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[/media-credit]Carl Edwards – NSCS DARLINGTON ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-815 This is a new car
Edwards, NSCS at Darlington Raceway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Money
5-7-11 Showtime Southern 500 4 2 370/370 57 Running $248,966
5-8-10 Showtime Southern 500 41 15 367/367 0 Running $123,098
5-9-09 Southern 500 9 32 314/367 0 Running $123,179
5-10-08 Dodge Avenger 500 36 2 367/367 0 Running $241,850
5-13-07 Dodge Charger 500 4 5 367/367 33 Running $125,475
5-13-06 Dodge Charger 500 7 39 281/367 0 Engine $86,550
5-7-05 Dodge Charger 500 10 9 370/370 4 Running $100,525
11-14-04 Southern 500 24 7 367/367 0 Running $114,642
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
Cumulative 8 0 3 5 0 94 $1,164,285
Carl Edwards on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“Darlington has been one of my favorite race tracks since my first trip there. It’s an intimidating place and there is a ton of history there. A win at Darlington in the Sprint Cup Series would be one of the biggest accomplishments of my career. We were so close last year, which makes me even more motivated to go back there and win that trophy on Saturday. I think our program is strong right now and I’m excited to go there.”
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“Darlington is a challenging track, and we practice in the day but race at night so that adds another aspect to setting up the car for the race. We’re taking a new car to Darlington which should be good. Carl loves racing at Darlington and he came very close to winning there last year. We’re hoping to run as well as we did last year, but this time we need to finish one position higher.”
Fast Facts
CARL EDWARDS will make his ninth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Darlington Raceway in this weekend’s Bojangles’ Southern 500.
STANDINGS… Edwards is currently 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. He has two top-five, six top-10 finishes and one pole this season.
FOR THE RECORD…In eight starts at the 1.366-mile track, Edwards has three top-five and five top-10 finishes. Edwards scored his best finish at Darlington, second place in 2011 and 2008. He has completed 95.3% of the laps in his eight races, and led 94 laps.
ON THE TRACK… The No. 99 team will carry the Ford EcoBoost paint scheme this weekend. The crew will be unloading chassis RK-815 which is a new car.
REWIND, DARLINGTON 2011… With a green-white-checker finish, only one car stood between Edwards and victory lane. Regan Smith jumped out with a good lead during the restart on lap 369. Despite his best efforts Edwards could not catch Smith on that final lap and finished the race in second place, only 0.196 seconds behind the winner.
