Carl Edwards recipient of racing award at Race of Champions
LONDON - Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards was awarded the TAG Heuer Racing Award at today's Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium.
Edwards, winner of nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events in 2008, was selected as the best driver in the world from a panel of eight judges that analyzed the weekly performance of more than 150 drivers from Formula One, GP2, NASCAR and the World Rally Championship.
"It's a real honor to receive this award," said Edwards, who is competing in the Race of Champions for Team USA with Formula Drift racer Tanner Foust.
Foust replaced Travis Pastrana, who was injured during his motocross practice Monday. It was the second time in three years that the USA team had to have a late replacement – in 2006 Jimmie Johnson missed the race when he was horsing around riding atop a golf cart and got thrown off, breaking his wrist.
"I blew out my knee in a corner and was promptly run over. … Laying in a heap of dust, the first thing I thought was at least I didn't fall off a golf kart," said Pastrana, a good friend of Johnson.
Edwards was scheduled to compete in a heat race against Spain's Jaime Alguersuari, who competes in the British F3 International Series.
