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Carl Edwards
5-11-08 (8-26-07) (9-23-05) Co-Host (3-27-05)
Wind Tunnel
By Gregg Leary
DOB: 8-15-79 (28)
Hometown: Columbia, MO.
Cup: 131 Starts, 10 Wins, 3 Poles, 64 Top Tens
Busch: 117 Starts, 13 Wins, 7 Poles, 74 Top Tens
Truck: 60 Starts, 6 Wins, 4 Poles, 35 Top Tens
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
2008: Cup 10th in Points, 3 Wins (Fontana, Vegas, Texas)
4 Top Five
6 Top Ten
306 Laps Led
-265 to Kyle Busch
Nationwide: 2nd in Points (-9 to Clint Bowyer before Darlington)
0 Wins, 5 Top Five, 7 Top Ten…171 Laps Led
2007:
9th in Cup Points with 3 Wins (Bristol Race #24, Michigan Race #15, Dover Race #28)
Busch Champion with 4 Wins (All Concrete Tracks: Bristol, Both Nashville, Dover)
2006:
12th in Cup Points with 0 Wins
2nd in Busch Points with 4 Wins
2005:
3rd in Cup Points with 4 Wins (only 35 Points behind Champ Tony Stewart)
3rd in Busch Points with 5 Wins
Edwards is the first driver in history to get his first Busch and Cup wins in the same weekend (March 2005 Atlanta)
Edwards is part of the “Elite Eighteen” of drivers who have won in Cup, Busch and Truck: Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Jimmy Spencer, Greg Biffle, Ken Schrader, Bobby Hamilton, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Steve Park, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, Johnny Benson, Ricky Craven, Clint Bowyer
Carl Edwards has won a pole and a race in all three series. (One of 12 to do so.)
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1st Truck Win: 7-12-03 Kentucky
NCTS Rookie of the Year 2003.
In NCTS Edwards has 6 Wins, 4 Poles, 35 Top Tens in 60 Starts
1st Busch Win: Atlanta 3-19-05
1st Cup Win: Atlanta 3-20-05
1st Start at Roush Racing…Truck at Daytona in February 2003
First Cup Start:8-22-04 at Michigan in the #99…finished 10th…One of only four active Cup drivers to finish in the Top Ten in their first Cup start (Kyle Petty, Terry Labonte, Matt Kenseth are the others)
Edwards won in his 11th Truck Start, His 6th Busch Start and his 17th Cup Start
Racing Roots:
Dad, Carl “ Mike” Edwards won over 200 races driving modified stock cars and midgets throughout the Midwest
Carl started in 4-cylinder Mini-Sprints in 1993 (Age 13)
18 wins in 3 seasons
1997 dirt IMCA Modifieds
1998 ROY at Capital MO. Speedway
1999 Ran Modifieds and Dirt Late Models …13 Mod wins…NASCAR Track Champion
2000 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series…13 ProMod wins, ROY and Capital Track Champ…won all three Sportsman Division races he entered…California, Missouri and Capital
2001 Won 9 of 11 Baby Grand division races. Ran 5 USAC Silver Crown pavement races (best finish 15th at Richmond) …Ken Schrader (Carl’s Dad’s cousin) had told Carl that he wasn’t ready to just run pavement…he needed more dirt “seat time”
2002: 8 USAC starts, 7 Craftsman Truck starts for Mittler Brothers (Top Ten at Kansas)
Baby Grand National Champion
2003: Roush NCTS…3 wins…8th place in points…ROYear
3rd at IRP in his only USAC start
2004: NCTS 4th in Points…3 Wins
1. You’ve driven a BUNCH of different cars throughout your career…give me a 10 second version of each type of car and what you learned from them…mini-sprint, IMCA modifieds, Dirt Late Models, USAC Silver Crown, Baby Grands, Craftsman Trucks, Busch, Cup.
2. Ken Schrader, your Dad’s Cousin, told you to get as much dirt experience as possible…how did that help your career?
3. What started your tradition of giving away your race trophies?