Carl Edwards said Friday he signed a multiple-year contract extension to continue driving the #99 Ford, a decision that takes NASCAR’s most sought-after free agent off the market. “I’m staying with Roush,” Edwards said.
“I looked at everything and I talked to everybody and, for me, the number one thing is looking into the future and saying, ‘Where can I win the most races and have the most success?’ I just feel like for me, personally, this is where I want to be for the near future.”
He negotiated the contract himself with Geoff Smith, president of Roush. “It took us about a week and a half of going back and forth with just little things and I feel like the luckiest guy in the world for the contract I got,” he said. “If I was dealing with someone that I didn’t trust or that I felt like I couldn’t just kind of air everything out with, then I’d probably have to have an agent, but dealing with Geoff from day one has been very easy at Roush for me, so it was really pretty simple. Besides, I feel like I know what I need more than anyone else. I know what I want to make me happy and this is cool.”
It’s not clear if sponsor Office Depot will remain on the car. A spokeswoman for the company said only they are continuing their negotiations with Roush.
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Carl needs to learn how to do a burnout when he wins, instead of being a wanna be olympian!!!
Each to their own,.. climb a fence,.. do a polish victory lap,..
take a victory lap with the checkered flag,.. get out of your car
and bow to the crowd,.. any monkey can put the the pedle to
metal and smoke the tires, float the vales, and damage the equipment that just won you the race . . .
Nascar must have stepped in that deal got done way too quick.