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Despite having a less than perfect race, Greg Biffle won an eventful Sam’s Town 300 Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Listen to audio of second and third place finishers Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer during Saturday’s post race news conference at the conclusion of the Camping World 300 held at Daytona International Speedway.

 

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Carl Edwards says he will never forget the moment that he beat seven time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher in the Race of Champions.
Edwards, who finished second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup this season, won his first round tie against British Formula 3 champion Jaime Alguersuari and was drawn against Schumacher in a race [...]

Just a very quick note, to prove I’m still alive, and note Carl Edwards attempts to win the Race of Champions and the Nations Cup can be viewed live via Freecaster TV.

NASCAR Sprint Cup runner-up Carl Edwards says he is excited about making his debut in the Race of Champions this weekend.

Maureen MacDonald of Raleigh, N.C. was recently crowned Mrs. America 2009, and is putting that title to use in raising donations for the Prevent Child Abuse America charitable organization. In October, Mrs. MacDonald was given exclusive access by Speedway Children’s Charities to the NASCAR drivers at the Bank of America 500, held at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.

Can you drive really fast around tight corners? Four times each lap? Do you burst a cranial blood vessel, lose your temper and burst into tears when other drivers cut-down on you? If you answered yes to any, or all of the above, NASCAR might want to hear from you.

Say what you will, but this off-season is unlike most others. Normally the three days proceeding Turkey Day are a race fans No MansLand and devoid of much news- not this year - it’s all business.

Every possible season champion has been crowned, but unlike the proverbial Bear in the Woods who both defecates and hibernates in the woods during winter NASCAR drivers stay active in one fashion or another.

Sunday may have been Jimmie Johnson’s coronation as Sprint Cup Champion for the third time but it was Carl Edwards who may have proved he is “Sprint Cup Prince” waiting for the King to abdicate the throne.

Four years’ hard work pays off for Clint Bowyer as the Richard Childress Racing ace proves dreams can come true in beating Carl Edwards to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

David Reutimann and his No. 44 UPS Toyota won the Coors Light Pole Award for the FORD 400 with a lap of 31.462 seconds, 171.636 mph. This is his first pole in 63 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Carl Edwards claimed his sixth Nationwide series win of the season at Phoenix International Raceway, reducing Clint Bowyer’s lead in the championship ahead of next week’s finale at Homestead.

Denny Hamlin led the Happy Hour final practice Saturday, posting a lap at 129.898 mph in the No. 11 Toyota. Mark Martin was second on the speed chart at 129.636 mph in the No. 8 Chevrolet.

 

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Carl Edwards coaxed his Roush Ford home on fumes ahead of the field after a series of caution flags put him behind when all the top-running cars took two tires while Edwards took four.

Kyle Busch’s first victory of 2008 came in April at Texas, the question now is will Saturday’s dominating performance at the same track be his last, or will he go on to break Sam Ard’s 25 year old record of ten wins?

Reigning and two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson’s is in familiar territory as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series prepares for Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Carl Edwards will make his debut in this years Race of Champions to be held Dec. 14th at Wembley Stadium.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (Oct. 13, 2008) – More than a dozen drivers took to the track Monday as the fifth annual Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco got underway. The two-day event, sponsored by NASCAR, is designed to showcase the sport’s top minority and female drivers in front of NASCAR car owners.
Twenty-five drivers will [...]

“Nice” week for Carl Edwards huh?
In the last seven days he’s had too much right foot that took out more than a few in Alabama. Saturday night he didn’t have enough ignition, fell fifteen laps off the pace early and dropped to 168 off Johnson’s points pace.
Oh, and he also had TOO much “ignition” [...]