Carl Edwards' Roush Fenway Cup team replaces crew member in hopes of improving
Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards is leading the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings after five races this season. // LaDon George, NASCAR Scene
LEBANON, Tenn. – Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards said small changes made this week to his NASCAR Sprint Cup pit crew were designed to help his No. 99 team be able to compete for the Cup title this year.
Edwards said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway, site of Saturday’s Nashville 300 Nationwide Series race, that one crew member was replaced, and a team spokesman said it was front tire changer Corey Quick.
Edwards was leading last weekend’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway when he came in for his last pit stop. A lugnut was knocked off a wheel stud, and Edwards later restarted 11th. He finished 10th.
“Hopefully, it’s better,” Edwards said. “It’s definitely very tough. All the guys are great guys. Hopefully, what we’re doing now prepares us for the Chase [For The Sprint Cup], so we’re in the best position we could be to win a championship.
“All you have to do is watch the races and realize all it takes is one mistake or one bad race, and it can cost you the championship. Hopefully, we’re in a position to race for the championship, and the changes we’re making right now and things that we’re doing are going to prepare us to be better on pit road.”
