Carl Edwards Advance
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Aaron’s 499
Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday Apr. 29
1:30 PM Eastern on FOX/MRN
Fast Facts
After the season’s first eight races, Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Office Depot team managed to maintain eighth-place in the overall point standings with 967 points, 359 points behind leader, Jeff Gordon.
This weekend Office Depot store #616 from Sherman, Texas will ride along with Edwards at Talladega.
In five NNCS starts at Talladega, Edwards has earned one top five and three top-10 finishes.
Edwards’ best finish at Talladega is fifth place, achieved in October 2005.
The No. 99 Office Depot team will be unloading car RK-232 which previously raced Talladega in October 2006.
Carl Edwards is currently leading the overall Busch Series point standings by 424 points over second place driver Dave Blaney.
Carl Edwards
Team: No.99 Office Depot Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-232, previously raced Talladega in October 2006
Edwards on racing at the Talladega Superspeedway:
“We’ve had some great runs at Talladega over the past few races there. Believe it or not, I love racing there because it’s a really fast track that definitely keeps you on your toes. Hopefully we can stay out of the wrecks or the ‘big one’ as some call it and we should be fine. I know we have a great Office Depot Fusion for this weekend. If we can just go out there and do our job and have a little bit of good luck, it could be a place we can gain some points.”
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing at the Talladega Superspeedway:
“Talladega is a tough track. It’s one of those places that you could win or you could wreck out, it’s that extreme. I think we should have a pretty good Office Depot racecar. RK-232 is a car that we’ve taken to Talladega a few times and we’ve had some pretty good runs with it. I think Carl has is an awesome driver that has what it takes to run up front and win races and that will definitely work to our advantage. We just need to be patient and avoid the ‘big one’ and we should be fine.”
