Carl Edwards
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Bank of America 500
Saturday October 13
7:00 PM Eastern - ABC/PRN
Fast Facts
Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Office Depot team are currently sixth in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup with 5485 points, 205 points behind the leader, Jeff Gordon
Edwards will make his fifth Cup start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway this weekend. In his previous starts, he has achieved two top fives and four top-10 finishes. His average finish at Charlotte is 7.8
Edwards best finish at Lowe’s is third place, captured twice – once in May of 2005 and again in May of 2006
The No. 99 Office Depot team will be unloading chassis No. RK-320. Edwards raced this car to a second-place finish at Fontana in September of this year
Office Depot Store No. 699 from Muskogee, OK is this week’s sales winner and will ride along on the No. 99 at Charlotte this weekend
Carl Edwards
Team: No.99 Office Depot Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-320 previously raced California Speedway – started 19th and finished second
Edwards on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
"Charlotte is going to be a tough track, but a lot of fun. I’m really excited to get back to a track that I feel comfortable at, in an Office Depot Ford that I know will be fast. We’re bringing our California car this weekend – the car we finished second in, so I’m confident we’ll be good. We need a strong finish this weekend to make gains in the ‘Chase’ and try to move up in the points.”
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
"We’re looking forward to Charlotte, we’re bringing what we think will be a competitive car and hopefully we’ll get a strong finish. We have a strong Office Depot team and a driver capable of winning races, so hopefully we’ll be able to continue our momentum this week and make gains towards the Championship. We’ve lost some ground over the past couple of weeks, but we’re still in the race and we’re not going to give up.”
