Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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The 24 Hours of Fontana, officially known as the Auto Club 500, was well worth the wait for Carl Edwards.
It took two days to get it done, but the skies cleared Monday and Edwards was the class of the field in his No. 99 Ford Fusion.
Edwards was almost four seconds ahead of second-place Jimmie Johnson when a caution flag froze the field on the final lap at the newly named Auto Club Speedway.
The race continued Monday in front of a sparse crowd estimated at 20,000. After spending five hours trying to dry the track Sunday night, NASCAR pulled the plug at 2 a.m. ET (11 p.m. at Fontana). The show resumed on Lap 88 of the 250-lap event.
Edwards was ninth when the race restarted Monday, but it didn’t take long to see his car was the best one on the track. Edwards had a three-second lead when a caution brought the leaders to the pits for the last time with 29 laps to go.
Johnson’s pit crew got him out first on the final stop while Edwards fell to fourth on the restart with 26 laps to go. But it was only a matter of time.
Edwards passed Jeff Gordon for second with 18 laps left and set his sights on Johnson. He caught Johnson with 15 laps remaining.
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