Carl Edwards – NSCS CHARLOTTE ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Frosted Flakes Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Chad Norris
Chassis: RK-782 – Last raced Atlanta, finished 36th
Edwards, NSCS at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Led Status Money
5-27-12 Coca-Cola 600 28 9 400/400 0 Running $161,781
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 15 0 5 9 0 98 $2,159,671
Carl Edwards on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“We just couldn’t catch a break in Talladega, but we head to Charlotte Motor Speedway this week where we have had success. The strategy is the same. We will just go for it and do everything we can to put our Kellogg’s Ford in to victory lane. It’s a fast mile and a half and the track is very challenging. It’s an important race for the team. It will be exciting and the atmosphere is always intense under the lights in front of family, friends and the home crowd. We just need to go in there and win.”
Crew chief Chad Norris on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“Charlotte is a good track for us and I feel like we have what we need to have a strong run. We are taking the same car that we raced there in May at the All-Star Race and at Atlanta. The 500-mile race is a little different than the 600, but starting out we’ll work with a similar set-up to what we had in May and go from there. The temperature will be a lot cooler than in May and it will be dark when we start so those will be some differences to work through during the race.”
Fast Facts
CARL EDWARDS enters Saturday’s race 15th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings. In 30 starts this season, Edwards has accumulated three top-five and 12 top-10 finishes, and one pole.
FOR THE RECORD…Edwards will make his 16th Cup start at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. In his previous starts, Edwards has five top-five and nine top-10 finishes. His average start is 18.2, and his average finish is 12.3. Edwards has completed 99.0% of laps attempted at CMS. Of the 5319 laps Edwards has completed, he has led 98 of them.
IN THE LOOP… According to NASCAR’s Loop Statistics compiled over the last 15 races at CMS, Edwards has turned 113 of the track’s fastest laps, spent 2973 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 99 team will be bringing chassis RK-782 to CMS. This car was last raced at Atlanta where Edwards was running in the top 10 when he had engine issues.
REWIND, CHARLOTTE, October 2011… Edwards started and finished the race in third place after leading only one lap in the 500-mile event.
