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Six drivers that won races in 2008 have still not won in 2009. One of them is the guy that won the most races last year

TMS Total Access — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:47 GMT

Six drivers that won races in 2008 have still not won in 2009. One of them is the guy that won the most races last year

Carl Edwards Fastest In Final O'Reilly Challenge Practice

TMS Media Relations — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT

Carl Edwards was quickest in the final practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Challenge practice at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 184.200 MPH.

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	60	Carl Edwards	Ortho Ford	29.316	184.200
2	16	Matt Kenseth	CitiFinancial Ford	29.502	183.038
3	6	David Ragan	Discount Tire Ford	29.572	182.605
4	99	Trevor Bayne	Aaron's Outdoors Toyota	29.662	182.051
5	11	Mike Bliss	Ridemakerz Toyota	29.676	181.965
6	32	Brian Vickers	Dollar General Stores Toyota	29.724	181.671
7	18	Kyle Busch	Z-Line Designs/WWE SmackDown vs Raw	29.786	181.293
8	*91	Terry Cook #	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	29.797	181.226
9	12	Justin Allgaier #	Verizon Wireless Dodge	29.823	181.068
10	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	29.877	180.741
11	01	Mike Wallace	Nutone/IQ Drive Chevrolet	29.881	180.717
12	1	James Buescher	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Chevrolet	29.930	180.421
13	27	Jason Keller	Scott Ford	29.943	180.343
14	15	Michael Annett #	Germain.com Toyota	29.973	180.162
15	*96	Michael McDowell #	my123backup.com Dodge	30.011	179.934
16	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	30.014	179.916
17	10	Kasey Kahne	Great Clips Toyota	30.020	179.880
18	88	Brad Keselowski	Degree Chevrolet	30.025	179.850
19	*09	John Wes Townley #	Zaxby's Ford	30.041	179.754
20	20	Joey Logano	GameStop/WWE SmackDown vs Raw	30.077	179.539
21	*70	Shelby Howard	ForeTravel Motorcoach/WCF Chevrolet	30.194	178.843
22	62	Brendan Gaughan #	Loan Star Title Loans Chevrolet	30.246	178.536
23	40	Scott Wimmer	StopRepairBills.com Chevrolet	30.275	178.365
24	*02	Andy Ponstein	CorrieStottRacing.com Chevrolet	30.285	178.306
25	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Chevrolet	30.334	178.018
26	*58	Josh Wise	Cavi Clothing Chevrolet	30.356	177.889
27	*07	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	Dynamic Technology Chevrolet	30.362	177.854
28	*0	Jeremy Clements	Saxon Group Chevrolet	30.403	177.614
29	*89	Morgan Shepherd	Lagina Plumbing/Eldora Speedway Chevrolet	30.457	177.299
30	*92	Dennis Setzer	K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge	30.476	177.189
31	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	30.490	177.107
32	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Mahindra Chevrolet	30.527	176.893
33	*05	Mark Day	31-W Insulation/CertainTeed Chevrolet	30.591	176.523
34	*83	John Borneman III	Twisted X Boots Ford	30.594	176.505
35	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet	30.603	176.453
36	*85	Casey Atwood	31-W Insulation/CertainTeed Chevrolet	30.864	174.961
37	28	Kenny Wallace	U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet	30.867	174.944
38	26	Kevin Conway	Extenze Chevrolet	30.911	174.695
39	81	Bobby Hillin Jr.	T-Rex Companies Dodge	31.232	172.900
40	*84	Mike Harmon	Shawn Gibson Logging/Texas Hippie Coalition	31.274	172.667
41	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Steel Sak Ford	31.569	171.054
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Carl Edwards has been winless this year, and would love to break that streak with a repeat victory in the Dickies 500

TMS Total Access — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:36:36 GMT

Carl Edwards has been winless this year, and would love to break that streak with a repeat victory in the Dickies 500

Close, But Not Close Enough

TMS Media Relations — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:44:00 GMT

Carl Edwards has visited Victory Lane more than any other driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway, but he has some catching up to do in the Nationwide Series.

Edwards, a three-time Sprint Cup Series winner at Texas Motor Speedway, will make his 10th Nationwide start here in Saturday’s O’Reilly Challenge and continues his pursuit of his first NNS win at the speedway as he looks to slice into the 215-point advantage of championship leader Kyle Busch.

