Auggie Vidovich will serve as Carl Edwards backup driver for the NASCAR Nationwide Series races that conflict with Edwards Sprint Cup duties, a Roush Fenway Racing spokesman said Saturday at Lowes Motor Speedway. The first of those races will be at Nashville Superspeedway in two weeks. The Nashville race is run on the same weekend as the Cup at Pocono Raceway. Edwards plans to race in the Nationwide events, but Vidovich will practice and qualify the Roush Fenway Ford when Edwards is unable to make it. A backup for the other Cup driver running the full Nationwide schedule, Kyle Busch, has yet to be determined. Steve deSouza, who runs Joe Gibbs Racings Nationwide teams, said the team still needed to talk to Busch about his choices.(Scene Daily)(5-23-2009)
