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2 unusual facts about Carl Edwards


Fuel injection in NASCAR

This list includes familiar names to the motorsport like Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch and A. J. Allmendinger (with a combined total of 43 wins and 360 finishes in the "top ten" as of December 8, 2012).

Green–white–checker finish

This exception was used during the 2007 Daytona 500, and during the 2009 Aaron's 499 when Carl Edwards' car went airborne into the catch fence off of Ryan Newman's car and came to a rest in the middle of the track as cars skirted to either side to cross the line.


2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

Now, he will bring a new number (14, made famous by A.J. Foyt) and sponsors (Office Depot, coming from Carl Edwards' Roush Fenway Racing #99 and Old Spice).

2008 Kobalt Tools 500

Carl Edwards, still smarting from last week's win that found a loose oil tank, costing him 100 points in the drivers chase, his owner Jack Roush 100 owners' points and suspended crew chief Bob Osborne for six races until April 30 as well as a $100,000 fine, was in the lead until there were 50 laps to go and Edwards' transmission in the #99 Aflac Ford blew up, finishing 42nd, and falling deeper out of the top 12.

2009 Coca-Cola 600

On the pit stops that followed, Carl Edwards gained ten positions, Jamie McMurray gained sixteen spots, Reutiman gained seven spots, and Martin Truex, Jr. gained thirteen positions.

2010 Irwin Tools Night Race

The result moved him up five spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 351 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and fifty-seven ahead of Carl Edwards.

2011 Bank of America 500

Heading into the fifth race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Ford driver Carl Edwards was leading the Drivers' Championship with 2,161 points; Chevrolet driver Kevin Harvick was second with 2,160 points, one point behind Edwards.

2011 Jeff Byrd 500

Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya followed in third and fourth with 106 points, three ahead of Ryan Newman and ten ahead of Paul Menard in fifth and sixth.

2011 STP 400

Before the race, Carl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 445 points, and Kevin Harvick stood in second with 409.

Aflac

Celebrities have starred in the Aflac ads, including Chevy Chase (2003); Yogi Berra; Yao Ming; Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards (2008–); the United States Olympic synchronized swimming team (2004); and Wayne Newton playing at Stardust Hotel and Casino for the 2003 commercial.


see also

St Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton

The 20th-century stained glass consists of a 1969 window by Carl Edwards, commemorating women and featuring an image of the now demolished All Saints Cathedral in Cairo, and a 1982 piece by Michael Farrar-Bell which portrays the nature reserve at Pagham Harbour and its animals and birds.