With a NASCAR Nationwide Series career that has spanned seven years, 239 starts, one driver championship (2007), 36 wins (fourth all-time), 124 top fives, 168 top 10s, 24 poles and seven perfect Driver Rating performances, Carl Edwards has achieved almost everything. Except this season he has set his sights on the series championship that has eluded him – the owners championship.
With just five races remaining, the top two spots in the owner’s championship are separated by 13 points. The Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 team is still in the top spot, which is not surprising with the cast that has been driving the car this season - Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Drew Herring, Ryan Truex and Michael McDowell.
Joe Gibbs is going for what would be a record-setting fourth consecutive owner’s championship this season, but Jack Roush, Edwards and the No. 60 team have other plans for the title. Edwards is coming off a dominant victory at Dover, where he led 179 of the 200 laps and posted his second career perfect Driver Rating at the one-mile speedway.
Edwards has been the primary driver of the No. 60 this year, missing just one race. Billy Johnson replaced him at Road America – the first series race Edwards has missed since the June Nashville race in 2005 – and finished 33rd.
Unlike Busch, who is only scheduled for three of the remaining five races, Edwards is scheduled to start the remaining six events.
Edwards is a Missouri native, but he considers Kansas Speedway his home track, and though he has won at 19 different tracks in his career, he has yet to win there. He has made six starts at Kansas, posting one top five and three top 10s.
Logano will be in the No. 18 this weekend and in his three series career starts at Kansas he has posted one pole, two wins and three top 10s.
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