Carl Edwards
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: UAW-Ford 500
Sunday October 7
1:00 PM Eastern - ABC/MRN
Fast Facts
Coming off a disappointing weekend at Kansas, Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Office Depot team are eager to make gains in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. After finishing 37th in the LifeLock 400, Edwards is currently seventh in point standings with 5364 points, 142 points behind the leader, Jimmie Johnson
Edwards will make his sixth Cup start at Talladega this weekend. In his previous starts, he has achieved three top-10 and one top-five finishes
Edwards best finish at Talladega is fifth place, captured in October of 2005
In the spring race at Talladega, Edwards and the Office Depot team finished 42nd, after the engine let go on lap 27
The No. 99 Office Depot team will be unloading chassis No. RK-519, a brand new ”Car of Tomorrow”
Carl Edwards
Team: No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-519 A brand new ”Car of Tomorrow”
Edwards on racing at Talladega Superspeedway:
“We are coming off of an obviously disappointing weekend at Kansas and hoping for a much better outcome for the Office Depot team at Talladega. Bob Osborne and the guys have been working extremely hard and making lots of advancements with the ‘car of tomorrow’, so I feel confident that we’ll unload and be good to go. My main concern is that we stay out of trouble and get a solid finish.”
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing at 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. However, this time the racing will be much different in the ‘car of tomorrow’. It’s going to be interesting to see how the race plays out. I think we should have a pretty good Office Depot Ford, and our ‘car of tomorrow’ program has improved so much from the start of the season, I feel really good about our chances of running up front. . I think Carl is an awesome driver that has what it takes to run up front and win races and that will definitely work to our advantage.
