#99-Carl Edwards aside from running his normal Cup and Busch schedule this weekend, is scheduled to run in Saturdays Whelen Modified race. With running all three races, Edwards will log 600 laps and more than 634 miles around the 1.058-mile speedway. And before arriving in New Hampshire, Edwards will compete in a 100-lap shootout at a local dirt track in Middletown, N.Y. Once in New Hampshire, Edwards will prepare for three races; Sundays Cup race and two races on Saturday. On Saturday afternoon, Edwards will run a Ford Mustang in the Whelen Modified race scheduled for a 1:10pm/et start. Following the Modified race, Edwards will move to his #60 Ameriquest Ford Fusion to compete in the Busch series race, with a scheduled start of 3:00pm/et. On Sunday, Edwards will turn another 300 laps around the New Hampshire International Speedway for the running of the LENOX Industrial Tools 300. The last time this feat was accomplished was in 1996, when Steve Park completed 631 laps in a two day span (September 7-8).(Roush Racing)
AND while many drivers will be doing the double, running both the Cup and Busch Series races, Tony Stewart will run the Cup and the Whelen Modified race, in a car owned by Curt Chase the father of a Joe Gibbs Racing employee, Mark Chase. Stewart hasn’t raced a Modified since 2003 at Thompson International Speedway in CT. Foxwoods Resort Casino of Mashantucket, Conn., will sponsor Stewart in the New England 100 on behalf of the American Cancer Society. Foxwoods Resort Casino will make a donation equivalent to Stewarts race winnings in the New England 100 to the American Cancer Society through the Racing Against Cancer program. This is the fifth year that Foxwoods has joined Racing Against Cancer for a promotion at NHIS.(Racing Against Cancer/JGR PR)(7-13-2006)
