| Going into the fifteenth race of the ongoing season | | | | was real fast in the Busch race and had a little |
| of the Nextel Cup Series, Chevy has to contend with | | | | adversity and we didn’t win the thing and we |
| history. It was in 2001 that a Chevrolet car won at | | | | should’ve. It was tough to sleep last night, and |
| the Michigan International Speedway (MIS). While J.J. | | | | then I got up this morning and Bob and I talked a |
| Yeley took the pole’s position, Chevy drivers are | | | | little bit, and he convinced me to put that behind me |
| still wary of the track. Since Jeff Gordon won at the | | | | and to go out and do a job. And then we sped on pit |
| MIS on June 10, 2001, either a Ford or a Dodge won | | | | road one time and got put in the back, and our car |
| at the speedway. | | | | was good enough that it made it back up to the |
| On Sunday, the winless streak for Chevrolet | | | | front. And then at the end there, Martin Truex was |
| continues as a Ford car crosses the finish line on first. | | | | just, I mean, he was amazingly fast, and Martin’s |
| Carl Edwards, driving the number 99 Office Depot | | | | been on a roll lately so it was great to be able to |
| Ford Fusion, took the win at the Michigan | | | | beat him in, really, a head-to-head race. That meant a |
| International Speedway from a host of Chevy cars. | | | | lot – especially for Ford here.” |
| His win marked only the second race this season that | | | | Chevrolet has not won a race at the Michigan |
| a Chevy car has not won. | | | | International Speedway since 2001 and it seems that |
| Edward’s victory at the Citizens Bank on Sunday | | | | they would have to wait for next year to break the |
| is the fifth win of his career in the Nextel Cup Series. | | | | winless streak. The Michigan International Speedway |
| The win is Edward’s first race victory at this | | | | is regarded as a Ford track since of the last six |
| year’s installment of the Nextel Cup Series. This | | | | races, Ford won four while Dodge cars won two. |
| also marked the fifth time that he took a top ten | | | | The Dodge cars used in the Nextel Cup Series are |
| finish. Out of the 200 laps in the race, Edwards led | | | | Dodge Chargers which is as high performing as the |
| 63, the most out of any drivers which means that he | | | | Dodge Ram used at the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks |
| is consistent in his performance at Sunday’s race. | | | | Series which does not need a Dodge Ram pickup car |
| “It feels unbelievable,” says Edwards after | | | | cover after or before a race. |
| his victory. “Last night the Sharp Aquos Fusion | | | | |