For the second consecutive season, NASCAR celebrated a split championship in its No. 2 national tour when Clint Bowyer and Joe Gibbs Racing were honored as the driver and owner champion Saturday night during the Nationwide Series awards banquet in the Tuscan Ballroom at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando.
Carl Edwards isn't the overconfident type, but if anyone else thought Edwards was the prohibitive favorite for the 2009 Nationwide Series championship after he ended up 21 points behind 2008 champion Clint Bowyer, hold the phone.