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Carl Edwards Wins Homestead, Not the Champ

November 16, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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RACE RECAP | HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY
10 Martin Truex Jr.
9 Tony Stewart in his final ride in the #20 car
8 Casey Mears
7 Travis Kvapil
6 Kasey Kahne
5 Clint Bowyer
4 Jeff Gordon was winless in 2008
3 Jamie McMurray with yet another top 5
2 Kevin Harvick also winless in 2008, came up 1 short
VICTORY LANE
1 Carl Edwards led the most [...]

Carl Edwards has momentum at right time

November 5, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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Despite being nearly 200 points behind standings leader Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet) with four races left, Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford) never gave up hope of winning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. He spent his time at the track telling anybody who would listen that the battle would come [...]

Edwards close to 2 Championships, but still too far

October 30, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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Carl Edwards nabbed victories in two different series – and two different states – this past weekend, further proving his NASCAR versatility.
His Memphis and Atlanta wins tightened a championship gap, as Edwards sits second in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series. His double duty performance this season is shaping up [...]

One on One with Carl Edwards

October 29, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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On trying to catch Chase leader Jimmie Johnson (Edwards is second in the standings): “The last couple of weeks, we have to go out and try to win all of these races, which we do normally. But at this point it’s pretty much all or nothing. We just go out to win. If we can [...]

What to expect at Texas Motor Speedway

October 29, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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While Jimmie Johnson continues to pursue a championship, many factors loom at Texas Motor Speedway, where Roush Fenway Racing in general and Carl Edwards in particular have excelled.
Roush Fenway drivers have won six of the 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup events held at Texas, including the April race, which Edwards won.
Edwards has two wins, two top [...]

Race Recap: Edwards doubles up the weekend

October 27, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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If you didn’t know any better, you would think this one-and-a-half mile tri-oval race track was a Saturday night dirt track the way Carl Edwards drove it Sunday.
Edwards drove his Roush Ford to victory in unbelievable fashion, slipping and sliding around the paved track like he owned it at speeds reaching 190 miles an hour.
Edwards [...]

Edwards wins, Johnson rallies for second

October 26, 2008 by Kerry Murphey  
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RACE RECAP | ATLANTA
(Photo: CIA Stock Photo)
10 Greg Biffle
9 Jeff Gordon
8 David Ragan
7 Jamie McMurray
6 Kurt Busch
5 Kyle Busch
4 Matt Kenseth led the most laps
3 Denny Hamlin also led a bunch
2 Jimmie Johnson staged yet another remarkable comeback. He sped on pit road early in the race but recovered from a lap down, going [...]

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