Edwards crashes in Loudon practice, will race backup car
Quote selected text Published September 14th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards says that he was in the process of making what he planned to be his last lap when he crashed in practice earlier today at New Hampshire International Speedway.
That means the Chase For The Nextel Cup contender will start his title run in a backup car in Sunday’s Sylvania 300.
“The car was really fast,” he said. “We were extremely fast and that was actually gonna be my last lap. I had been locking up the front brakes into [Turn] 3, and that was really the only trouble with the brakes I had, and I just drove into 3 and stepped on the brakes and wheel-hopped the rears. Once they start hopping, I tried and tried and tried to get them to quit and just slid all the way up and hit the wall - just hard enough to tear it up enough to go to the backup car. It’s really frustrating for my guys, but they say the backup car is actually a newer car. Hopefully it doesn’t rain out practice. That would be the only thing that would really hurt us for tomorrow.”
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Yeah Carl my have wheel-hopped, but his back up car help him qual in a good spot. Come on Boy win this Championship!!!