Shelby American 400
CEDHOnline.com - February 24, 2010
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
February 28, 2010
After a struggling time in California with a 13th place finish in the Auto Club 500, Carl Edwards hopes to return to the jackpot at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. Edwards scored the win in the 2008 race at LVMS.?
Kelloggs-Aflac Combo: The No. 99 Ford Fusion will be carrying the colors of Kelloggs and Aflac this weekend in Las Vegas. This will be the first race that Kelloggs has been on board the No. 99 Ford this season.
Carl Edwards at Las Vegas: In five starts at LVMS, Edwards has one win, 1 top-five and two top-ten finishes. His average start is 14.4 and his average finish is 12.8. He has completed every lap he has ran at Las Vegas.
Annie Edwards born: Kate and Carl Edwards gave birth to daughter Annie this afternoon at 12:49 p.m., she was 8 lbs and 4 oz.
Chassis for Las Vegas: Crew Chief Bob Osborne will be taking chassis RK-565 to the track this weekend. It was raced in both events at Chicaga, both events at Atlanta and Darlington. Its best finish came at Atlanta in the spring event with a third place finish.
Carl Edwards on the Shelby American 400 : "Vegas is the first mile-and-a-half race so it will give us a chance to see where we stand with our intermediate program. Our whole team has been working really hard to get back to Victory Lane. Looking at our stats in Vegas hopefully we can be as strong there as we have been in the past. The mission at Vegas is to establish a strong intermediate program for the rest of the season, so it’s a very important race for us."
Bob Osborne on the Shelby American 400: “Las Vegas has been a strong track for all the Roush teams over the years. Carl has had some success there in both Cup and Nationwide. We’ve put a lot of work into our intermediate-track program over the winter and this will be a great weekend to see what worked, and what we still need to work on. We made some progress in California, but we’re still not quite where we need to be. Hopefully we can have a good run in Vegas that will also carry over to Atlanta the following week.” |
