Carl Edwards Hopes To Win Both NASCAR Nextel And Busch Series Championships
Aug 01, 2007
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“I don’t really get tired,” Edwards said Tuesday. “I have a great trainer. I partnered up with (Golich). That’s been a big help to me to have a trainer, someone that looks at my schedule, plans out my workouts, my travel days, points out bottlenecks in the season where it’s going to be really tough and to train accordingly.”
Edwards will fly back and forth between Montreal and Pocono this weekend for Busch and Nextel Cup races. Jim Benton, RockyMountainNews
Aug 01, 2007
Carl Edwards is known as NASCAR’s best gymnast, thanks to the backflip he does after each victory. He’d like to be known as the first driver to win the Nextel Cup and Busch series in the same season.
“I think about it every day,” says Edwards, preparing to race his Roush Fenway Racing Ford on Sunday in the Cup Series at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, a day after the Busch Series’ debut in Montreal. “Winning both — that would be the ultimate achievement.”
By Seth Livingstone, Read More.. USA TODAY
July 23
And when New Franklin talks NASCAR it’s the native son they talk about.
“Everybody knows him, all you see is Carl Edwards this and Carl Edwards that, you know? I never dreamed that any of us would have made it this far, but I’m very proud of him. It’s what he’s always did, I’m just proud of him, I can’t really explain it,” said David.
KOMU.com
July 21
This Busch season has been all Carl Edwards, all the time.
As the circuit heads to Gateway International raceway for Saturday’s Gateway 250, the Roush Fenway Racing driver has turned the run for the series title into a blowout. Edwards has four wins and 12 top-fives and has a 716-point lead over defending series champion (and fellow Cup regular) Kevin Harvick, who this season is running a part-time Busch schedule. Bob Margolis, Yahoo! Sports
July 21
Though Carl Edwards lost 82 points off his Busch Series lead, it is hardly time to panic. The No.60 Roush Racing Ford driver still holds an absurd 716- point lead over Kevin Harvick in the standings and is threatening to break Harvick’s all-time winning margin (824 points) which he set just last year. Steve Schwarz, Sports Network
July 20
Instead of riding in his fancy coach bus to this weekend’s Busch Series race at Gateway International Raceway, where he is defending champion, Edwards, 27, began Tuesday on a two-day bike ride from Columbia to St. Louis. He planned to wing it with overnight accommodations, saying he would stop wherever he could when his legs got tired. Brian Sumers, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
July 20
Carl Edwards, who continues to run away with the points lead, is in the field. And he did win this race last year. And he does have plans to do it again.
“We are bringing the car we won Gateway with last year, and we have the goal to repeat,” said Pierre Kuettel, crew chief for Edwards’ No. 60 team. “Gateway International Raceway is close to home for Carl and he will have lots of friends and family there. It should be a fun race.”
Fun for Edwards, that is. Josh Pate, NASCAR.COM
July 19
Neither NASCAR nor Roush Fenway Racing wants to hear this, but the Busch Series championship chase is over. Even with 16 of 35 races remaining [this story was written before the July 14 Chicagoland race], it’ll be an upset of monumental, unimaginable, epic proportions if Ford driver Carl Edwards doesn’t win the title with relative ease. AL PEARCE, AutoWeek
July 19
Edwards’ most recent flip here was last year at Gateway International Raceway when he won the Busch Silver Celebration 250. The Columbia, Missouri, native is returning to Gateway this week, leading the NASCAR Busch Series points standings and wants nothing more than to provide race fans with an aerobatic encore Saturday night. RacingMilestones.com
July 18
Edwards, a native of Columbia, Mo., says he is looking forward to the race for a variety of reasons.
Will that mean yet another win for the driver who already carries a 716-point edge in the standings?
“Gateway International Raceway is a very unique and fun track,” he said. “There is no other track like it. It has a long straightaway, and Turn 4 is a blast. I consider it my home track, and I will have a lot of friends and family there, and I want to give them a great show. We had a great win there last year, and this year is going to be awesome. SceneDaily.com
July 17
Nextel Cup Series driver Carl Edwards had to overcome the same hurdles on his way to the top. Edwards has mentioned that he would be handing out business cards, trying to get his name out there and hopefully get an opportunity. I once read where Edwards’ parents have financially supported him through his early years of racing. Michael Dolny, SportingNews.com
