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CUP: Q&A With Carl Edwards
Written by: Tom Jensen   
09/05/2008
Richmond, Va.
 
Carl Edwards is currently second in Sprint Cup points, 208 behind leader Kyle Busch. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos

Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards has emerged as the most serious contender to Kyle Busch for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup title. So far this season, Edwards has won six races, including three of the last five, in his No. 99 Ford Fusion and has gotten stronger as the year has gone on.

Busch and Edwards rank first and second in points and between the two have won 14 of the first 25 Cup races on the season. Busch and Edwards have a developing rivalry, which is expected to intensify during NASCAR’s upcoming playoff round.

Following are excerpts from Edwards’s media availability Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway, where he was getting ready for the Chevy Rock ‘N’ Roll 400, the final race before the field is set for the season-ending, 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Is there anything you care about this weekend besides winning?

I’m watching (Roush Fenway Racing teammate) David Ragan real close. That’s gonna be fun for the fans to watch that fight for the Chase. I know how that feels. It doesn’t get any more stressful than that – maybe going to Homestead with a chance to win the championship –
but that’s what I’m watching. Really, I feel like we’re just out to win. This is our last real fun race, where we don’t have much to worry about.

What’s it like when you have to run well to make the Chase?

In 2005 I will never forget. That race was the most stressful race I’ve ever been a part of because there was a wreck over in Turn 3 and I was real close to getting caught up in it and we ended making the chase by just a real small margin. And then it led to us almost being able to win the championship. I felt like that Richmond race in 2005 was a bottleneck. I mean, so much stress went on in that race and I don’t envy those guys that are in that position right now.

What’s it like when you make it?

You know when you don’t make it, you’re just gearing up for the next season. The phone kind of quits ringing and unless you go out and do what Tony (Stewart) did a couple of years ago and win a bunch of races, it’s real hard to have any real positive things going in the Chase morale-wise, media-wise or whatever if you’re not in it, so it’s a big deal to make it.

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