Carl Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 48 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night at Madison, Ill.

It was Edwards' second win at Gateway International Raceway in three years and it came in front of a nearly hometown crowd. Edwards grew up in Columbia, Mo., about a two-hour drive from the track.

Joey Logan, the 18-year-old racer in just his fifth race, finished second after starting fourth. Jason Kelley took third, followed by Leffler and London Cassill.

Edwards earned his second victory on the Nationwide circuit in 22 starts. He has nine top-five finishes and 11 in the top 10. Edwards took advantage of the sixth caution of the 200-lap race. He got four tires and filled his tank, coming out of the pits third. He quickly overtook Leffler and James Buescher.

That final caution, caused when David Reutimann got underneath the back of Brad Keselowski, provided one of several pauses during the choppy race.

Cassill started a five-car accident that brought out a red flag with 84 laps left. He sent Scott Wimmer into the wall with a tap to the drier's side back bumper, causing a chain reaction that knocked out Wimmer, Mike Bliss, last-year's winner Reed Sorenson and Steve Wallace.

The cars remained under red for nearly 30 minutes as the track was cleaned before driving resumed under caution for five laps with pole-winner Jamie McMurray in the lead.

Busch falls short of NASCAR history in trucks race: Kyle Busch came up five spots short in his bid to make NASCAR history and Johnny Benson took advantage, holding off Michael Annett to win the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway at Sparta, Ky.

Busch was attempting to become the first driver to win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series in successive starts. He won the Nationwide Series' Dollar General 300 on July 11 and the Sprint Cup's Lifelock.com 400 the following night.

The early portion of the race featured a number of yellow flags, and nine of the first 24 laps were run under caution. There were eight cautions overall, slowing drivers for a total of 36 laps. There was also a 10-minute, 34-second stoppage for track repairs following a red flag.

Castroneves wins pole for IRL race: Helio Castroneves, still seeking his first IndyCar title, and new teammate Ryan Briscoe took the top two spots in qualifying for today's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

It is the first front-row sweep for Penske Racing since Castroneves won the pole and then-teammate Sam Hornish Jr. took the outside spot at Kentucky Speedway in 2006.

Schumacher top qualifier in Top Fuel: Tony Schumacher kept the No. 1 qualifying position in Top Fuel at the Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals at Pacific Raceways at Kent, Wash.

Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) were also No. 1 qualifiers for today's elimination rounds.

Hamilton wins pole for German Grand Prix: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton edged Felipe Massa on the final lap at Hockenheim, Germany, to take the pole position for the German Grand Prix.

Hamilton went around in 1 minute, 15.666 seconds on his last lap to beat the Ferrari driver by 0.193 seconds and start first on the grid for the third time this season.

"I knew I had it in me, I knew we had the pace," Hamilton said. "I'm really happy with it, I won't say there's anything I particularly have to improve on."

Hamilton dominated Friday's practice and is coming off a 68-second victory at the British GP that gave him the advantage in a three-way tie atop the Formula One standings. The Briton has the tiebreaker against Ferrari drivers Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, who also have 48 points.