CONCORD, N.C. — Carl Edwards thought his race might be over after he smashed into the wall less than 50 miles into the 300-mile Nationwide race. Turns out his Mustang had plenty left.

Edwards worked his way up from 27th to the front five laps from the end, moving past Kyle Busch on the final restart to win the Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“Running into the wall usually doesn’t work out too well for you,” said Edwards, the Sprint Cup series points leader.

But after a couple of laps seeing if pieces would fall off of his Ford, Edwards found he still had a fast machine capable of making a move.

“That was pretty impressive,” he said. “It was screaming fast.”

The right side of Edwards’ car was badly damaged after he hit the wall 32 laps into the race. Crew chief Mike Beam talked Edwards through it, telling him the car was strong enough to get him back in.