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Roush Fenway's Carl Edwards slides through grass to finish fourth at Daytona
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards finished fourth in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards took a unique route to his fourth-place finish in the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night.
Because of a crash at the front of the field coming to the checkered flag, Edwards drove his No. 99 Ford through the grass to finish the race.
“Man, that was a wild finish,” Edwards said. “I saw the 18 car [of Kyle Busch] turn right, the right-side tires lifted off the ground and he hit the fence, and I thought, ‘Ah, man.’ I just yanked the wheel left and drove the grass and hoped I didn’t hit him.
“But it was a crazy, crazy finish. I thought I wanted to be up there racing with those guys, then I saw that and I was just fine with where I was at.”
Edwards is used to wild finishes at restrictor-plate tracks, for he was involved in the last-lap wreck at Talladega Superspeedway in April when his car went airborne after contact with Brad Keselowski as the two raced toward the finish line.
Edwards’ car slammed the retaining fence, and Edwards ended up running across the finish line after crawling out of his crippled car.
He was vocal about restrictor-plate racing after Talladega, hoping things would be changed at plate tracks. After the Daytona race, he was more concerned about the health of Busch.
“I was really concerned about Kyle,” Edwards said. “I saw the right side of his car lift off the ground, and he hit the fence. Man, that’s a hard hit. But I guess it’s exciting. The fans were all pumped up about it, but I was real nervous for him. I’m just glad we got through there and nobody hit him – I hope nobody hit him a second time. It was just a wild event.”
Edwards was trying to help teammate Matt Kenseth on the final restart with four laps to go, but an unexpected push from Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya forced Edwards to abandon Kenseth.
“He was having trouble getting into fourth gear, so I just pushed him as long as I could, and then Montoya got a huge run and slammed me and I had to go around Matt.,” Edwards said. “We just did everything we could to make sure we both got a good finish.”
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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bthompson133 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:47 PMclass act. keep up the good work
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbbigrod said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:50 PMTypical restrictor racing. Actually Kyle was hit two more times. Lifted up by Kahne and hit hard in the side by Logano, I believe. We will see more of it tonight on the Speed show. - - - Carl didn't get to do a back flip, but still had a good points day, and the guy I keep picking to win didn't do it again, LOL. Kyle.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 1:48 PMplease #2, keep picking Bush and hopefully he will keep on losing.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 2:26 PMEdwards: Mature and a class act!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 5, 2009 at 7:08 PMThats the plan, #3. So far, so good. LOL.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 11:17 PMI too see Carl as a class act and typical restrictor plate racing. I am now a fan of shootout style restarts especially at plate races. Seems to me the racing is better.
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Jul 6, 2009 at 11:04 AMMy favorite driver hasn't won in ages. Maybe I'll start rooting for Kyle. Carl Edwards is a classy driver. Maybe more should be like him
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Jul 6, 2009 at 1:31 PMI believe Carl is one of the best when it comes to people and a pretty good race car driver as well. Hang in there Carl you'll turn it around and start winning soo. I usually pick my favorates in theirearly years as the person they are and if they turn into a great driver that's a plus.
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Jul 6, 2009 at 1:31 PMI believe Carl is one of the best when it comes to people and a pretty good race car driver as well. Hang in there Carl you'll turn it around and start winning soo. I usually pick my favorates in theirearly years as the person they are and if they turn into a great driver that's a plus.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsibbi173 said:
Jul 7, 2009 at 9:23 AMCarl is definately a class act. Watch him during and after an interview. Very pleasant and always smiles and thanks the interviewer. Something KB could learn from.....
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Jul 7, 2009 at 4:28 PMWho gives a flying Flip?
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