lunes, 7 de septiembre de 2015

Eduardo vela ruiz found a news: Carl Edwards takes Southern 500 at Darlington

Crew members for Brad Keselowski perform a pit stop during a NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Darlington Raceway, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)



DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Joe Gibbs really wanted to pillar about this group triumph: Carl Edwards drove sublimely, team boss Darian Grubb made stellar calls with his auto two laps down and the No. 19 group got the auto out of the pits in first when it checked most.

The outcome was Edwards' first win in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

''In the event that you drew this one up today evening time, I don't think you could draw a greater triumph for us,'' Gibbs said after Sunday night's race.

Edwards aroused in the wake of falling two laps down in light of a punctured tire, then beat Brad Keselowski off pit street for the lead 12 laps from the end and hung on for his first Southern 500 triumph Sunday night.

Edwards won the Coca Cola 600 in May and had six main 10s in the previous seven races. Still, he was searching for a support that would drive his first-year Joe Gibbs Racing project into the playoffs.

''This is the thing that we required,'' Edwards said. ''We truly required a jolt.''

Also, now Edwards heads into the pursuit overflowing with trust in the whole group. He was two laps behind after this level around Lap 90. He was in 36th spot on Lap 140. In any case, there he was toward the end, pushing post sitter Keselowski and guarding Southern 500-champ Kevin Harvick 40 laps from the end.

Keselowski was second and Denny Hamlin completed third. Joey Logano was fourth, trailed by Harvick and the Busch siblings, Kurt and Kyle.

Edwards gave Joe Gibbs Racing its seventh triumph in the last 10 occasions. JGR cleared the weekend, with Hamlin winning the Xfinity race Saturday.

Keselowski began on the post and by a long shot drove the most laps with 196. However, he was prevailed over of the pits by Edwards on Darlington's record-setting eighteenth alert period with 12 laps left.

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Things we gained from the Southern 500:

JGR DRIVERS LOVE DARLINGTON: Edwards win Sunday night implied that every one of the four drivers at Joe Gibbs Racing have taken races at Darlington. Kyle Busch won in 2008 when it was known as the Dodge Charger 500. Denny Hamlin won two years after the fact after the race was rechristened the Southern 500 and Matt Kenseth won here at 2013. Edwards was the stand out of the quartet to win the race on Labor Day weekend.

WHAT A LONG RACE: The Southern 500 kept going four hours, 28 minutes, right around a half hour longer than the Coca Cola 600 last May in Charlotte, an occasion where drivers went 100 more miles. A major explanation behind the moderate down was a record-setting 18 alert periods at Darlington, besting the characteristic of 17 set amid the 2009 race.

Returns ARE FUN: The 1970s retro weekend was a hit with fans, drivers, race groups and just about any individual who recollects what it was similar to four decades back. There were 35 race groups who partook in some kind of `70s paint plan for the Southern 500. Kyle Larson may have taken the prize for his Kyle Petty-style mustache and wavy wig while driving a Mello Yello machine. Larson kept running among the pioneers the greater part of the race and completed tenth.

LOW DOWNFORCE PACKAGE: Drivers couldn't say enough great things in regards to the low downforce bundle utilized at Darlington for the Southern 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. said on Twitter, ''That was some good times!! I adored the new low downforce bundle.''

The accord is that the milder tires and low downforce bundle allow drivers to deal with their autos and makes moves when vital. That was clear with 24 green-banner goes for the lead, which NASCAR Stats said was the second high aggregate at Darlington since the beginning of circle information in 2005.

TOYOTA MAKING ITS MARK: It was nine years prior that Toyota blended up a firestorm in NASCAR when it bolted up fan-most loved Dale Jarrett to break into the game. Presently, Edwards win was the 75th triumph for the producer, an in number demonstrating in its proceeding with fight with Ford and Chevrolet for Sprint Cup predominance.

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