during one of the periods of yellow flag. Mark Harris, the man of the gasoline of Waltrip, was transported to a local hospital for observation after it was run over during a shutdown in pits.
When it continued the race under green flag, Kurt Busch took the leadership with Biffle in suction. Mears was third party, followed of Edwards, Kenseth and Hamlin.
Kenseth again recovered the leadership for the return 112 with Busch in second and Edwards in third party. Earnhardt presented its plans contender by the triumph when it raised between the five first before half of the race.
The winner of the last week, Clint Bowyer, also raised between the 10 first, after initiating from the bottom of the contingent.
Kevin Harvick lost two returns when it changed a rim punctured in return 170. Harvick was with the leaders, between the 10 first then. Johnson, the defending champion, underwent the same luck later several returns, and lost two returns while its equipment changed the punctured back right rim.
Right after half, Hamlin beat to him to Kyle Petty by back leaving curve four. Petty trompeó, and so it caused the sixth yellow flag of afternoon. The car of Bowyer also suffered smaller damages in the front. The car of Hamlin was damaged seriously, and it went to his garage.
In the resumption in return 208, Kenseth was in control with Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman in the five first. Then, the 10 first were Casey Mears, Truex, Jr, Mark Martin, Edwards and Earnhardt.
Jeff Gordon assumed the leadership in the battle by the points followed of Tony Stewart (two points back), Carl Edwards (three points back), Jimmie Johnson (four points back) and Kyle Busch (to 10 points of the first place).

*El Ford N° 99 of Carl Edwards, east winner Sunday of the Dodge Dealers 400 in Dover, did not surpass the technical revision after the race, which could finish in an economic and sport sanction against the Roush Fenway Racing. This will be known in the next week, informed the official site www.nascar.com.

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