Edwards was able to hold off Jimmie Johnson on a green white checkered restart to become only the second driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup history to be a repeat winner at Texas.

Edwards weekend began by grabbing the outside front row during qualifying then leading the practice sessions on Saturday.

Sunday he ran a flawless race passing Kyle Busch on lap 215 and never looking back. At one point his lead was nearly 9 seconds over second place. At the end only 11 cars remained on the lead lap.

His biggest threat came from Jimmie Johnson in the closing laps. Johnson tried everything he could to attempt and close the gap, at one point coming within 1.5 seconds. His best shot came though with four laps to go after Martin Truex Junior brought out the 6th and final caution of the day when the engine in his Chevy let go.

The top five stayed out while those in sixth through 10th came in for tires in hopes of having one last stab at Edwards.

On the restart no one, including Johnson ever really came close and Edwards pulled away to the victory.

"At the end, that restart, might not look exciting to people watching," said Edwards, "but it was real exciting for me in the race car to try not to spin those tires and hold off Jimmie.”

It was the 10th win of Edwards career and his third of the season. It was also the 6th win for Roush Racing at Texas out of the 15 total races run there.

The win was vindication in a way for Edwards and his team. At Atlanta several weeks ago, Edwards Ford also looked like the car to beat. His engine let go with 50 laps to go however and he finished 42nd.