New Darlington surface growing on Edwards
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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DARLINGTON, S.C. – Carl Edwards said he considered wearing black to Darlington Raceway on Friday.
“I felt like we were gonna have to have a funeral because we killed my favorite race track,” Edwards said Friday. “I was really frustrated, but then today as we ran around with the Cup cars, it’s kind of starting to come back and it’s not so bad. The surface is growing on me and our car is actually getting pretty fast, so I’m feeling better about it.”
Darlington Raceway was repaved before the NASCAR weekend, and drivers and teams are still adapting to the fresh surface. Edwards isn’t sure what kind of race the Dodge Challenger 500 will be Saturday.
“I think tonight in the Nationwide race it’s gonna be virtually impossible to pass – really, really tough because you’re on the edge the whole time,” said Edwards, who won the pole for Friday’s Diamond Hill Plywood 200. “You’re either real fast and doing great or you’re wrecked, so there’s no in between.
“I think in the Cup cars, with the extra horsepower and less downforce it will be a little bit better race. Anytime you have more horsepower and less downforce it’s better racing, so I don’t know. I think that’s how they’ll kind of compare. Hopefully, tomorrow night it’ll be a great race.
“This is, I think, the greatest race track on the circuit and I hope that this paving job doesn’t take away from it.”
Also on Friday, Edwards sounded off about a perceived chassis setup that competitors believe has helped him win three intermediate-track races on the Sprint Cup Series schedule this season.
Some competitors have said Edwards’ No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing team manipulates the chassis so that his car is in “yaw” as it circles the track. Friday at Darlington Raceway, Edwards lashed out at that suggestion.
“Yeah, that’s exactly what makes my car so fast,” Edwards said. “In fact, when we thought about taking a couple of weekends off, we were gonna go get a monkey to drive the car because it’s real easy and that’s the only reason we’re winning. So they should just focus on that and not worry about anything else.”
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