WATCH: Throwback to when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won at Iowa after Carl Edwards crash bumped him to the checkered flag

As teams get ready to make a trip to IOWA Speedway for the track's inaugural Cup Series race, NASCAR took to its official X account to post a throwback video from the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in August 2011 at IOWA. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. emerged victorious in the race, with Carl Edwards finishing second. However, it was anything but a normal finish.

Although the Roush Fenway Racing teammates had been battling each other for the lead all night, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. might have lost all hopes of winning the race when his engine blew up just moments before his car approached the start-finish line.

Luckily, Edwards, who was tailing Stenhouse Jr., put a bumper into the latter's number 6 machine and pushed him to victory.

It was indeed one of the wildest finishes in the history of the sport, with both the 1-2 cars getting destroyed; beyond repair. Here is a clip of the final moments of the race:

Recalling the viral moment, Edwards said,

"I'll drive around him (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ) and then he started turning a little bit and when I tried to turn more the front tires were just sliding. I hoped by the time I got to him, he would be out of the way; that was my only hope to win the race."

"I don't think anyone's ever finished 1-2 with two torn up race cars," he added reflecting on the results of the race.

Carl Edwards was the 2007 Nationwide Series champion. He retired from racing in 2017. On the other hand, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a current Cup Series driver and wheels the #47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for JTG Daugherty Racing.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. shared his thoughts on returning to IOWA Speedway

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. recently expressed excitement about going back to IOWA for next week's race. While doing so, he recalled the time when he crashed his backup car during a practice session at IOWA and had to drive his teammate, Carl Edwards' car in the race.

"The crazy thing is I like thinking about the good parts of Iowa, but I was reminding somebody the other day I've had the flip side at Iowa," Stenhouse Jr. said, as reported by The Athletic. "In 2010, we actually crashed a car in practice, I crashed my backup car in qualifying and I ran Carl's car in the race."

"I'm excited to go back. I haven't been there since 2012," the driver exclaimed.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. boasts a record of multiple strong performances at the oval short track. Between 2011 and 2012, he won three Xfinity races in a row, leading a whopping 209 laps in the last one.

Today, Stenhouse Jr. sits 27th in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings with 236 points under his belt. With 10 races to go till the postseason, he has amassed one top 5 and two top 10s. The 36-year-old driver is 152 points behind the 2024 playoff cutline as of now.