Carl Edwards News

Reutimann wins Rookie of the Year:

Reutimann wins Rookie of the Year:

November 26, 2004
David Reutimann won 2004 Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors in the Craftsman Truck Series. He clinched the honors in fine style at the season ending Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, winning the pole position and scoring a fourth-place finish. The pole was the

Ford Steps Up Program, Edwards to the #60?:

Ford Steps Up Program, Edwards to the #60?:

November 23, 2004
Sources say NASCAR wants Toyota to spend a year in the Busch Series, perhaps as early as 2006, before making the jump to Cup. To prepare for Toyota's arrival, Ford has stepped up factory backing, including adding Brewco Motorsports and driver David Green to the family

Reutimann wins pole at Homestead, new track record:

Reutimann wins pole at Homestead, new track record:

November 18, 2004
#17-David Reutimann won the pole for the Ford 200 with a track record speed of 171.255mph, his 2nd pole of the season and career. Starting his last race in the #6 truck, Matt Crafton will start 2nd, followed by #99-Carl Edwards, #16-Jack Sprague and #47-Bobby Labonte

Edwards wins pole at Darlington:

Edwards wins pole at Darlington:

November 11, 2004
#99-Carl Edwards held off #15-Shane Hmiel to capture the pole for Friday night's Darlington 200 at Darlington Raceway. Edwards' lap at 167.487 mph set a new track record, but Hmiel came closest to knocking Edwards from the top, with a lap at 166.947mph. #59-Bobby Hamilton

Darlington News and Notes:

Darlington News and Notes:

November 11, 2004
Handicapping the title contenders at Darlington Hamilton has won both series starts at Darlington Raceway in 2001 and 03. Musgrave won in 2002 and finished second a year ago. Setzer counts a best finish of 11th. Edwards was 23rd last year as a Raybestos rookie. Crafton

Jon Wood to the Busch Series…not with Roush? UPDATE 2:

Jon Wood to the Busch Series…not with Roush? UPDATE 2:

November 6, 2004
Jon Wood, the grandson of NASCAR pioneer Glen Wood, appears set to move from the truck series to the Busch circuit next season. Wood, who drives the #50 Ford for Roush Racing, recently tested a Busch car owned by Tad Geschickter, who fields the entries driven by Stacy

Roush Truck/Busch Lineup to Change:

Roush Truck/Busch Lineup to Change:

November 5, 2004
The makeup of Roush Racing's Busch and Truck series teams are likely to undergo major changes next season. Much of the change depends on the organization's ability to land a sponsor for its #99 Ford in the Nextel Cup Series. Carl Edwards is currently driving the car

Roush Truck/Busch Lineup to Change:

Roush Truck/Busch Lineup to Change:

November 5, 2004
The makeup of Roush Racing's Busch and Truck series teams are likely to undergo major changes next season. Much of the change depends on the organization's ability to land a sponsor for its #99 Ford in the Nextel Cup Series. Carl Edwards is currently driving the car

Sprague wins pole at Phoenix:

Sprague wins pole at Phoenix:

November 3, 2004
#16-Jack Sprague won his fifth career Truck Series pole at Phoenix International Raceway for the Chevy Silverado 150 and his 6th of 2004, with a lap of 131.186mph, a new track record. #52-Ken Schrader is on the outside pole. Rounding out the top-5 are #99-Carl Edwards

Phoenix News and Notes:

Phoenix News and Notes:

October 27, 2004
For Brandon Whitt (No. 38 Werner Ladder/Cure Autism Now Ford), the final three races of the season cant come soon enough. Not because he wants to see his rookie season end, but because hes finally seeing some tracks that hes been to before. "Over 90% of the tracks

Double Duty at Martinsville:

Double Duty at Martinsville:

October 21, 2004
Cup regulars who will attempt to make the Martisnville Truck race: #18-Bobby Labonte will run the #47 Truck #22-Scott Wimmer could relieve Bill Lester in the #22 Truck #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr. will run the #59 Dodge #42-Jamie McMurray will run the #2 Ultra Truck #49-

Martinsville News and Notes:

Martinsville News and Notes:

October 21, 2004
Silverado 350K sees huge ratings climb Last weeks Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway earned a 0.6 average rating on SPEED Channel, a 100 percent increase over the same events 0.3 rating on SPEED one year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research. Households were

Bodine wins at Texas:

Bodine wins at Texas:

October 16, 2004
#30-Todd Bodine pulled away from #23-Johnny Benson after the final caution to win the Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, his second straight Truck Series win. Rounding out the top five were #23-Benson, #4-Bobby Hamilton, #75-David Starr and #16-Jack Sprague. Hamilton

Edward’s may not make it:

Edward’s may not make it:

October 16, 2004
The Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was red flagged for a while due to a three-truck accident and a damaged SAFER wall which took a while to repair. #22-Bill Lester, #17-David Reutimann, #12-Robert Huffman and #67-J.R. Patton were involved. Lester and Patton

Tuesday Testing at Atlanta:

Tuesday Testing at Atlanta:

October 13, 2004
Seven Ford and one Toyota Craftsman Truck Series drivers tested again on Tuesday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. #99-Carl Edwards, who is running in both the Craftsman Truck and NEXTEL Cup series, was the fastest Ford Truck on Tuesday, turning in a lap of 179.240mph. All