Carl Edwards led 124 of 225 laps and dominated Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 300 from Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo credit: Jared C. Tilton)

Want the most exciting moments of tonight’s race?  ESPN coined a new nickname for Carl Edwards by calling him “Concrete Carl” and the best invocation in NASCAR history was provided by Pastor Joseph Nelms prior to the drop of the green flag.  That’s what fans missed tonight.  I don’t lie when I say tonight’s race lacked a little more than enthusiasm and excitement and you’re fixing to find out why.

Let’s take a look at how it all went down tonight down in good ‘ole Nashville, Tennessee.  In the meanwhile, take a gander at the most epic invocation during Saturday’s pre-race ceremonies to tickle your fancy:

Two Sprint Cup spoilers obliterated and dominated the field tonight and they both did exactly that and spoiled the race for the rest of the 41 drivers in the field. Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski dominated tonight’s Federated Auto Parts 300 but Carl walked away with the Sam Bass victory guitar in the end.

Elliott Sadler also lost the series points lead tonight with broken axle and Reed Sorenson cleaned up the mess and now leads Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. by five points in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Did Carl pull a 2010 "Kyle Busch episode" and smash this guitar? Ummm...Carl has class, so no he did not. (Photo credit: Mark Humphrey)

There wasn’t much going on during tonight’s race even with only two Sprint Cup regulars in the field. Despite a pit road speeding penalty for Carl on lap 82 when the first caution was issued for debris, Edwards and Keselowski combined to lead 213 of the 225 laps in tonight’s race.

After serving his pit road speeding penalty, Edwards worked his way back through the entire field and retook the lead from Austin Dillon on lap 120 and caused Dillon’s car to become extremely loose in turn four when the pass for the lead was made.

He knew I was loose and just started driving in on me…I don’t think he hit me, I just got real loose. That was a heck of a save. It reminded me of my dirt car. (Dillon via Yahoo! Sports)

Edwards led 124 laps to the checkers while Keselowski led 89 before finishing 12th.  Carl, also physically sick and under the weather, crossed another milestone tonight by leading over 1,000 laps in this year’s 2011 Nationwide Series.

Keselowski was victim of a dropped cylinder on lap 166 and fell off the pace before finishing just outside the top ten.  Series points leader Elliott Sadler was also in position for an eventful night when the axle broke in his race car on lap 178 ended his night.

Edward’s Roush-Fenway teammate Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished second (his 15th top-ten of 2011) and last night’s Camping World Truck Series winner Austin Dillon finished third.  Tonight’s race was the fourth 1-2 finish for Roush-Fenway and all have come in the last nine Nationwide races.

The sun set for many teams tonight as Carl Edwards dominated Music City's twice-annual Nationwide race. (Photo credit: Jared C. Tilton)

Runner-up Stenhouse looked dejected and even a little bit irritated after the race and had said the following of race winner Edwards:

Carl’s awesome here. I felt like he was kind of playing with us a little there at the end…We’ll take a second and go onto (the next race). (Stenhouse via Yahoo! Sports)

There were three total cautions thrown in Saturday night’s race.  Two for debris on laps 82 and 176 and one caution for an accident involving Brian Scott and Mikey Kile on lap 128.  So overall, tonight was a very quiet night across the board for the Federated Auto Parts 300.  If fans enjoy dominance by Sprint Cup regulars, then tonight was probably most enjoyable.

This race fan did not enjoy tonight’s race because I don’t like seeing teams scratching by being obliterated by multi-bazillion dollar atrocities that are regulars in Sprint Cup.

Next weekend the Nationwide Series rolls into Indianapolis Raceway Park for the last time (before moving to the big house that is IMS in 2012 which I’m also not happy about) on July 30, 2011.

Results – Federated Auto Parts 300

1. Carl Edwards
2. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
3. Austin Dillon
4. Justin Allgaier
5. Aric Almirola
6. Sam Hornish, Jr.
7. Drew Herring
8. Reed Sorenson
9. Trevor Bayne
10. Kenny Wallace
11. Steven Wallace
12. Brad Keselowski
13. Scott Wimmer
14. Michael Annett
15. Mikey Kile
16. David Stremme
17. Brian Scott
18. Jason Leffler
19. Mike Wallace
20. Josh Wise
21. Jeremy Clements
22. Timmy Hill
23. Eric McClure
24. Mike Bliss
25. Derrike Cope
26. Danny Efland
27. Blake Koch
28. Kevin Lepage
29. Jennifer Jo Cobb
30. Elliott Sadler
31. Chase Miller
32. Morgan Shepherd
33. Carl Long
34. Dennis Setzer
35. Jeff Green
36. Johnny Chapman
37. Matthew Carter
38. Mike Harmon
39. Tim Andrews
40. Mark Green
41. Charles Lewandoski
42. Danny O’Quinn, Jr.
43. Marc Davis