Carl Edwards held off Kyle Busch to win Nationwide Series

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (AP)-Carl Edwards (FSY) was coming to his postrace press conference, when an employee race commented that he now has enough guitars to start a band. By Mike Strasinger, AP

Carl Edwards took 148 of 225 laps for his fifth career victory at Nashville Superspeedway.

By Mike Strasinger, AP

Carl Edwards took 148 of 225 laps for his fifth career victory at Nashville Superspeedway.

Edwards will hit all the right notes Saturday to capture his fifth career victory at Nashville Superspeedway, holding off Kyle Busch (FSY) to win the Nashville 300 and receive another guitars given to winners at the track. "You will need a drummer, "joked Edwards Edwards set the pace for most of the race throughout the country on the track, where he won four events throughout the country and a Truck Series race. He took 148 of 225 laps and passed Busch on lap 191 to take the lead for good. On the last lap, Edwards weaved past a slower car and Busch will be in the Bay that he received the checkered flag.Edwards said that the end was more of a struggle than it looked. "At the start of the race, our car was really over, "he said. "I could kind of stretching a lead whenever I wanted, but at the end of the race, I was really pedaling for everything I had. The guys at 18 (Busch) ... did a good job of adjusting your car. "It was kind of exciting at the start of the race. I thought we were going to get away with this thing is going to be easy, but (at the end) that was white-knuckling, driving as hard as I could and to Brad (Keselowski). "Keselowski, a winner in Nashville, finished third, edging polesitter Joey Logano (FSY) Fourthly and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (FSY) in fifth.Edwards ended his victory with his trademark back flip and a brief trip to the edge of countertops to recognize cheering fans. Was 31 win Nationwide Edwards global and the second of the season, having won two weeks ago in Texas plans to auction the guitar Edwards trophy on eBay with proceeds going to the family of an official Fenway Racing Roush Jonathan Bunting, who died earlier this week in Edwards ' victory kept North Carolina., pull out the Busch first consecutive victories at the track. Busch had dominated in winning the race truck Friday night. "It was a good race for us. (The car) was fast, but not fast enough. Was a bit off in each area, and that could only muster a second today, "said Busch.

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