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[/media-credit]Carl Edwards – NSCS TEXAS ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-811 This is a new car
Edwards, NSCS at Texas Motor Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Money
11-6-11 AAA Texas 500 7 2 334/334 14 Running $361,566
4-9-11 Samsung Mobile 500 2 3 334/334 3 Running $269,791
11-7-10 AAA Texas 500 3 19 334/334 0 Running $135,123
4-19-10 Samsung Mobile 500 20 33 317/334 0 Accident $122,498
11-8-09 Dickies 500 6 39 174/334 0 Accident $146,406
4-5-09 Samsung 500 13 10 334/334 9 Running $176,579
11-2-08 Dickies 500 16 1 334/334 212 Running $496,300
4-6-08 Samsung 500 2 1 339/339 123 Running $541,150
11-4-07 Dickies 500 21 26 331/334 0 Running $108,625
4-15-07 Samsung 500 10 12 334/334 0 Running $129,975
11-5-06 Dickies 500 15 15 339/339 0 Running $120,050
4-9-06 Samsung 500 37 36 256/335 50 Accident $101,175
11-06-05 Dickies 500 30 1 334/334 82 Running $440,550
4-17-05 Samsung 500 20 19 334/334 0 Running $100,125
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
Cumulative 14 3 5 6 0 493 $3,249,913
Carl Edwards on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:
“I love racing at Texas and it’s been one of our best race tracks. I’ve got some great memories from that place and it’s a fun place to win a race. Martinsville is behind us and we have some really good tracks coming up this month with Texas and Kansas. Those mile-and-a-half tracks have been great for us from day one.”
Crew chief Bob Osborne on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:
“I think we are all looking forward to racing at Texas this weekend. I’m glad Martinsville is behind us and we came away with a decent finish. Historically Texas has been a really good track for Roush Fenway teams, and Carl has three Cup wins there, so we’re planning on another strong run Saturday night. We’re taking a new car that should be capable of contending for the win.”
Fast Facts
Carl Edwards enters Texas 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings, trailing 10th place by 10 points. He has earned two top-five, three top-10 finishes and one pole this season.
FOR THE RECORD… Edwards has accumulated three wins at the 1.5-mile Texas track, the most of any active Sprint Cup driver. Edwards’ average start at Texas is 14.4 and his average finish is 15.5. He is one of only two drivers to win both the spring & fall events in the same year at Texas.
IN THE LOOP… According to NASCAR’s Loop Statistics, Edwards ranks fourth in laps led with 493 in the past 14 races. He has also turned 321 of the track’s fastest laps, which is third best. He has a driver rating of 100.0, fourth best among active drivers, and spent 3,696 laps in the top 15 (78.9%) which is second best.
ON THE TRACK…The Fastenal Blue Team will be unloading chassis No.RK-811 at Texas this weekend. This is a new car.
REWIND APRIL, 2011… Hoping to sweep the weekend after winning the Nationwide Series race Friday night, Edwards started from the front row but came up just shy of the win, finishing third.
