Daytona 500: 9 Days and Counting
Friday, February 8th, 2008 8:51pm EST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
Carl Edwards
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2007 Stats
- Organization: Roush Fenway Racing
- Car Number: 99
- Crew Chief: Bob Osbourne
- Sponsor: Office Depot
- Points: 9th :: 6222 :: -501
- Starts: 36
- Poles: 1
- Wins: 3
- Top 5’s: 11
- Top 10’s: 15
- Winnings: $4,611,970
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2008 Preview
- Organization: Roush Fenway Racing
- Car Number: 99
- Crew Chief: Bob Osbourne
- Sponsor: Office Depot
Welcome back Bob Osbourne. Three wins, 11 Top-5’s and 15 Top-10’s later, Cousin Carl found himself getting back into the thick of it. Much to the sighs of relief from his fans across the nation, including my own mother, Carl Edwards was getting back to his pre-Wally performance level. Edwards flipped for joy, naturally, as I’m sure Jack did as well.
In 2007 Carl had his ups and downs, as did everybody. One such down was the little scuffle with Matt Kenseth last fall, where Edwards was roasted in the media for what honestly wasn’t that. Do you want these guys to have emotions or not? Please make up your mind. While Edwards is normally all goody-goody, it happens to everyone at some point in time. At least he didn’t get all “Cole Trickle” on Kenseth, as he did the year before with a certain Most Popular Driver in NASCAR. Oops!
Carl also took home his first title from NASCAR’s top divisions, winning the last Busch Series Championship by the time August was upon us. OK, not literally, but it was that big of a snoozer in the Drivers Championship. Too bad Roush lost out on the Owners Championship, but hey, you can’t win them all. With this happening on the heels of Kevin Harvick doing the same thing in 2006, it has caused an even further cry for action about Bushwhacking, for which we’ve yet to figure out better term. Nationwide-whacking sounds like a plot line from Natural Born Killers (or worse, for you pervs out there), but I’m sure we’ll come up with something.
2008 hold high hopes for the Office Depot team. Continuing to build on the successful return of Bob Osbourne, a new deal to be signed with Roush, and another run at the Cup Title all come into play. At least Carl has one distinct advantage over his competitiors. While he’s riding around and playing chess in a little over a week, he has a fine collection of artists to listen to from his own Back40 Records.
Note: information is accurate as of date published. Check Thunder Lounge for additional updates and information.
Filed Under: Carl Edwards, Drivers, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Roush Racing #99, Sprint Cup, Teams
Tagged As: Cousin Carl
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I am so excited that the race season is alomost here. I am counting the days and planning a race party. Carl is my favorite.
Emily said this on February 9th, 2008 at 12:56 pm