Edwards tops Cup qualifying at Michigan

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Brad Keselowski was asked to pick one word to describe a lap at Michigan International Speedway. ”Fast,” the defending Sprint Cup champion said. ”This is, to me, the fastest track we have – and it might be in speed, but it definitely is in feel.” MIS [...]

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Edwards, Ford expect more in Race to the Chase

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Second in the standings and with a race victory to his credit, Carl Edwards hardly looks like a driver whose race team is suffering from a systematic problem. Certainly not compared to this time a year ago, when the Roush Fenway Racing driver languished in 13th. [...]

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Edwards takes All-Star pole spot

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Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along the way. Edwards, the 2011 winner in the exhibition event, completed three laps and a four-tire pit stop Friday night in 1 minute, 51.297 [...]

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Edwards gets pole after rain washes out qualifying

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Steady rain Saturday washed out qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, where the field was set by practice speeds. It put Carl Edwards on the pole for Sunday’s race, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Marcos Ambrose. They ran a spirited Friday first practice session because everyone had [...]

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Edwards stays under the radar despite success

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For a fellow that wows crowds with his signature victory backflips, stars in national commercials for Subway and has been an immediate asset to the ESPN Nationwide Series broadcast booth, Carl Edwards’ success in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series this season has been a relatively low-profile affair. [...]

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Edwards: Downforce spoiling NASCAR

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Carl Edwards believes the best option for improving NASCAR Sprint Cup racing would be to remove downforce altogether. The Daytona 500 was criticized for offering processional racing, with the majority of the field sticking to the outside line for most of the race. This prompted concerns [...]

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Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson favorites at Las Vegas

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Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson battled for the win last week at Phoenix, and then engaged in a little postrace gamesmanship over their tactics and strategies on the final restart. Their budding rivalry — wouldn’t it be great if it escalated into a full-fledged feud? — [...]

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Roush: “We Were Holding Carl Back Last Year”

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Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush said today that he shoulders the blame for Carl Edwards’ dismal 2012 campaign. Just months after losing the Sprint Cup Series championship to Tony Stewart in a tiebreaker for the first time in the history of the sport, Edwards plummeted [...]

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