92 Facts About Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards last competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Carl Edwards won the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series championship and nearly won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, but lost by a tiebreaker to Tony Stewart.

Carl Edwards was born on August 15,1979, in Columbia, Missouri.

Carl Edwards graduated from Rock Bridge High School in 1997.

Carl Edwards initially did not plan to attend college, but he received some state assistance and decided to attend the University of Missouri in his hometown of Columbia.

Carl Edwards ran one Busch Series race for Bost Motorsports, finishing 38th at Gateway International Raceway.

However, it was enough to impress Jack Roush, and Carl Edwards became a full-time Truck Series competitor for Roush Racing in 2003, driving the No 99 Ford F-150, and won his first race at Kentucky Speedway.

Carl Edwards won Rookie-of-the-Year honors in addition to three race wins, eventually finishing eighth in the points standings at the end of the season.

Carl Edwards drove the No 99 Ford for the remainder of the 2004 Nextel Cup.

Carl Edwards ran one Busch Series race; this time for Robby Benton's RAB Racing team at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In 2005, Carl Edwards signed on and became a full-time driver in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series; although he had already run races in each in prior seasons.

Shortly into the season, on March 19,2005, Carl Edwards made history in the process of winning.

Also, Carl Edwards became the first driver in NASCAR history to pick up his first career Busch and Nextel Cup Series wins in the same weekend and became the 11th driver in NASCAR history to win races in all three of the organization's major racing series.

On June 12,2005, Carl Edwards picked up his second Nextel Cup win by taking the checkered flag at the Pocono 500 at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Since Carl Edwards did not start the race he was not awarded any points, and as such lost a 74-point lead in Busch Series points and dropped to fourth in the standings; Carl Edwards never recovered from the missed race and finished the season third in points, well behind series champion Martin Truex Jr.

Carl Edwards got his third win of 2005 on October 30 in the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, sweeping both of the Nextel Cup races at Atlanta for the 2005 season.

Carl Edwards got his fourth win, at Texas, and became the tenth different driver to win at that track, and the fifth to win there for Roush Racing.

Carl Edwards did not win a race in 2006, but did manage to score 20 Top 10's.

On May 18,2007, Carl Edwards won the pole for the 2007 Nextel Open, and while he led almost the entire 40 lap race, he faded to third in the last few laps, just missing the feature event.

On June 17,2007, Carl Edwards broke his 52-race winless streak in the Nextel Cup by winning the Citizens Bank 400.

Carl Edwards won his second race of the 2007 season, and sixth career Cup race, at the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 25.

Carl Edwards entered the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup in fourth place, with 5020 points, based on his two wins in the 2007 season, clinching a spot in the Chase after his win at the Sharpie 500 at Bristol.

Carl Edwards struggled through the Chase despite winning at Dover during the Chase.

On November 3,2007, Carl Edwards clinched his first NASCAR Busch Series Championship by finishing 11th at the O'Reilly Challenge.

Carl Edwards became the 19th different Busch Series Champion in the 26 years of the modern-era series.

Carl Edwards won the 2008 Auto Club 500, his first Sprint Cup win of the year.

Carl Edwards was leading the Kobalt Tools 500 looking for his third consecutive victory, but on lap 274 his car began to smoke and his crew diagnosed the problem as a broken transmission.

Carl Edwards did a bump and run on Kyle Busch in the closing laps to take the win from the dominant driver of the night.

Carl Edwards reduced his deficit in the points to 106 behind Jimmie Johnson.

Carl Edwards won the season finale at Homestead to take over the series wins lead for the season, extending his career high win total to nine.

Carl Edwards was propelled higher when he was hit by Ryan Newman, whose hood was destroyed, and flipped airborne into the catch fence.

Carl Edwards did that at the end of Talladega Nights.

Carl Edwards had a far more successful Nationwide Series season than Sprint Cup Series season, including a win at the NAPA 200 at Montreal.

Carl Edwards passed Andrew Ranger for second and recovered from spinning his tires on the restart to catch up with dominant leader Marcos Ambrose.

Carl Edwards was unable to pass the Australian champion until the final turn of the final lap when Ambrose jumped over the curb too high.

Carl Edwards passed him and won the race in a big shock to the racing world; a finish considered to be one of the greatest of the sport.

Carl Edwards was elated about getting his first road course win at one of the most famous tracks in the world; has said that the Montreal race is his favorite winning performance, and that Marcos had chatted with him that week and taught him about the track during meetings which he credited for his success.

Carl Edwards experienced another winless season in 2009 as his best finish was second at Pocono Raceway.

Carl Edwards was parked for the rest of the race and was placed on a three-race probation.

Carl Edwards said in his interview that his retaliation didn't go as he had planned that he never expected Keselowski's car to catch air like that but was glad that Keselowski was ok.

Carl Edwards followed that up with a controversial win at the first Nationwide race of the season at Gateway, turning Brad Keselowski coming off the final turn to win the race.

Carl Edwards won his third Nationwide race of the year at Texas Motor Speedway after dominating the race and a late race restart where he was accused of jumping the start by Kyle Busch.

Carl Edwards performance increased from this point, with him winning the pole at Watkins Glen and Richmond, and leading laps at Atlanta and Richmond.

On November 12,2010, Carl Edwards broke the track-record for the fastest qualifying lap at Phoenix International Raceway scoring his 6th career pole.

