Carl Edwards – PHOENIX ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Primary Chassis: RK-921
Backup Chassis: RK-874
Twitter: @RandyFuller99
ADVANCE NOTES
· Sprint Cup “Chase” Update for the No. 99 Fastenal Team
o Edwards is currently tied for fifth only one point out of fourth.
· Edwards at Phoenix
o Edwards has won two times at Phoenix in the Sprint Cup Series.
o Edwards has 20 Sprint Cup starts at the one-mile oval with an average start of 13.0 and an average finish of 12.1.
o Edwards has four wins in the Nationwide Series there in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
· The Car
o Primary chassis RK-921 was last run in 2014 at the second Dover race, starting in the 18th spot and finishing 11th.
o Backup chassis RK-874 was last run in 2014 at the second Loudon race, starting 8th and finishing 17th.
Edwards on Phoenix
“Phoenix is one of my favorite race tracks. It’s the first place I ever raced a pavement race in USAC Silver Crown Series. I love going out there. We somehow fought and clawed our way to a top ten finish at Texas, which is what we needed to do. There’s no better place for us to go than Phoenix to lock ourselves into the final round. I’m excited about it. We’ve got Fastenal on board. We hope to go out there and perform the way we know we can. and move on to Homestead where we had a good test the other day. I’m really proud of my whole team and everyone at Roush Fenway Racing for all their hard work and for getting us to this point in the season. This is the most fun stuff you can do as a racecar driver is to go to the race track and have all the pressure and the excitement of a championship battle.”
