Kyle Busch drives to eighth Nationwide win

CLERMONT, Ind. -- Kyle Busch held off Carl Edwards in a two-lap sprint to the finish to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at O'Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday.

Busch used a perfectly timed restart to keep a hard-charging Edwards at bay and pick up his eighth victory of the season and fifth in his last six starts. The Las Vegan led 144 laps.

Edwards, who was docked 60 points and fined $25,000 for taking out series points leader Brad Keselowski at the end of last week's race in St. Louis, kept things clean this time. He used a late gamble to take on tires to roar through the field but didn't have quite enough to track down Busch.

Aric Almirola finished third, followed by pole sitter Trevor Bayne and Reed Sorenson. Keselowski faded late to finish eighth.

A week after their run-in forced NASCAR officials to step in, saying they each crossed the line, Keselowski and Edwards were on their best behavior at the crowded 0.686-mile oval.

■ NHRA -- At Morrison, Colo., Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson gained the No. 1 qualifier spot while breaking the track speed record at the Mile-High Nationals.

Johnson drove his Dodge Avenger in an elapsed time of 6.981 seconds at a record 198.64 mph at Bandimere Speedway.

Antron Brown was Top Fuel's No. 1 qualifier, as his 3.961 time run Friday held up. Matt Hagan led Funny Car with a run of 4.161 seconds at 301.33. Michael Phillips led Pro Stock Motorcycle, breaking the track record of 7.308 seconds he set Friday with a 7.238 time at 186.41 Saturday.

■ INDYCAR -- At Edmonton, Alberta, Will Power, going for his third consecutive win, will start from the pole today in the Honda Edmonton Indy.

Power drove the 1.96-mile City Centre Airport track in 1:00.7126 to lead the 25-car field.

Danica Patrick did not make it out of the first round of the three-round qualifying process and will start 21st.

■ FORMULA ONE -- At Hockenheim, Germany, Sebastian Vettel of Germany squeezed out Fernando Alonso to take the pole position in his home Formula One Grand Prix.

Vettel's Red Bull was .002 seconds faster than Alonso's Ferrari in qualifying to give the German his third straight pole and sixth of the season.