Carl Edwards
Carl Edwards
Carl Michael Edwards IIis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Prior to that, he drove the No. 99 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He won the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series championship and nearly won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, but lost by a tiebreaker to Tony Stewart. Edwards is well known for doing a backflip off...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth15 August 1979
CityColumbia, MO
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I think it is that I appreciate you more now because you've helped me out, you've helped my family out. I think that's the basic. They're really in love with each other.
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It helped me a bunch of ways. The first thing was I got to race more. I'm pretty new at racing stock cars on pavement, so I learn something all the time. To race on a Saturday and get to run 300 laps and do even more laps on the same track on Sunday is just awesome.
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My fan club gave us a horseshoe and we mounted it on the toolbox. I think that really helped a lot. ... In context of the season, this is perfect. This is a great day for us.
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Running both series helped me in a bunch of ways. The first thing is I just got to race more. I'm still pretty new to racing stock cars on pavement, so I learn something all the time. The other thing is that it's just fun. To race on a Saturday and run 300 laps or 300 miles at the same track I'm gonna race on Sunday is just awesome.
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Atlanta Motor Speedway couldn't come at a better time for our team. We've run three races so far and we've run terribly at two of them. We need Atlanta. We need to come here and run well.
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I think we are fortunate this is the next race considering our position.
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It's just a fun place to go, and I plan to enjoy a couple days of mountain biking from sunrise to sunset.
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I don't feel any pressure, ... If anything, I might be having a little too much fun. Nobody expected us to be here; nobody expected us to win the championship.
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This is was my first race with a new crew chief. I think we're going to win a lot of races.
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I talked to Brad at pretty great length last night. Brad and I have never had a cross word. I was over at his house with the whole crew the other night. I believe it was just differing opinions over the best way to do things at the shop.
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I think you're allowed only about one bad race for these next 10,
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I'm having so much fun, it's hard to explain it, ... They just keep giving me great cars with great engines.
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Right now we're fifth in points and the next four tracks are tracks that I like, so I'm looking forward to running up front and doing everything I can to try and win this championship.
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I went with them to the bank that day, ... and my parents were stressed out. They went in there and came out with an envelope and all the money. My brother went and bought a Silver Crown car. He had no clue if he was even capable of driving it.