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Edwards on other side in MIS race

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Carl Edwards acknowledges this trip to Michigan feels a bit different to him.

“It is a little strange to come here to this race and not be driving for Jack Roush, because we put so much emphasis on this event for so many years,” he said. “To win this race would be really special for me now just because I know from the other side how much everyone prepares – Jack and the other teams – because for the domestic car manufacturers, this is their backyard.”

Edwards drives a Toyota now for Joe Gibbs Racing after more than a decade with Roush Fenway, so perhaps that makes him a bit of an outsider for today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Toyota hasn’t won a Cup race at MIS since 2011, with Chevrolet and Ford winning three each since then.

Edwards has won twice at this track, but not since 2008. He was out of the top 20 in his two attempts last year for Roush Fenway and Ford.

Edwards is 16th in the points standings this year, but he already has a victory, so he’s in good shape to reach the Chase for the Sprint Cup. His old team has been struggling. Greg Biffle is in 18th place, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is 28th and Trevor Bayne is 30th. None of those three Roush drivers has won a race.

Edwards is starting in the second row for today’s race. Kasey Kahne took the pole Friday.

Xfinity Series

Kyle Busch returned to the Xfinity Series with a flourish, winning his first race back Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.

Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a February crash at Daytona. He resumed his Sprint Cup schedule last month, but the race at MIS was his first in NASCAR’s second-tier series since the injury.

It was Busch’s record 71st career victory on this circuit.

IndyCar

Will Power recorded the fastest lap time late in the qualifying session at Honda Indy Toronto.

He completed the 1.755-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit in 59.4280 seconds and will start from the pole position today.

It was his 41st career pole position and fifth this year.

Trucks Series

Cole Custer won his first NASCAR Truck Series race this season and the second of his career, taking the weather-delayed 200-mile event at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois. Custer, 17, took the lead on a restart on the 155th lap of the 160-lap event.