Carl Edwards Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Sprint Cup Race Preview
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Carl Edwards - NSCS POCONO ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-558, last raced Pocono, June 2009 - started 11th,
finished second
Also: Raced Las Vegas, March 2009 - started 16th, finished 17th
Edwards, NSCS at Pocono Raceway:
Date Event Start Finish Laps Led Status Money
6-7-2009 Pocono
500 11 2 200/200 103 Running $210,356
8-3-2008 Pennsylvania
500 15 1 200/200 53 Running $241,875
6-8-2008 Pocono
500 6 9 200/200 2 Running $123,700
8-5-2007 Pennsylvania
500 29 21 200/200 0 Running $76,625
6-10-2007 Pocono
500 32 14 106/106 4 Running $85,350
7-23-2006 Pennsylvania
500 16 39 196/200 0 Running $80,125
6-11-2006 Pocono
500 40 25 199/200 1 Running $82,775
7-24-2005 Pennsylvania
500 41 4 203/203 0 Running $125,900
6-12-2005 Pocono
500 29 1 201/201 46 Running $196,150
Cumulative
Races
9
Wins
2
Top-5s
4
Top-10s
5
Poles
0
Led
209
Money
$1,222,856
Carl Edwards on racing at Pocono Raceway:
“Our last race at Pocono was our best run of the season. I have all the confidence going back that we will have a great race there. We have had a lot of success there and hopefully we will be a force there this time. We are taking the same car we finished second with there in June. Our team always runs well there and it’s one of the fun tracks. I’m looking forward to going there, and our team has been getting stronger, so we all expect good results."
Crew chief Bob Osborne on racing at Pocono Raceway:
“Pocono is the most unique race track we go to on the circuit. It is a challenging race track, but I enjoy racing there. With three different corners and a very long straightaway, there is a fine line between being good and being good enough to win. It takes a series of compromises to the setup to run fast there. The 99 team pulled off the win in August there last year, and I’d like nothing more than to go back and win it again this time around. We were second in June, but hopefully this time we won’t be in a position where we have to save fuel.”
Fast Facts
œCarl Edwards enters Pocono fifth in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings, 498 markers behind the leader, Tony Stewart. Edwards was ranked fifth in the standings last year heading into Pocono, 320 points behind then leader, Kyle Busch.
œFOR THE RECORD…Edwards will make his 10th Cup start at Pocono this weekend. In his previous nine starts, Edwards has accumulated two wins, four top-five and five top-10 finishes.
œLAPS…Edwards has completed 1705 of 1710 or 99.7% of the laps he has attempted in Cup competition at Pocono. He has led 209 laps there.
œON THE TRACK…The Aflac team will bring chassis RK-558 to Pocono this weekend. Edwards raced this chassis at Pocono in June where he led 103 laps en route to a second-place finish.
œREWIND, POCONO, August 2008… Edwards picked up his fourth victory of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at Pocono Raceway by overcoming a late-race gamble to pit when weather became an issue to pick up his second career victory at the triangular track in the Pocono Mountains.
œLog on to www.AflacRacing.com to listen to Carl Edwards give his take on racing at Pocono Raceway.
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