Carl Edwards – No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Sharpie 500
Saturday August 25
8:00 PM Eastern - ESPN/MRN
Fast Facts
Carl Edwards will make his seventh NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway. In six starts, he has achieved one top-five and two top-10 finishes.
The No. 99 Office Depot team will be unloading chassis No. RK-464 Edwards raced this car at Dover earlier this year. He started that race fifth and finished third
Edwards is currently fifth in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings with 2,970 points, 501 points behind leader, Jeff Gordon
Office Depot Store No. 2458 from Rockaway, NJ, is this week’s sales winner and will ride along on the No. 99 at Bristol this weekend
Carl Edwards
Team: No.99 Office Depot Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-464 captured a top-five at Dover in June of this year.
Edwards on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
"Bristol is a tough track. This is an important race for the Office Depot No. 99 team as far as the 'Chase' goes. We need to have a solid run this week to continue momentum heading into the Chase. I think it will be all about survival at Bristol. It’s a tough track, but its going to be a lot of fun and hopefully we’ll get a great finish."
Crew Chief, Bob Osborne on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
“Bristol is going to be a big challenge for the Office Depot No. 99 team. There are a lot of elements that you can't control so we have to do the best we can at controlling what we can. I think we've made some significant gains with the Car of Tomorrow and our finishes have improved. I think Carl has become more comfortable in those cars since the spring race at Bristol. If we can survive Bristol and come away with a decent finish, I’ll be pleased. The 'Chase' is our primary goal right now and we really just need a good points day."
