With five races left this season in the NASCAR Busch Series Carl Edwards (No. 60 Scotts Ford) has a commanding lead in the driver’s championship standings, which has opened the door for what looks to be a very close owners’ championship race that will come down to the last event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
For the fourth time in the last five races, the leader of the owners’ standings has changed hands. Richard Childress Racing and the No. 29 Chevrolet driven by Jeff Burton and Scott Wimmer have re-taken the lead after Burton drove to an eighth-place finish at Kansas. Edwards finished 38th after a late-race accident on Lap 152 put him 54 points back.
Jack Roush has led the owners’ standings for 21 weeks this season with the No. 60 Ford. It wasn’t until the CarFax 250 at Michigan that Richard Childress took the lead and since then, it has been either one’s championship. Richard Childress has two owners’ championships both with driver Kevin Harvick in 2001, ’06. Jack Roush has one owners’ championship with driver Greg Biffle in 2002.
“I focus on one thing during the Busch weekends right now and that is how that 29 car is running,” said Edwards. “We want to win that owners’ championship because there is a lot of pride that goes with that. I know it will not feel the same if we don’t win it. The drivers’ championship is great, that is one thing I have a lot of pride in, but the owners’ championship is just as big.”
After the open week, Edwards is looking forward to the Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway where he has posted four top 10s in five starts.
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