Carl Edwards snaps 52-race winless streak at Michigan
Quote selected text Published June 17th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Carl Edwards snapped a 52-race Nextel Cup winless streak Sunday by holding off Martin Truex Jr. to win at Michigan International Speedway. “Is it really over?’” he excitedly asked his crew as he closed in on the finish line.
It was, as Edwards handily beat Truex to the line to grab his first win since Nov. 11, 2005, at Texas. He celebrated the win with his trademark backflip off the window ledge of his car.
He then gleefully took a pair of scissors to team member Tom Giacchi’s shaggy beard, clipping off a chunk of hair that had been growing since the two vowed in late 2005 that Giacchi would not shave until Edwards’ next win.
The win gave car owner Jack Roush his second win of the season — first since Matt Kenseth won Feb. 25 at California — and temporarily snapped Hendrick Motorsports’ season-long domination. Hendrick cars have won 10 of the 15 races this season.
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RESULTS:
Pos St # Driver Sponsor Car Pts Status Laps
1 12 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 195 Running 200
2 8 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 175 Running 200
3 41 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 170 Running 200
4 13 25 Casey Mears National Guard Chevrolet 165 Running 200
5 23 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 160 Running 200
6 3 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 150 Running 200
7 19 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 146 Running 200
8 35 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 142 Running 200
9 6 24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Chevrolet 143 Running 200
10 18 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Toyota 139 Running 199
11 21 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft Ford 130 Running 199
12 38 15 Paul Menard Menards Chevrolet 132 Running 199
13 30 7 Robby Gordon Menards/MAPEI Ford 124 Running 199
14 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Chevrolet 126 Running 199
15 40 00 David Reutimann Burger King Toyota 118 Running 199
16 11 07 Clint Bowyer DIRECTV Chevrolet 115 Running 199
17 20 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 112 Running 199
18 17 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota 109 Running 199
19 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 111 Running 199
20 27 14 Sterling Marlin Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevrolet 103 Running 199
21 34 6 David Ragan AAA Ford 100 Running 198
22 25 88 Ricky Rudd Snickers Ford 97 Running 198
23 29 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 94 Running 198
24 9 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Chevrolet 91 Running 198
25 10 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 93 Running 198
26 28 70 Johnny Sauter Radioactive Energy Drink Chevrolet 85 Running 198
27 37 45 John Andretti American Spirit Dodge 82 Running 198
28 1 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 79 Running 198
29 15 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevrolet 76 Running 198
30 5 13 Joe Nemechek Haier Chevrolet 73 Running 198
31 43 84 AJ Allmendinger Red Bull Toyota 70 Running 197
32 36 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 67 Running 197
33 22 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Dodge 64 Running 197
34 31 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios Dodge 61 Running 197
35 39 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 58 Running 196
36 42 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 55 Running 196
37 4 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 52 Running 196
38 14 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford 49 Running 192
39 32 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 46 Running 184
40 24 40 David Stremme Coors Light Dodge 43 Running 183
41 16 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 40 Running 140
42 26 17 Matt Kenseth Carhartt Ford 37 Out 78
43 33 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 34 Out 67
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how bout mikey gettin a top 10. that pretty cool.
good for the crew member that could shave now
I’m only happy for the truck driver I believe? Who was able to finally shave! But I’m happy Dale And Martin got top 5’s! And great job to Michael Waltrip too. He needed that finish bad.
I agree with Andy.
Way to go Carl!!!! Glad someone different won this week.
Way to go Carl. Us Ford fans have something to be happy about this week.
Long LONG awaited, good job Carl. Too bad Truex didn’t win though, go CHEV! Sorry Ford Boy. I am still happy for Carl though.
I knew that you could do it Carl ! Way to go ! I know that all of your Mo. bros were cheering for you ! It couldn’t happen to a nicer driver ! You are from the ” show me state ” and you did ! Thanks !
Wow, Ford finally pulled of thier 2nd win of the season! But it truex hadn’t brushed the wall, he would have caught Carl! But mistakes happen!
Carl should drag his driver into one of those Young Guns commercials and shave him!
carl would have won the race regardless Nascarfan4life24. he came back from a penalty to win this race.. way to go Carl… 99fan4 life.
keep em coming..
yes j i know THIS missouri bro was cheerin for for carl but i really wanted the 26 to win but a top 10 aint to bad at least he was ahead of gordon
i am so happy for carl! he really deserved this win, and now his poor driver guy can shave that beard.
way to go carl!
99 fan for life
Glad to get to see the back flip on Sunday. Way to go Carl, nice job.
Carl is so fun to watch. Congrats!
what an awesome race it was.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=9073615559982723576 42 minute video of the weekend
and also 66 photos. http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/brantfordredsox/Nascar/MIS%20June%202007/
Still starting the race to late, but what can you do, but keep on complaining cause it works. MIS is why the race started at 2:10. They have recieved thousands apone thousands of complaints from the late starts ever since the new TV started, and Nascar started to care more about TV and less about the fans at the event.
Congrats to Carl and the whole #99 Team. And reguardless what others may say…even if Martin Truex “didn’t hit the side of the wall, Carl Still would have won. Carl out drove Martin the whole time and wasn’t about to let up. Carl is 1 great racer who will be a legend one day.