Written By: Matt "Night" RiderMonday, July 27, 2008
CLERMONT, IN.- Carl Edwards (Left) drove to victory lane on Saturday night, winning the Kroger 200 benefitting the Riley's Children's Hospital at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Finishing behind Edwards was Nationwide points leader Kyle Busch. Matt Kenseth drove to a top three finish in the No. 16 Nationwide racecar. Brad Keslowski came home in fourth place, while Steve Wallace took a strong fifth place showing.
Finishing sixth was Camping World Truck Points leader Ron Hornaday in Kevin Harvick Inc. No. 33 Nationwide entry. No. 99 Trevor Bayne took seventh place honors, while eighth went to Jason Leffler. Scott Wimmer raced his way to a nineth place finish, while Kenny Wallace rounded out the top ten finishers in tenth place.
After the race at O'Reilly Raceway Park, Busch is still leading the points race, with 3,296 points this season. After his weekend win at ORP, Edwards is in second place, 192 markers behind Busch. In third sits Brad Keslowski, 392 points back. Jason Leffler occupies the fourth spot in the chase, 506 points back of Busch, while Joe Gibbs racer Joey Logano is in fifth, 901 points back of the top spot.
Next up for the Nationwiders is Iowa Speedway (Newton, IA.) for the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by Northland Oil and TMC Trucking
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