Carl Edwards wins Auto Club 500
The more things change the more they stay the same.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the newly named Auto Club Speedway in NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow yielded a familiar result.
Carl Edwards won the Auto Club 500 on Monday and extended Roush Fenway Racing's winning streak to four in February races at the track.
The race was delayed a day, a result of NASCAR officials deciding to stop the race after 87 laps Sunday night. The race resumed this morning at 10 a.m. with Jimmie Johnson in the lead, followed by Travis Kvapil, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle.
Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, had one of the better cars in the race Sunday and it carried over when the race restarted the next day.
"We have worked very hard," Edwards said. "I hope this is a sign of how our season is going to go."
Matt Kenseth won the previous two Cup races in February at Auto Club Speedway for Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle won the February race at Auto Club Speedway in a Roush Fenway Racing Ford in 2005. Before that, there was only one race at Auto Club Speedway, which was then called California Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson finished second, followed by Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and Kenseth.
Johnson and Gordon drive for Hendrick Motorsports, which won 18 of the 36 Cup races last season. Johnson won his second straight Cup championship and won 10 races last year.
"Jimmie's always fun to race with," Edwards said. "I was just trying to go where he wasn't. I was lucky he was a little bit loose. They were the guys to beat today."



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