Edwards not anticipating another crew chief switch

Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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Carl Edwards says he doesn't think another crew chief switch is afoot at Roush Racing.

In a national teleconference this morning, Edwards said the team had just had a meeting and that it appeared that crew chief Bob Osborne would remain with Edwards' teammate Jamie McMurray and Wally Brown would stay with Edwards.

Edwards started the season with Osborne and McMurray with Jimmy Fennig, but an early-season switch moved Fennig into another role, Osborne to McMurray and Brown to Edwards. At the time, the team said it would revisit the changes in 90 days to see if Osborne and Edwards would be reunited.

"The thinking of that is that either guy would be great, but right now, change for either of us may set us back farther than any long-term benefits to the change," said Edwards, who is 13th in points and trying to move into the top 10 and Chase-For-The-Nextel-Cup contention.

Asked if he wanted to switch back, Edwards admitted he didn't want to make the first change.

"Honestly, I did not want to switch when we first did it just for the simple reasoning that, hey, we were running well and Bob and I had had great success together, and I didn't want to change anything," Edwards said. "And [team owner] Jack Roush decided that he thought it would be a decent change to make, and it could help Roush Racing as a whole. I agreed with it just like everybody else, and we've worked hard, and Wally has not made many - Wally hasn't made any mistakes. He's done a great job, and it just doesn't seem like changing back just to change back is the right thing to do right now."

Mentioned Drivers: Carl Edwards

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