Carl Edwards collects $2.4 million as Busch Champion
Quote selected text Published December 7th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Carl Edwards, the 2007 Busch Series driver champion, received a payout of $2,485,582, an amount that ranks fourth all-time among series title winners. Edwards collected over $1.2 million in both race winnings ($1,241,985) and his share of the series point fund ($1,218,597). The series’ $8.4 million point fund this season included a record $4.5 million contribution from outgoing sponsor Anheuser-Busch.
In its 26 years as series sponsor A-B contributed over $18.4 million to the Busch Series point fund, growing from $50,000 in its inaugural season in 1982. The 2007 season marked the second consecutive year that every race purse exceeded $1 million. Fifteen drivers earned $1 million or more in total winnings including series regulars Jason Leffler, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Stephen Leicht, Marcos Ambrose and Mike Wallace.
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- Aflac announces multi-year sponsorship of Edwards No 99-UPDATE
- Edwards and Busch placed on probation by NASCAR
- Edwards wins Busch race at Nashville
- Aflac to sponsor Edwards in 2008
- Busch points leader Edwards penalized by NASCAR
Impressive, Nextel cup regular runs away with the Busch championship, when is Nascar going to let up and coming drivers have a chance. Might as well let Terrel Owens go play for his alma mater. Same thing. It’s not a good thing for the Busch ( or whatever it’s gonna be now ) series.
“Might as well let Terrel Owens go play for his alma mater.” That’s a beautiful statement to sum up what is wrong with the Busch Series.