Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Carl Edwards looking for Richmond repeat from last fall

Carl Edwards is 20/1 to win Saturday night at Richmond
Carl Edwards – FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400 ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Primary Chassis: RK-886
Backup Chassis: RK-874
Twitter: @RandyPR99

ADVANCE NOTES

Atlanta Recap

Edwards stayed in the Top-10 for 240 laps of the 335 lap overtime race, 51 of them in the top-five. He survived nine cautions while fighting a tight condition in his car the entire race. He was able to capture a hard fought fifth place finish when the checkered flag flew after two great restarts in the wild scramble at the end of the race.

Edwards at Richmond
o Edwards is the defending winner from last year’s fall race. He led 46 laps.
o Edwards has three Nationwide Series wins in 2005, 2008 and 2009.
o Edwards has 20 Sprint Cup starts at the .750-mile track with an average start of 13.4 and an average finish of 13.5

The Car
o Primary chassis RK-886 was last run in 2014 at Spring Loudon race, starting in the 14th spot and finishing 13th.
o Backup chassis RK-874 was last brought to Spring Loudon race in 2014 as the back-up car.

Edwards on Richmond
“Richmond’s been a lot of fun lately. We’ve been fast there. Our short track program has been great. It’s the last race before the Chase so it’ll be an opportunity for us to go out and have some fun and work on fine tuning our team for the final ten races. A year ago we had a great race and a win there. Kellogg’s is always fun. I’m always proud to drive the Kellogg’s Ford. They’ve got such a great history in the sport. They’ve been great to me. Hopefully, we can get another win for them and have a good time.”

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