Carl Edwards went on to win the Kobalt Tools 500 on November 14,2010, with his Aflac Ford Fusion and breaking a 70-race winless streak going on from the 2008 Ford 400 at Homestead.

On March 6,2011, Carl Edwards won the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas, his only points win of 2011.

The deal was reportedly worth over $40 million, with Ford talking Carl Edwards into sticking with Roush Fenway Racing for the rest of his career.

In January 2012, Carl Edwards announced that he would not be competing in the Nationwide Series during the 2012 season, concentrating on his Sprint Cup championship effort.

At Texas, Carl Edwards ran well, until he made an unscheduled pit stop to check the lug on the car, sending him back to 30th, but was able to charge through over a course of 234 laps to finish 8th.

Carl Edwards led the most laps the following week at Phoenix and prevailed late, the second time he broke a 70-race winless streak at the short track.

Carl Edwards got pushed up the track by Marcos Ambrose and created a mini-pileup, putting Edwards at the end of the lead lap.

Carl Edwards then had a fifth-place finish at Kansas, a 10th-place finish at Charlotte, a 17th-place finish at Talladega, and a 12th-place finish at Martinsville.

At Texas, Carl Edwards started on pole and battled Jimmie Johnson for the lead on several restarts, before his engine blew up and he finished 37th.

Carl Edwards ended the season with a 12th-place finish at Homestead, and a 13th-place finish in the final points standings.

At the 2014 Food City 500, Carl Edwards won a rain-delayed race.

Weeks later Carl Edwards nearly won the All-Star Race for a second time after starting on pole.

Carl Edwards cleared me and beat me fair and square.

In late May 2014, it was rumored that Carl Edwards was leaving Roush's team for good.

Rumors arose of Carl Edwards potentially joining Joe Gibbs Racing, which were confirmed on August 19,2014, with Carl Edwards signing a multi-year deal to drive the No 19 Toyota for the team, a fourth entry for JGR.

Carl Edwards began his season on a low-note, wrecking in the ending of the Daytona 500 and losing the draft late in the race in Atlanta.

Carl Edwards rebounded at Las Vegas with a terrific run.

At Darlington, Carl Edwards took his second win of the year after rallying back from being two laps down to the leaders.

Carl Edwards was eliminated in the Round of 8, but finished fifth in points.

Carl Edwards parted ways with crew chief Darian Grubb after the 2015 season ended.

Carl Edwards showed strength with his new crew chief, evident when he brought home several Top 10's.

Carl Edwards dominated the final laps of the 2016 Food City 500 to win the race after starting on pole.

Carl Edwards dominated nearly the whole race as he led 276 of 500 laps, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Carl Edwards became the first driver to make a last lap pass in Richmond Speedway's history.

On January 9,2017, FOX Sports reported Carl Edwards planned to step away from NASCAR to pursue other opportunities; Daniel Suarez replaced him in the 2017 season.

On June 6,2007, Carl Edwards won the 2007 Nextel Prelude to the Dream at the Eldora Speedway.

Carl Edwards started second in the feature and held off Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon to win.

Carl Edwards participated in the 2008 Race of Champions, partnered with Tanner Foust.

Carl Edwards appeared on The Price Is Right, where he presented both showcases on the episode which aired on November 10,2009.

Previously, Carl Edwards had appeared in a small guest role during the fifth season of the hit Fox drama series 24.

Carl Edwards played in the annual Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in 2009 at Busch Stadium in St Louis.

Carl Edwards guest hosted on WWE Raw on February 8,2010.

Carl Edwards appeared a few weeks before the 2012 Daytona 500, saying to John Cena that he could wave the green flag for the start of the race; weather postponing the race to Monday kept Cena from doing so as he had to honor a WWE commitment in Portland.

In 2015, Carl Edwards was a NASCAR on NBC guest analyst for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond.

In 2016, Carl Edwards was a Fox NASCAR guest analyst for the Xfinity Series race at Texas.

Carl Edwards has a cameo appearance as a West Virginia state trooper in the 2017 film Logan Lucky.

Carl Edwards had a cameo appearance in Chicago Fire as a pizza delivery driver in the fourth season episode "2112".

Carl Edwards would make an appearance in the music videos for Justin Moore's 2011 song "Bait a Hook" and Sara Evans' 2013 track "Slow Me Down".

Carl Edwards would give a business card to other teams for his services before getting a ride with Roush Racing.

Carl Edwards was raised a Christian but refuses to talk about religion publicly and refuses to answer religion-connected questions when interviewed.

Carl Edwards was rumored to be considering a run against Claire McCaskill for her US Senate seat in 2018 but decided not to run.

Carl Edwards was reportedly floated as a potential nominee for the open Missouri US Senate seat in 2022.

Carl Edwards is a first cousin once removed to fellow driver Ken Schrader, who told Edwards early in his racing career to get dirt track experience before going to Cup; he would later take the advice.

Carl Edwards is popular among fans for celebrating his wins by doing a backflip off his car, a style of celebration he took from sprint car driver Tyler Walker.

Carl Edwards appeared in a This is SportsCenter commercial when he tried to excite anchor Neil Everett following a bad show.

Carl Edwards has appeared in Aflac Commercials with the Aflac duck when Edwards was sponsored by Aflac, from 2009 to 2011.

Carl Edwards is dedicated to fitness by biking and long-distance running off the track, but his sponsors, which included Subway and Vitamin Water.

Carl Edwards appeared on "Eat Smart, Move More" Campaign ads in 2007.