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Auggie Vidovich to serve as Carl Edwards' backup driver if Nationwide schedule conflicts
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Saturday, May 23, 2009
CONCORD, N.C. – Auggie Vidovich will serve as Carl Edwards’ backup driver for the NASCAR Nationwide Series races that conflict with Edwards’ Sprint Cup duties, a Roush Fenway Racing spokesman said Saturday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
The first of those races will be at Nashville Superspeedway in two weeks. The Nashville race is run on the same weekend as the Cup race at Pocono Raceway.
Edwards plans to race in the Nationwide events, but Vidovich will practice and qualify the Roush Fenway Ford when Edwards is unable to make it.
A backup for the other Cup driver running the full Nationwide schedule, Kyle Busch, has yet to be determined. Steve deSouza, who runs Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nationwide teams, said the team still needed to talk to Busch about his choices.
DeSouza said the team has two or three possible backups in mind, but a driver doesn’t have to be chosen until the week before Nashville, at the latest.
The Nationwide Series has six races remaining that conflict in some way with the Cup schedule: Nashville on June 6, Kentucky Speedway on June 13, The Milwaukee Mile on June 20, O’Reilly Raceway Park on July 25, Iowa Speedway on Aug. 1, and Memphis Motorsports Park on Oct. 25.
Mentioned Drivers: Carl Edwards
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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2 responses to "Auggie Vidovich to serve as Carl Edwards' backup driver if Nationwide schedule conflicts ". Post a Comment.
dale said:
May 24, 2009 at 2:15 AMMaybe they could get Dale Jr. to be his backup driver. It will give Jr. more time in the seat for where he will most likely end up next year.
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May 24, 2009 at 3:55 PMThat's a stupid comment. Roush Fenway should take Carl out and put Auggie in there full time. Take Kyle out of there too and put in a regular Nationwide driver. And maybe Mike Bliss and the Nationwide regulars could win their own Championship.
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