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[/media-credit]Carl Edwards – NSCS CHARLOTTE ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-811 – Last raced Texas, finished 8th
Edwards, NSCS at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Money
10-15-11 Bank of America 500 3 3 334/334 1 Running $188,091
5-29-11 Coca-Cola 600 3 16 402/402 61 Running $145,941
10-16-10 Bank of America 500 2 12 334/334 2 Running $ 97,198
5-30-10 Coca-Cola 600 31 16 400/400 0 Running $136,098
10-17-09 Bank of America 500 28 39 299/334 0 Engine $114,131
5-25-09 Coca-Cola 600 19 4 227/227 0 Running $207,531
10-11-08 Bank of America 500 2 33 317/334 0 Running $112,625
5-25-08 Coca-Cola 600 30 9 400/400 0 Running $160,425
10-13-07 Bank of America 500 18 5 337/337 0 Running $127,800
5-27-07 Coca-Cola 600 39 15 399/400 1 Running $109,950
10-14-06 Bank of America 500 28 8 334/334 12 Running $103,475
5-28-06 Coca-Cola 600 22 3 400/400 11 Running $201,050
10-15-05 UAW-GM 500 8 10 336/336 0 Running $100,275
5-29-05 Coca-Cola 600 12 3 400/400 10 Running $193,300
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
Cumulative 14 0 5 8 0 98 $1,997,890
Carl Edwards on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“I’m looking forward to the Coca-Cola 600. We had a fast Ford Fusion at the All-Star race and a night race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is always fun. It’s a long race and it’s full of energy from the fans. The track changes a lot, but Bob (Osborne) is good at making the changes needed to keep up with the track. The Roush Fenway cars are fast and it’s a big night for Fastenal. All three of our Sprint Cup cars are running a special Fastenal paint scheme to salute our military for Memorial Day. Fastenal will be there in force and hopefully we can get our first victory there.”
Crew chief Bob Osborne on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“We learned some during the All-Star race last weekend from running during the same time of night that the 600 will be ending this weekend, but we could have learned more if we had been able to run the whole race. The 600 is a very demanding race. It’s our longest race of the year so we have to be prepared for that mentally, physically and mechanically. I know this team is up for the challenge.”
Fast Facts
CARL EDWARDS enters the Coca-Cola 600 10th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings. In 11 starts this season, Edwards has accumulated two top-five and seven top-10 finishes, and one pole.
FOR THE RECORD…Edwards will make his 15th Cup start at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. In his previous starts, Edwards has five top-five and eight top-10 finishes. His average start is 17.5, and his average finish is 12.6. Edwards has completed 98.9% of laps attempted at CMS. Of the 4919 laps Edwards has completed, he has led 98 of them.
IN THE LOOP… According to NASCAR’s Loop Statistics compiled over the last 14 races at CMS, Edwards has turned 105 of the track’s fastest laps, spent 2778 laps in the top 15 and led a total of 98 laps. Edwards’ driver rating is seventh best among active drivers.
ON THE TRACK…The Fastenal Blue Team will be bringing chassis RK-811 to CMS. This car was new at Texas in April where Edwards finished eighth.
FASTENAL FLEET…All three RFR Cup entries will be sponsored by Fastenal this weekend. Fastenal sponsored all three Nationwide Fords at Charlotte last May also and finished first (Kenseth), second (Edwards) and fourth (Stenhouse Jr.).
REWIND, CHARLOTTE, May 2011… When the green flag flew for the final time with two laps to go Edwards lined up eighth. Race leader Kasey Kahne ran out of fuel, along with several other drivers. As the lead cars slowed the other drivers tried to dodge them, and Edwards got caught in a wreck than left him crossing the finish line in 16th place.
