Carl Edwards in 2012

by J McCombie

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Carl Edwards in 2012

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J McCombie

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Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. He 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's awards are: 2007 Busch Series Champion, Spring All-Star Race XXVII Winner, 2007 Prelude to the Dream Winner, 2005 Busch Series Rookie of the Year, 2003 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year, 2007 Busch Series Most Popular Driver.
Edwards' big break came in 2002, when he competed in 7 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events for MB Motorsports. He also ran one Busch Series race for Bost Motorsports. Edwards became a full-time Truck Series competitor in 2003, driving the #99 Ford F-150 sponsored by Superchips. He won Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In August 2004, he made his NEXTEL Cup Series debut, replacing Jeff Burton, in the No. 99 Ford Taurus for Roush Racing and drove the #99 Ford for the remainder of the 2004 NEXTEL Cup. He also once again ran one Busch Series race for Bobby Benton's RAB Racing team at Bristol Motor Speedway with sponsorship from Mac Tools.
Edwards is a first cousin once removed to fellow NASCAR driver Ken Schrader. Edwards is often referred to as "Cousin Carl." Off the track, Edwards has been busy promoting his new record label, Back40 Records, a company he started with a high school friend. During the week of the Auto Club 500, Edwards participated in taping of the Fox television series 24, where he played Homeland Security Agent Jim Hill.
Edwards also appeared on The Price Is Right, where he presented both showcases on the episode which aired on November 10, 2009. The Showcases were NASCAR-themed, with a trip to the Coca-Cola 600 and a Camping World trailer featured in one Showcase, while the other featured the debut of a new garage door prop for the "ultimate garage" Showcase that featured tools and a hybrid version of his Ford Fusion racer.
He played in the annual Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in 2009 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. During the game he sported a Boston Red Sox cap because of the affiliation his race team Roush Fenway Racing has to the owners of the Boston Red Sox.
Edwards has appeared on the covers of ESPN The Magazine (produced by Craig Ferguson) and Men's Health. He appeared in an Under Armour commercial during Super Bowl XLII. Edwards made an appearance on the February 22, 2006, episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Edwards is popular among fans for celebrating his wins by doing a backflip off his car (or truck), a style of celebration he took from sprint car driver Tyler Walker. Seizing on the popularity of Edwards' trademark celebrations, Ford has recently run several "Overactive Adrenaline Disorder" commercials featuring a "young Carl" performing backflips in his baby crib, off of a couch, and off a doctors exam table. Edwards also performed his signature backflip not once, but twice in a recent This is SportsCenter commercial when he tried to cheer up anchor Neil Everett following a bad show. He has recently appeared in Aflac Commercials with the Aflac duck driving the #99 car and doing Carl's trademark backflip.
Edwards is a known fan of professional wrestling, specifically WWE, and wrestler John Cena is one of his closest friends. The two first met at the taping of Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race in 2007. On April 5, 2009 Edwards appeared at WWE WrestleMania XXV as it was in Houston, Texas and so was the NASCAR race at Texas earlier in the day. Edwards guest hosted on WWE Raw on February 8, 2010.

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