"I think the biggest help today, though, was my crew," Edwards explained. "They dropped the jack after that first pit stop and we pulled out and passed three or four people on pit road. I thought, `Wow, if we have a day like this on pit road the whole day, we're going to win this race.' That's the way it worked."
But they had some prerace help from a computer game Edwards had been playing in his hauler before he raced to his second victory of the season and career.
"It's a NASCAR game that you can buy on the shelf," he said. "Coming to a new track and spending time on one of those things really helps."
His Ford led 45 of 200 laps and beat the Chevrolet of Brian Vickers in a race that ended under caution on the 2.5-mile triangle.
While he was winning, Edwards lost the points lead in the Busch Series because a rainout Saturday night in Nashville prevented him from racing there Sunday.
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