Carl Edwards
California Speedway Fontana, Calif.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Auto Club 500
Sunday, February 24
3:30 PM Eastern TV - FOX 4:00 PM Eastern RADIO - MRN
FAST FACTS
Will make his eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at California Speedway this weekend in the
Auto Club 500. In his previous Cup starts, Edwards boasts one pole, five top-five and six top-10
finishes.
Despite the impressive record, Edwards’ best finish at Fontana is second place – captured in
September of 2007.
In other series… Edwards has one NASCAR Nationwide Series win at California and has won the
pole at California in all three of NASCAR’s elite series. In just 16 total starts at Fontana, Edwards
has achieved one win, three poles, nine top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.
NEW COLORS…Carl Edwards and the No. 99 team will sport the colors of Dish Network this
weekend at Fontana.
The No. 99 Dish Network team will be unloading chassis No. RK-540, this a brand new car that
Edwards posted some of the fastest lap times in earlier this month during Sprint Cup testing at
Fontana.
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be featured on the back of the No. 99 Ford Fusion during the 2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star race.
Carl Edwards ? NSCS Advance
Team: No.99 Dish Network Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-540, a brand new car
Edwards on racing at California Speedway:
"I just love California Speedway. It’s a fun track and I’ve had a lot of success there. My Dish Network Ford
should be extremely fast out there. Bob Osborne and my entire team have worked really hard to make
advances with the new cars and after such a great test, I’m really looking forward to this weekend.
”I always enjoy going out to the L.A. area, there’s so much to do and it’s a really cool area. This week I’ll be
filming a Vitamin Water commercial out there and on Thursday night I’ll be a guest on the radio show
Loveline – it should be a lot fun.”
Crew Chief, Bob Osborne on racing at California Speedway:
“I am excited to go to Fontana. It has been a successful race track for Carl and the 99 team and I feel like
with the progress we’ve made with the new cars we should be able to run as well as we have in the past.
We had a good test at California in January and I hope that everything will transfer to the race weekend.
We are taking the car we tested – the car that was quickest in several of the test sessions. I’m looking for at
least a top five for the 99 team this weekend.”