Edwards, the 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, came close to earning his first NNS win at Texas Motor Speedway in last year’s O’Reilly Challenge when he finished .253 of a second behind Busch – a margin of victory that ranks fourth on Texas Motor Speedway’s closest Nationwide Series finishes. Edwards has three top-fives finishes in his other eights starts – third in the 2007 O’Reilly 300 and ‘05 O’Reilly Challenge, and fourth in the ‘05 O’Reilly 300.

Edwards has been a strong qualifier and that may bode well for him judging from past history. He captured the pole for last year’s O’Reilly Challenge and has started in the top six in seven of his nine starts. Another solid qualifying outing could help his cause. Three of the past four Nationwide Series winners at Texas Motor Speedway have started fourth or better and out of 17 Nationwide races, 11 winners started among the top 10.

“Texas is fun,” Edwards said. “The Nationwide cars are fast; that’s the number one thing. The corner speeds are really high. The thing we need to do at Texas is to go there and beat that number 18 car (Busch). That’s what we’re doing right now. We’ve got the guns loaded, trying to go gain points.”

Kenseth Paces Sprint Cup Driver Contingent Looking For Historic Double

TMS Media Relations — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:15:00 GMT

It Takes Two...

For some NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, racing on Sunday just isn’t enough. It takes two races in one event weekend to satisfy the need for high-speed, adrenaline-rushing auto racing. Two wins in the same event weekend is an amazing accomplishment at any track, but especially at Texas Motor Speedway where no driver has ever conquered the feat.

Eight drivers will be chasing history in the upcoming event weekend at TMS, looking for a win in both the Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and O’Reilly Challenge NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

Only one of the eight has victories in both the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series at TMS – 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Matt Kenseth. Kenseth scored his first win at TMS in the 2002 Samsung/Radioshack 500 – a victory that gave him the track record for furthest starting position (31st) of a Sprint Cup Series winner. Kenseth has visited Victory Lane twice in the Nationwide Series and both came in the spring O’Reilly 300 (2004, ’07).

Carl Edwards and Jeff Burton, the only multiple Sprint Cup Series race winners in TMS history, also are pulling double duty. Edwards, the 2007 Nationwide champion who currently sits second in the series standings, has three Sprint Cup wins at TMS (2005 Dickies 500, ’08 Samsung 500 and Dickies 500) and is the only driver to have swept both Sprint Cup races in a single season. He owns four top-five Nationwide Series finishes at TMS, including a best of second in the 2008 O’Reilly Challenge.

Burton owns a pair of TMS victories – the inaugural Sprint Cup race in 1997 and the 2007 Samsung 500 – and plenty of success in the Nationwide Series. In 13 career starts at TMS, Burton has never finished outside the top 10. He has five top-three efforts, including a best of second on three occasions.

Other drivers competing in both events include two-time Nationwide Series champion Kevin Harvick, who holds the record for most Nationwide wins (4) at TMS; Kyle Busch, a three-time Nationwide winner at TMS and current Nationwide points leader; Brian Vickers; David Ragan; and Joey Logano. Five of the eight drivers – Burton, Edwards, Harvick, Kenseth and Busch – have pulled off Sprint Cup and Nationwide weekend sweeps in previous years at other tracks.

Edwards Outguns TMS President Eddie Gossage In “Shooting Olympics”

TMSVideo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:50:15 GMT

Under the instruction of 19-time All-American and eight-time national champion Scott Robertson, Edwards and Gossage squared off in three disciplines of shooting for a “Shooting Olympics” at the Dallas gun range. They opened with targets with the Beretta Stampede handguns; a man vs. man target shooting competition with Beretta Storm tactical rifles; and dual-clay shooting with Beretta Urika 12-gauge semi-auto shotguns.

Carl Edwards has the attitude that he can still have a seven win season

TMS Total Access — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:01:43 GMT

Carl Edwards has the attitude that he can still have a seven win season

Edwards Exhibits Plenty Of Firepower In Preparation For Upcoming Dickies 500 At TMS

TMS Media Relations — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:05:00 GMT

Edwards Outguns TMS President Eddie Gossage In “Shooting Olympics”
Defending Dickies 500 Champ Pursuing TMS History In Nov. 8 Chase for the Sprint Cup Race

FORT WORTH, Texas (October 8, 2009) – Carl Edwards has had the honor of firing off the Beretta Stampede six-shooters in Victory Lane to celebrate Sprint Cup Series wins at Texas Motor Speedway on three occasions, but exhibited on Thursday to speedway president Eddie Gossage that he can handle a firearm in competition as well.

