Carl Edwards – Chicagoland Advance

Carl Edwards – CHICAGOLAND ADVANCE
Team:                         No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief:                Jimmy Fennig
Primary Chassis:        RK-910
Backup Chassis:        RK-927
Twitter:                       @RandyPR99

ADVANCE NOTES

·         Richmond Recap

o   Edwards started from 10th position and fought a very tight Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Ford Fusion the entirety of the 400 laps on the .750-mile D-shaped oval at Richmond International Raceway.  The crew made several wedge and trackbar adjustments, and made two strategy wave around calls to gain a couple laps back, but to no avail. Edwards ended up four laps down in 22nd position when the hard fought race ended.

·         Edwards at Chicagoland

o   Edwards is still looking for his first victory at Chicagoland, with a career-high finish of third in 2007.

o   Edwards has 9 Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile track with an average start of 13.9 and an average finish of 16.0

·         The Car

o   Primary chassis RK-910 was last run in 2014 at the Brickyard, starting in the 18th spot and finishing 15th.

o   Backup chassis RK-927 was last run in Michigan in 2014, starting in the 19th spot and finishing 10th.

Edwards on Chicagoland

“We’re heading to Chicago to start the Chase. We had a good test there. We ran fifth in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, so hopefully it’s a good race. It’s gonna be crazy. We’ve got three races to seal our chances to win the Chase. Hopefully, we’ll have a good run. It would be nice to get a win for Fastenal right off the bat so we don’t have to worry about making it to the next round.”