Driving with a broken right foot suffered earlier in the week, Carl Edwards grabbed the lead from Kevin Harvick on pit road with 24 laps to go last night and won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond, Va.

The victory in the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 finished off a remarkable race for Edwards, who had to start at the back of the field after his team made adjustments to his Ford after the field was impounded.

The work and penalty were clearly worth it as Edwards steadily worked his way into contention, first challenging Denny Hamlin for the lead with 70 laps to go.

Edwards faded afterward, but when a caution for debris on the track flew on the 226th lap, the leaders all headed for pit road, and Edwards beat Harvick back to the track.

"My guys are the ones that made this one happen, the guys in the pits," Edwards said.

Harvick finished second, followed by Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and David Reutimann.

MARTIN TO ROCK & ROLL

Mark Martin won his sixth pole of the season last night and will start at the front in tonight's Sprint Cup Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond, Va.

The veteran driver turned a fast lap at 126.808 mph in qualifying last night at Richmond International Raceway, edging Martin Truex Jr., whose best lap was 126.731 mph.

BASKETBALL

JORDAN ENTERS HALL

Michael Jordan, maybe the greatest of them all, is taking his place alongside basketball's other greats.

Jordan was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame last night in Springfield, Mass., a final honor that follows all the championship rings and MVP trophies he collected during his career.

"The game of basketball has been everything to me," Jordan said.

He joins David Robinson and John Stockton, a pair of his 1992 Dream Team teammates, and coaches Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer in a distinguished class.

HORSE RACING

NO CLASSIC FOR FILLY

The wooing of Rachel Alexandra ended a few hours after it began.

Despite the lure of an extra $1 million by the Breeders' Cup, Rachel Alexandra's co-owner said his sensational 3-year-old filly won't run in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on Nov. 7.

Jess Jackson said he was humbled by the interest Rachel Alexandra has generated, but "Rachel already has completed a brilliant long campaign."