Keselowski holds off Busch to win race at Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An aggressive Brad Keselowski won his fourth Nationwide Series race of the season, banging his way to victory in the Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon.

Keselowski was involved in at least three incidents in the race, the last when he bumped Carl Edwards with a handful of laps remaining.

Keselowski then got the lead when he whipped past the front row of Michael Annett and Tony Raines on a restart with 12 laps to go when Steve Wallace spun after tangling with Matt Kenseth. Keselowski then held off Nationwide points leader Kyle Busch on a green-white-checkered restart to secure the win. Wallace banged into Kenseth's car after the race and the two had words on pit road.

Kroger for the Cure 250

Results

Pos.	Driver	Make
1.	Brad Keselowski	Chevrolet
2.	Kyle Busch	Toyota
3.	Jason Leffler	Toyota
4.	Mike Bliss	Toyota
5.	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet
6.	Carl Edwards	Ford
7.	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet
8.	David Reutimann	Toyota
9.	Stephen Leicht	Chevrolet
10.	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet

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Race Video

• Victory Lane: Memphis
• Post-race reactions
• Final Laps: Memphis
• Keselowski spins Edwards
• McClure shaken up
• Darnell, MacDonald spin

Keselowski picked up an extra $75,000 from Nationwide as part of its Dash 4 Cash program. He won a $25,000 bonus for winning the race and $50,000 for scoring the most points in the four Dash 4 Cash races.

But the most prized possession was the last-in-its-series Elvis trophy that track officials award race winners. Keselowski carried it to the post-race news conference and planned on taking it with him on the plane ride home.

"I've got this Elvis -- man, I really wanted that trophy bad, just as bad as I wanted the Dash 4 Cash," Keselowski said. "To be able to finally get it is a special thing."

Busch ended up second, with Jason Leffler overcoming a sinus infection to finish third. Mike Bliss, who led the most laps but also was involved in an incident with Keselowski, finished fourth.

Brendan Gaughan finished fifth, though he was leading comfortably when the yellow waved for debris with 23 laps remaining. Gaughan lost track position during pit stops.

The rest of the top 10: Edwards, Scott Wimmer, David Reutimann, Stephen Leicht and Landon Cassill.

Neither Edwards nor Bliss were that angry with Keselowski, though they both said if that's the way he wants to race, they will race him the same way. Keselowski admitted to driving hard throughout the race.

"[Saturday], I was very aggressive and put myself in a lot of those situations that led to contact," Keselowski said. "Two of them led to spins. I didn't do myself any favors by that. It's not like I came out on top with that. I tore my car up and slowed it down. It wasn't like that was what won me the race.

"What won me the race was being aggressive throughout. The specific contact didn't win me the race. They actually hurt."

ESPN's Griese apologizes

ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese apologized at the end of Saturday's Ohio State-Minnesota football game for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Montoya.

Earlier in the telecast, during a promotion for coverage of NASCAR's Chase, a graphic listed the top-five drivers in the points race. Fellow analyst Chris Spielman asked where was Montoya, who is Colombian. Griese replied that he was "out having a taco."

As the telecast was wrapping up, Griese, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Miami Dolphins quarterback, apologized for the remark and said that Montoya is one of the best drivers in NASCAR.

In a statement released later, ESPN called the remark "inappropriate" and said Griese plans to apologize again Saturday night during the network's college football coverage.

"ESPN has spoken to Bob and he understands that his comment was uncalled for," the statement said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.