NASCAR road trip for Edwards
While most of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers have road course on their minds this weekend, Carl Edwards has road trip.
He will be racing in Sunday's Cup race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. But he will also be racing in the NASCAR Busch Series race at The Milwaukee Mile on Saturday.
Edwards leads the Busch Series standings by a commanding 701 points.
He has raced twice at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, one of two road courses on the Cup schedule. He was sixth in last year's race at Sonoma. Despite his lack of experience, Edwards has put together two nice races at Sonoma, said his crew chief, Bob Osborne.
“Bob Osborne and the rest of the Office Depot team have been doing a lot to help improve our road course program," said Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "We recently tested Road Atlanta to get in some practice on a road course and I think it has helped. I don’t come from that kind of racing background, but getting a few races under our belts has helped a lot.”
Edwards has won three races in the Busch Series. He is also coming off his first Cup win of the season. It snapped a winless drought of 52 races.
“After our win last week at Michigan, our team is a lot more confident and we’re looking to build on this momentum," Edwards said.



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