Edwards manages to finish first

Carl Edwards was desperate to get back into Victory Lane in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and he wasn’t about to let Clint Bowyer stand in his way at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday night.

Edwards shoved his fellow Sprint Cup Series driver sideways with 25 laps to go, then held off Joey Logano for his first Nationwide victory of the season after dominating the series last year.

It was Edwards’ first victory in the series since winning at Nashville last June, and an immediate payoff for a crew chief swap the Roush Fenway team made last week.

But Edwards decided not to do his trademark back flip in Victory Lane, choosing a subdued celebration because of the death earlier in the day of drag racer Scott Kalitta and the fact that he didn’t win the way he intended to.

“I didn’t want to pass Clint that way,” Edwards said. “I got underneath him and hit him.”

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Kimi Raikkonen led Ferrari 1-2 in qualifying for today’s Formula One French Grand Prix at Magney Cours.

Raikkonen finished 0.041 of a second ahead of teammate Felipe Massa to give Ferrari its 200th pole and third 1-2 start of the season. The defending world champion had a fast lap of 1 minute 16.449 seconds.

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IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon will start on the pole for tody’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 because rain washed out qualifying. The IRL set the field according to points, so Dixon will be joined on the front row by Helio Castroneves.

Dan Wheldon and Tony Kanaan will start from the second row, with Ryan Briscoe and Danica Patrick in the fifth and sixth spots.

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Colin Fleming held off a final-lap challenge by teammate Tim Huddleston to win the NASCAR Auto Club Late Model division 38-lap feature at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. He won by 0.151 of a second.