Three cheers for the Ford Fusion – which accomplished it’s mission to put the stock back in “stock car racing.” Carl Edwards drove his all-new Ford Fusion NASCAR race car to its first win in the Subway 500 at Phoenix International Raceway March 3rd.

This marks Ford’s 613th Sprint Cup victory, Edwards’ 20th win after a long dry spell, and the 130th win for Roush Fenway Racing.

According to Edwards: “I thought for the last few laps it was gonna be easy and then they had that caution. It was an awesome restart. Brad Keselowski pushed me and that meant a lot. He stayed in line there and he pushed and we got a Ford to Victory Lane, so I’ve got to thank Brad. I’ve got to thank my crew. These guys were unreal and Subway, this is the Subway Fresh Fit 500. We just won the race in the Subway Ford Fusion. This is insane, very cool.”