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Carl Edwards defeats Kyle Busch with last-lap move at Richmond

Carl Edwards won his second race NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season with a final-lap move at Richmond International Raceway

In a tight finish, reigning Cup champion Kyle Busch looked to have won the race after holding off the challenge from Job Gibbs Racing team-mate Edwards at the final restart.

But Edwards came back at Busch, bumped his team-mate and swept past to win his second consecutive race.

The JGR pair had traded places for much of the race and Edwards looked the more dominant of the two, leading 151 laps to Busch's 63 - but it was the final one that counted.

Jimmie Johnson recovered to third after poor handling meant he spent much of the race on the fringes of the top 10. His Hendrick team-mate Kasey Kahne finished fourth.

Qualifying was cancelled due to rain and grid results were determined on practice pace, but erstwhile series points leader Kevin Harvick could not capitalise on his pole position and finished fifth.

Denny Hamlin recovered to sixth after a pitlane violation for an uncontrolled tyre dropped him back.

Fellow JGR driver Matt Kenseth fought back to finish seventh having had to swap batteries at a caution midway through.

Joey Logano finished eighth. Anticipating plenty of cautions, his Penske Ford was set up with short runs in mind but with the first yellow not until lap 157, he went a lap down early on.

Behind ninth-placed Martin Truex Jr, Kurt Busch rounded out the top 10 after a poor pitstop at the final caution meant he could not continue a late battle with his brother for the lead.

A tyre puncture midway through the race left Tony Stewart a lap down on his return from injury, but he recovered to finish 19th.

RESULTS - 400 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3h05m26.s
2 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.675s
3 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2.689s
4 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3.735s
5 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 4.903s
6 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5.329s
7 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5.929s
8 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7.738s
9 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 8.409s
10 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 8.799s
11 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 9.116s
12 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10.670s
13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 11.580s
14 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 11.985s
15 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 13.477s
16 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 13.991s
17 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.121s
18 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.702s
19 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 16.250s
20 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 17.013s
21 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 17.774s
22 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 18.201s
23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 18.769s
24 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 18.975s
25 A.J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.036s
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.539s
27 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 1 Lap
28 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1 Lap
29 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 1 Lap
30 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 1 Lap
31 Michael McDowell Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 1 Lap
32 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1 Lap
33 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Laps
34 Chris Buescher Front Row Motorsports Ford 4 Laps
35 Brian Scott Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 5 Laps
36 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Laps
37 Ryan Ellis BK Racing Toyota 7 Laps
38 Jeffrey Earnhardt Go FAS Racing Ford 8 Laps
39 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 10 Laps
40 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Laps

LEADING CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Pos Driver Points
1 Carl Edwards 331
2 Kevin Harvick 324
3 Jimmie Johnson 310
4 Kyle Busch 302
5 Joey Logano 299
6 Kurt Busch 279
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 278
8 Denny Hamlin 258
9 Brad Keselowski 255
10 Martin Truex Jr. 246
11 Chase Elliott 234
12 Austin Dillon 234
13 Jamie McMurray 224
14 Kasey Kahne 222
15 Matt Kenseth 212
16 Ryan Newman 205
17 A.J. Allmendinger 204
18 Trevor Bayne 196
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 193
20 Ryan Blaney 187
21 Paul Menard 186
22 Kyle Larson 184
23 Greg Biffle 167
24 Aric Almirola 165
25 Danica Patrick 148
26 Casey Mears 141
27 Landon Cassill 140
28 Brian Scott 131
29 Clint Bowyer 126
30 Matt DiBenedetto 123
31 Regan Smith 118
32 David Ragan 116
33 Michael McDowell 100
34 Chris Buescher 97
35 Michael Annett 87
36 Brian Vickers 86
37 Cole Whitt 62
38 Jeffrey Earnhardt 36
39 Josh Wise 34
40 Tony Stewart 22

PROVISIONALLY INTO CHASE SO FAR

Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards (2 wins), Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick (1 win)

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