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Carl Edwards too just two tires on his last pit stop and couldn't hold the lead.

Roush the big winner with sweep of top three spots

Biffle, Kenseth, Edwards battle it out while owner watches

By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
September 22, 2008
12:41 PM EDT
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DOVER, Del. -- With the laps winding down in Sunday's Cup race at Dover International Speedway, Jack Roush knew he was going to Victory Lane. He just didn't know which driver he would be congratulating.

"I'm obliged to be on the winning pit box, but I was in a quandary on what I should do [Sunday]," said Roush, who is typically stationed atop the No. 16 pit box of Greg Biffle. "I needed a paper bag to put my head in."

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I would've crapped my pants watching those three cars running into each other.

GREG BIFFLE

The decision was difficult as three of his five Sprint Cup cars ran up front throughout the day. But nearing the end of the event, teammates Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth bunched up for a three-way battle for the victory.

Edwards tried to block Kenseth, but the No. 17 answered back by shooting Edwards down the back straightaway into Turn 3 about 5 mph faster than the No. 99 wanted to go. Biffle managed to pass Kenseth on the high side because the No. 17 was too loose. Edwards held on but his No. 99 wasn't fast enough and he couldn't keep up, partly due to a gamble on pit road. All three cars raced as hard as possible without wrecking each other.

"I was pretty close to wrecking us both on the backstretch one time so we just couldn't race any harder," Kenseth said in reference to Biffle.

The race victor: Biffle.

The big winner: Roush. His drivers finished 1-2-3, the first time that's happened for the organization since it swept the top four at Homestead in the 2005 finale.

Biffle, the now back-to-back winner, said the door-to-door, fast-paced excitement was too much to handle -- he didn't envy team owner Jack Roush's view from the pits.

"I would've crapped my pants watching those three cars running into each other," he laughed.

That's one way to verbalize the emotion surrounding the show Roush cars put on in Sunday's Camping World RV 400.

"The plan was to let Greg win, but we were supposed to make it look really good," runner-up Kenseth joked.

It looked as if Edwards had the race locked up, but a questionable two-tire call on the last round of pit stops may have ruined any chances for a win. (Continued)

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