Edwards, the defending Dickies 500 champion, visited Dallas’ Elm Fork Shooting Sports to promote the upcoming Nov. 8 Chase for the Sprint Cup race by accepting the challenge to a live ammunition shooting competition against Gossage and went on to defeat him handily.

Edwards felt confident he would master the first event, given the fact he owns three pairs of Stampedes for each of his victories at Texas Motor Speedway (Dickies 500 in 2005, ’08 and Samsung 500 in ’08). Gossage had Edwards’ gun loaded with blanks to play a practical joke, the trick seemed to literally backfire as Edwards went on to win all three events.

“It was a real good time,” Edwards said. “Eddie came over and picked me up at the airport and I didn’t know exactly what we were going to do but when we got here it was pretty competitive with him. He got me with the blanks during the first round. That was a pretty good little trick. I thought he was my friend, but when it came down to it he was pretty competitive. I beat him out and I got the prize and I’m happy about it.”

Edwards, who was presented an Olympic-style medal with a red-white-and-blue lanyard and black-and-gold sporting clay as the medallion for his victory, is on the hunt for an even bigger prize at the upcoming Dickies 500. He is looking to become the first driver to win the same Sprint Cup event in back-to-back seasons as well as capture the lion’s share of the largest purse in the Chase that is in excess of $7.3 million. No driver has ever won the spring or fall Sprint Cup races at TMS in consecutive years.

He made history in last year’s Dickies 500 by becoming the first driver to sweep both Sprint Cup races Texas Motor Speedway. Edwards also became the only multiple winner of the Dickies 500 and passed Jeff Burton for most career Sprint Cup victories (3) at “The Great American Speedway!”

“We’ve had unbelievable success here,” said Edwards, whose winner’s share for last year’s Dickies 500 victory was $496,300. “Texas pays more money than anyone else and they have a bigger crowd than any of the tracks in the Chase. I feel like the grandstands are full of really passionate racers, not just race fans but racers from all over. It’s a neat crowd. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to come to Texas.”

Edwards nearly won three consecutive Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway, but a botched pit stop late in April’s Samsung 500 cost him the lead and resulted in a 10th-place finish.

“This spring we were leading the race coming to the last pit stop and we had a bad pit stop and didn’t get the win,” Edwards said. “But last year we swept so we are coming back here to win this thing.”

A Dickies 500 win could give Edwards momentum to earn his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. He currently sits 10th in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, 165 points behind series leader Mark Martin. He finished 10th at Kansas on Sunday to improve one position to 10th in Chase standings as the series heads to California’s Auto Club Speedway for Round 4 of the 10-race playoff format.

He may seem out of reach for a first Sprint Cup championship, but the feat has been accomplished before. In 2006, Jimmie Johnson battled back from 165 points following the third race of the Chase to win his first of three consecutive titles.

“I never give up,” Edwards said. “As long as it’s mathematically possible, then you can’t give up. You see it all the time in racing. I don’t give up, but I realize that the chance of the championship being won by our Aflac team gets smaller and smaller.

“We felt like at this point we’d be vying for the points lead. It’s been a real frustrating year. We got off to a start that was great. [Roush Fenway teammate] Matt Kenseth won the first two races and I thought this is it, this is our year. And then we had a real long summer of not performing real well. I feel like we are figuring some things out. I hope it’s not too late. I hope there is still time to go out and make a run.”

Not only is Edwards chasing a Sprint Cup title, but also a Nationwide Series crown. He currently is second in the Nationwide Series standings, trailing Kyle Busch by 245 points with four wins and five poles. In last year’s O’Reilly Challenge, Edwards finished second to Busch and finished the season ranked second in the Nationwide Series standings.

Fans can see Edwards compete in O’Reilly Challenge and Dickies 500 by calling (817) 215-8500 or visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com for tickets beginning as low as $20.

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Both Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer would love to get a home town win at Kansas

TMS Total Access — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:53:46 GMT

Both Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer would love to get a home town win at Kansas

Carl Edwards says that he doesn't expect any changes at Roush Fenway until after the Chase

TMS Total Access — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:37:57 GMT

Carl Edwards says that he doesn't expect any changes at Roush Fenway until after the Chase