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Bowyer wraps up Nationwide crown at Homestead

Nov. 15, 2008
Carl Edwards won the season-ending Ford 300 on Saturday night, but came up 21 points short in his attempt to overtake Clint Bowyer for the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship.
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Edwards wins race, Johnson wins title

Edwards wins race, Johnson wins title

HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards won the Ford 400 Sprint Cup auto race at Homestead, Fla., Sunday afternoon, but Jimmie Johnson captured his third straight points championship.

Edwards wins Ford 300 auto race

HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards won Saturday's Ford 300 at the Homestead Miami Speedway.

Edwards wins at Phoenix International

AVONDALE, Ariz., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards gained 35 more points on leader Clint Bowyer in the Nationwide Series standings after winning Saturday's Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix.

Edwards wins Dickies 500 auto race

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards won Sunday's Dickies 500 Sprint Cup auto race, driving the final 69 laps without making a pit stop for fuel.

Busch gets 10th Nationwide win of year

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Kyle Busch tied Sam Ard's 1983 record of 10 Nationwide Series victories in a season by winning Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Edwards wins Nationwide 250 in Memphis

MILLINGTON, Tenn., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards kept his Nationwide Series title defense hopes alive Saturday by winning the Kroger on Track for the Cure 250 at the Memphis Motorsports Park.

Jimmie Johnson dominates at Martinsville

MARTINSVILLE, Va., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Jimmie Johnson led 339-of-504 laps on the way to a dominant victory at Sunday's Tums QuikPak 500 Sprint Cup auto race at the Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race

CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Kyle Busch had the best car throughout the race and fought off Jeff Burton Friday to win the NASCAR Nationwide series Dollar General 300 in Concord, N.C.

Rain wipes out NASCAR qualifying

CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Heavy rains in Concord, N.C., Thursday forced a cancellation of qualifying for Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin wins Nationwide auto race

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Denny Hamlin led 99 of the last 107 laps Saturday and won the Nationwide Kansas Lottery 300 at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

Carl Edwards wins Emerson Radio 250

RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards crossed the finish line ahead of Scott Wimmer Sunday to capture the Nationwide Emerson Radio 250 auto race at Richmond, Va.

Keselowski wins Nationwide race at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Unheralded Brad Keselowski captured the Food City 250 Nationwide auto race Friday night at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

Hamlin captures Nationwide race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 4 (UPI) -- Denny Hamlin won a one-lap sprint to the finish Friday to capture the Nationwide Series Winn-Dixie 250 at the Daytona International Speedway.

Carl Edwards wins latest Nationwide race

MILWAUKEE, June 22 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards drove his No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford to victory at Saturday night's Milwaukee Mile Nationwide auto race.

Hamlin wins Nationwide Dover 200

DOVER, Del., May 31 (UPI) -- Denny Hamlin led for 131 of 200 laps Saturday and won the rain-delayed Nationwide Series 200 race at the Dover International Speedway.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic