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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Edwards’ Expecting First Child
SPEED Staff  |  Posted October 15, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Kate Edwards (Left) and Carl Edwards (Right) are expecting their first child in Feburary. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Roush-Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards and wife Kate are expecting their first child.

The couple was married this past January and Edwards confirmed the news Friday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway where NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series is preparing for Saturday night’s NASCAR Banking 500.

“We’re having a little girl and I’m really, really excited about it,” Edwards said.

Edwards said they went for the first ultrasound and when he saw the baby move for the first time he nearly passed out. Edwards also joked that he already had a name picked out for the girl.

“We’re due in the middle of February, so it’s perfect timing,” Edwards said. “We’ll call her Daytona (laughing). I’m real excited about it. It’s amazing. Figuring out the gender thing, we had a little bit of fun with that. It was taking long enough. I was hoping it wasn’t a boy, but that was pretty exciting. “

The child will be the first for both.

“We’ve had fun with it and Kate’s real excited,” Edwards said. “She’s telling people because she’s putting on weight, but she’s really happy and I’m happy, too.”




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