Gaughan, a Camping World Truck Series veteran, assumes the ride - formerly the No.64 - driven by David Stremme and Max Papis. The pair led the team to a top-10 finish in the 2008 Nationwide Series owner standings.

Stremme will drive the No.12 Dodge for Penske Racing, while Papis will run a limited schedule in the No.12 Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series this year.

Edwards held off Kyle Busch in a four-lap shootout to the finish to capture his seventh Nationwide victory of the season and the 20th of his career.

Busch finished second. Brad Keselowski came in third, and Jason Leffler was fourth.

The pole victory was Logano's third in 19 career Nationwide starts.

"I'm pretty excited about that," Logano said. "It was a good pick me up, and we needed that as a race team. We're going to go out there tonight and try to stay up there and get that (owner) championship." The JGR No.20 team currently holds a 28-point owner lead over the Richard Childress Racing No.2 team with Clint Bowyer as their driver.

The victory was Edwards' sixth of the season and the 19th of his Nationwide career.

Kevin Harvick came in third, while Bowyer overcame a wreck midway through the race to finish fourth. Bowyer holds a 56-point lead heading into next week's season-finale at Homestead.

The pole victory was Hamlin's first of the season and the 12th of his Nationwide career.

"It was a good lap for us at that time of the day," Hamlin said. "I would have liked to gone earlier to see how fast we could have really gone." Carl Edwards will start second after posting a time of 27.161 seconds. Edwards is currently 91 points behind Clint Bowyer with just two races to go.

Edwards' second-place finish allowed him to move within 91 points of leader Clint Bowyer with just Phoenix and Homestead remaining on the schedule.

Mark Martin, Joey Logano and David Ragan completed the top-five.

Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Carl Edwards continued his winning momentum in the Nationwide Series by capturing the pole for Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway.

The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver turned in a qualifying lap of 28.708 seconds (188.101 m.p.h.).

The victory was Edwards' fifth of the season and the 18th of his Nationwide career.

He also moved to within 118 points of leader Clint Bowyer in the championship standings with just three races to go in the season.

Buescher recorded his first pole in just his sixth Nationwide start. He joined Cale Gale (Bristol), Dario Franchitti (Watkins Glen), Bryan Clauson (Daytona), Landon Cassill (New Hampshire), Brad Keselowski (Milwaukee), Joey Logano (Nashville) and Colin Braun (Mexico City) as first-time pole winners in the series this year.

"I didn't think the pole was going to hold up since we went out 23rd and half of the field still had not gone," Buescher said. "There was a couple of them that I thought were going to get us. Hopefully we should be able to stay out in front, and track position should be pretty big." Buescher, at 18 years, 7 months old, became the

The victory was Busch's series-leading ninth of the season and the 20th of his career.

Burton finished second, and Brian Vickers came in third. Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five.

The No.17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver grabbed the top starting spot with a qualifying time of 29.267 seconds (184.508 m.p.h.).

McMurray recorded his second Nationwide pole of the season and the third of his career.

The victory was Hamlin's fourth of the season and the ninth of his Nationwide career.

David Ragan, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth completed the top-five.

The pole victory was Harvick's first pole of the season and the 17th of his Nationwide career.

Starting alongside Harvick will be fellow Sprint Cup regular Mark Martin, who posted the second fastest qualifying time of 31.433.

The victory was Busch's eighth of the season and the 19th of his Nationwide career.

Brad Keselowski, Scott Wimmer, and Carl Edwards completed the top-five.

The pole victory was Busch's series-leading fourth of the season and the 15th of his career.

Kelly Bires secured the outside pole with a qualifying time of 23.460 seconds.

All four series manufacturers were on hand as Roush Fenway Racing Ford drivers Carl Edwards and David Ragan, as well as Bryan Clauson for Dodge, Scott Wimmer for Chevrolet and David Reutimann for Toyota, turned laps around the .75-mile oval in the new car on Monday and Tuesday morning.

"The car's been good, and it looks pretty cool too," Edwards said. "I was impressed.

The victory was Edwards' fourth of the season and the 17th of his Nationwide career.

Bowyer led 195 laps but finished third. Denny Hamlin and David Ragan rounded out the top-five.

By rule, 18-year-old Joey Logano will start on the pole based on series owner points. Logano drives the No.20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Starting alongside Logano will be series points leader Clint Bowyer, who currently holds a 204-point advantage with eight races remaining in the season.

Busch also recorded his 18th victory in NASCAR's three national touring series this year, including eight victories in the Sprint Cup Series and three in the Craftsman Truck Series.

He gave Joe Gibbs Racing its record-extending 15th Nationwide victory of the season, but the first since JGR's two teams were severely penalized for violations stemming from Michigan post-race inspection that led to indefinite suspensions of crew chiefs and team members.

Busch recorded his third Nationwide pole of the season and the 14th of his career.

"Our car has been good since we unloaded it yesterday," Busch said. "We made some minor changes to it. The guys back at the shop really prepared a nice race car here this weekend." Jeff Burton secured the outside pole with a qualifying time of 41.024 seconds.

Keselowski's first Nationwide win came in June at Nashville.

He is in his first full season driving the No.88 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s J.R. Motorsports.

Edwards, who celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday, recorded his third Nationwide victory of the season and the 16th of his career. He also gave car owner Jack Roush his 18th overall victory at Michigan in NASCAR's national- touring series. Roush has scored 10 wins in the Sprint Cup Series, as well as four wins in both the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series at the two-mile track.

"I'm just so happy that we won this thing," Edwards said. "We've been close here before.

The pole victory was Edwards' series-leading third of the season and the 10th of his career.

"It's awesome to be this fast right out of the box," Edwards said. "We always talk about bragging rights here for Ford Motor Company and Roush and everybody.

Ambrose recorded his first win in his 59th start.

"It feels so good to get it off my back," Ambrose said. "I've come so far for this.

Franchitti's first pole victory came in his 16th Nationwide start.

"There hasn't been too many up-points, but this is definitely one of them," Franchitti said. "I got to thank the guys at the team. This Fastenal Dodge was really good there. We were a little loose in a couple of areas, but the places it needed to be good, it was." Franchitti, the 2007 IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, has not been in the No.40 Nationwide car for Ganassi since a month ago when he finished 26th at Chicagoland. He lost his Sprint Cup ride in July when Ganassi ceased operations of its No.40 team. Franchitti is