Carl Edwards on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"It's our last chance to get a win in 2009. It's been a tough year.
We've been working hard. Our mile and a half program is better now than
it's been for a long time, so this race really is one that I feel we
have a good shot of running well. Our history there is great. We won it
last year. A Roush Fenway car has won almost every year that I've been
doing this at this level. I have real high hopes going in there. We're
just going to go until the last lap and give it a hundred percent with
guns blazing.We're going for the win.Hopefully we'll get a shot at it."
Crew chief Bob Osborne on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"Homestead is a great track for Carl and we're taking the same car that
he got a top-10 finish with at California last month. Without a doubt
this has been a tough season for us so we are certainly hoping for a
strong run at Homestead to give us some momentum to carry us through the
off season. We won this race last year and that would be a perfect way
to end the season for everyone on the Aflac team."
Fast Facts
* Carl Edwards will make his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at
Homestead-Miami Speedway in this weekend's Ford 400. In his previous
five starts, Edwards has accumulated one win, three top-five, four
top-10 finishes and one pole.
* ON THE TRACK...The Aflac team will be unloading chassis RK-669.
Edwards raced this Ford Fusion most recently at Auto Club Speedway in
October where he finished sixth.
* FOR THE RECORD...Edwards' average start at Homestead is 13.6, his
average finish is 6.4 which is the best of all active drivers. He has
also led a total of 251 laps there, third among active drivers.
* REWIND 2008...As the leaders began to run out of fuel or come to pit
road for a splash of gas, Edwards inherited the race lead from Matt
Kenseth with just three laps to go. With a 15-second lead over second
place, Edwards backed off the throttle and did what he could to make
it to the checkered flag. On the fourth turn of the final lap, Edwards
reported that he was out of fuel. Fortunately he kept enough momentum
to make it to the checkered flag, 7.5 seconds before runner-up Kevin
Harvick for his ninth win of the season.
* STANDINGS...Edwards enters Homestead 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series point standings, 44 markers behind 10th place. To date in 2009,
Edwards has accumulated seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.
-credit: rfr
