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
nervous
Alright, buddy, I'm just real nervous about it.
atlanta far motor races run terribly three time
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.
Absolutely, we're making a run. That's what we're doing here today.
bad closed locked nose pedal putting rock
That's how I got into the 15. I put my nose out there to go under him and when he closed the door, like he had the right to, man, that pedal was rock solid. The thing locked the rears up and wouldn't stop. I feel bad for putting him out of it, but, overall, it was just a bad day for us. At least we didn't get hurt.
crew race win
This is was my first race with a new crew chief. I think we're going to win a lot of races.
happen work
This Fusion, they have put a lot of work into it and no one will let something happen that we don't want to happen without someone voicing our opinion. Speculation is a pretty big thing.
behind bottom came car drove ended flipped green guy kyle people running stopping worried
I thought Green flipped over or something because we went in the smoke, so I just drove to the bottom and Kyle came down. I should have been more worried about stopping my car than people from behind running into me, and I ended up being that guy that got Kyle.
caution couple five laps needed won
I thought even going to the back we could get them. We've won a couple like that in the Busch Series, but it's a gamble. You know, everything has to go just right. We probably needed another caution there with about five laps to go.
allowed bad next race
I think you're allowed only about one bad race for these next 10,
chalk crowded good hard kyle talked wall
Kyle just crowded me into the wall there. But no hard feelings. I'll just chalk it up to hard racing. Anyway, I talked with Kyle after the race. Everything's settled, we're on good terms, and I got his dad's autograph.
came ended green guy kyle saw terrible track turned
I saw Green get turned around, and then I went into the smoke. Kyle came down the track and I ended up being the guy who got Kyle. It was just a terrible day.
ended flying good job kyle race running saw sideways track underneath
I saw (Green) get sideways and go flying up the race track and I thought I could do a good job of going underneath him. I ended up running into the back of Kyle Petty.
believed damage glad saw
I saw everything happening, and I said, 'Wow, I can't believed we're going to go out like this, ... I'm just glad I didn't do any damage to any important stuff.
attention came couple guys minutes sat
I sat over there for 15 minutes and a couple guys came by and that's about it. There's a lot more attention now.