Camping World RV REntal 250 Recap

In a race that was close up to the final twenty laps, Carl Edwards won at Milwaukee in the Camping World RV Rental 250.

Brad Keselowski dominated the first half of the race, leading one hundred forty-five of the first one hundred and seventy laps. The polesitter clearly had the best car, at least before night came over Wisconsin, and looked to be on his way to at least a top three finish, probably his second victory of the season.

Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards, and David Ragan, three Cup drivers who had to start at the back because of not being at qualifying, made their way up quickly despite the Mile being very flat. This was pretty much expected, as these guys had pretty good cars and are much better than the rest of the competition.

At lap one hundred seventy, Joey Logano challenged Zeselowski for the lead. Logano got loose in the corner, and nearly spun him out. The damage was still done however, as Zeselowski's right front fender was scraping the tire, making the car worse, and taking him out of the picture for the race lead.

On lap two hundred and six, caution came out and the leaders pitted. Logano came out fourth in the pits, and made contact with Bowyer coming out.

After the restart, Carl Edwards got past Steve Wallace, who only took two tires and immediately went to the back, for the lead. Clint Bowyer passed Edwards up shortly.

Caution then came out, and shortly after the restart, Edwards passed Bowyer for good, making some contact along the way. Logano then got past Bowyer.

When he got the lead, no one could catch up to Edwards, not even Logano, who had a good car. He got the fairly commanding win.

In the end, there were eight cautions, with twenty-two drivers on the lead lap.

Here's the top ten:

1. Carl Edwards
2. Joey Logano
3. Clint Bowyer
4. David Ragan
5. David Reutimann
6. Scott Wimmer
7. Mike Bliss
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Jason Keller
10. Jason Leffler

Here are the full results on NASCAR.com.

A very notes, thoughts, and observations:

• The Cup boys did much better than I thought they would. As you can see, four of the five finished in the top five despite them being commandingly outmatched. I guess that shows their dominance in these Nationwide races.
• It was a frustrating night for Mike Wallace, who finished eighteenth. He wrecked a few times, both not really his fault, and will take a small hit in the standings.
• Milwaukee is a very physical racetrack, as we saw a ton of small bumps and taps tonight that led to cars spinning out of control.
• Wimmer had a very good car in the early-goings of this race, and I'm surprised that he didn't finish in the top five.
• It's just a shame that Keselowski was wrecked by Logano. He should be very mad, as it wasn't his fault and it cost him a win. He'll still be fine in terms of the standings, though, although he did lose some ground to Bowyer.
• Congratulations to Chase Miller, who had his best ever Nationwide finish at twenty-third.