Carl Edwards – NSCS CHICAGO ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Chad Norris
Chassis: RK-739 – Last ran at Michigan in August, finished sixth
Edwards, NSCS at Chicagoland Speedway:
Date Event Start Finish Laps Led Status Money
9-19-2011 GEICO 400 5 4 267/267 39 Running $186,891
7-10-2010 LifeLock.com 400 11 2 267/267 2 Running $242,423
7-11-2009 LifeLock.com 400 25 14 267/267 0 Running $144,256
7-12-2008 LifeLock.com 400 4 32 266/267 15 Running $128,700
7-15-2007 USG Sheetrock 400 25 3 267/267 0 Running $179,625
7-9-2006 USG Sheetrock 400 21 20 270/270 0 Running $106,725
7-9-2005 USG Sheetrock 400 21 39 170/267 0 Running $93,290
Cumulative Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
7 0 3 3 0 56 $1,081,910
Carl Edwards on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
“We are going to Chicago to win the race. We have nothing to lose. We almost had nothing to lose at Richmond, but now we really have nothing to lose. We are going to go out and just enjoy these last 10 races for what they are. It’s a chance to go have fun, to try things we’ve been wanting to try all year that we want to try for next year and just try to get victories. I wish so bad this was the first race of our 2012 championship, but really it’s the first race of our 2013 championship run. We’re just getting a head start on these guys and that’s how we have to look at it.”
Crew chief Chad Norris on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
“It will be good to get back to racing at a 1.5-mile track. The RFR teams always seem to excel at the intermediate tracks. Although it’s disappointing we didn’t make the Chase, we still have 10 races left to win and the Fastenal Blue Team’s goal is to go out and win as many of them as we can. We are already looking ahead to 2013 and seeing what we can do now to prepare for next season.”
FAST FACTS
CARL EDWARDS enters Chicago 14th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase point standings. In 26 starts, Edwards has accumulated two top-five and 11 top-10 finishes.
FOR THE RECORD…Edwards will make his eighth Cup start at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. In his previous starts, Edwards has three top-five and three top-10 finishes. His average start is 16.0 and his average finish is 16.3.
IN THE LOOP…According to NASCAR’s Loop Data, acquired over the past seven races at Chicagoland, Edwards has turned 110 of the fastest laps in Cup competition (fourth most). He has spent 1249 (66.7%) laps in the top 15.
ON THE TRACK…The No. 99 Fastenal Blue Team will be bringing chassis RK-739 to Chicago. This car last raced at Michigan in August where Edwards finished sixth.
CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 2011… Edwards led 39 laps near the halfway point in the race and had a strong car all day. In the end it was fuel mileage that proved to be the key to success. Edwards was ninth with 10 laps to go, but conserved enough fuel to make it to the end to finish fourth.
