Edwards-Fennig Pairing Hits The Jackpot

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Carl EdwardsEdwards-Fennig Pairing Hits The Jackpot

It’s open to debate whether a 70-race winless streak or the inability to reach last year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ made Carl Edwards irrelevant.

Edwards, however, rendered the argument moot with last weekend’s victory at Phoenix International Raceway in which he led 122 laps and held off champions Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski in a green-white-checkers shoot-out.

Now it’s on to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Edwards can savor memories of his 2011 Kobalt Tools 400 victory without the baggage of two years of losses.

“I’m more excited to go to Vegas than I’ve been in a long time,” said Edwards of Sunday’s third race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. “[I’m] very pumped.”

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Carl Edwards Winner’s Press Conference

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CARL EDWARDS
“I’m very excited. After I left here this afternoon I said, ‘I’m gonna quit being so nice about when people ask me about this losing streak,’ because it is very frustrating. Not that it makes me mad that you ask, it makes me mad to not be winning races. I cannot say enough about Jack Roush and all the folks he has at Roush Fenway Racing. Bob Osborne and I won 18 or 19 races together and when Bob couldn’t crew chief anymore, Jack put Chad Norris behind me and Chad picked up as much slack as any man could being put into the first last year. And then when the season ended Jack put Jimmy Fennig behind me and let him build a team around this 99, and it just seems like Jack and Robbie (Reiser) and everyone just keep pushing this 99 team forward and it means the world to me. So being in Victory Lane this early in the season, to have a car like we had today, is really, really great. This win feels as good or better than any win I’ve ever had, so I’m very excited about it.”

JACK ROUSH, Car Owner
“It’s great to be here with Carl. We were holding Carl back last year without meaning to just because we didn’t have the right chemistry around him, but Jimmy Fennig – when we asked Jimmy if he would take Carl and he would take me for another year and do this thing he had his requirements. He wanted to change a few things. He didn’t want to see as much of me as I’d shown to Bob.” CARL INTERJECTS: “Tell him exactly what he said. ‘I’m not having Jack sitting on my damn box looking over my shoulder the whole race.’ (Laughter) And then when I saw you (Jack) on the box today on the pace laps I thought, ‘How did Jack weasel his way up there?’ JACK CONTINUES: “I was on your box at Daytona too. Jimmy held a spot for me.” JIMMY INTERJECTS: “If there was a wreck you would have been off the box.” Read Full Article →

Jimmie Johnson Post Race Transcript

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Team Chevy Captures Two of the Top-Five Finishes at Phoenix
Jimmie Johnson Follows Daytona 500 Win with Runner Up Spot in Subway Fresh Fit 500
AVONDALE, Ariz. (March 3, 2013) – Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS, remained hot today as he vied for a second consecutive win in Round 2 of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at Phoenix International Raceway. With the finish, Johnson extended his series lead to eight points ahead of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS, who finished fifth.
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Kurt Busch Sees Top-10 Performance Fade in Phoenix

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Kyle Busch NASCAR
AVONDALE, Ariz. (March 3, 2013) – After starting at the rear of the 43-car field due to changing to a backup car after Friday’s qualifying accident, Kurt Busch was a driver on the move when the green flag dropped for Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 Sprint Cup race.

By Lap 31 he had his No. 78 Furniture Row/Beautyrest Chevrolet SS running in the top-10 at Phoenix International Raceway’s 1-mile oval.
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Kyle Busch dominates at Phoenix for 52nd Nationwide win

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AVONDALE, Ariz.—Nothing was going to keep Kyle Busch out of Victory Lane on Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Not a pit road speeding penalty. Not a spate of cautions that kept bunching the field. Not Brad Keselowski, who in the past has found magic out front on old tires.

The prohibitive favorite in the Dollar General 200—after he won the pole in a laydown earlier in the day—Busch overcame a speeding penalty that dropped him to 22nd position for a restart on Lap 44.

That was a momentary setback. Working his way through traffic in short order, Busch passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth for the lead on Lap 89. He lost the top spot briefly by pitting under caution on Lap 152, as Keselowski and three other drivers remained on the track, but Busch regained the lead on Lap 164, clearing Keselowski as the cars streaked into Turn 3.
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Admiraal Racing News

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Raceday for Admiraal Racing at Phoenix
Kelly Admiraal Set for Big Day on Big Track 

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PHOENIX, AZ (March 2, 2013)- The Admiraal Racing team unloaded their NASCAR K&N Pro Series car on Thursday afternoon and were among the fastest of 29 competitors at Phoenix International Raceway. The team is set for round one of the 2013 racing season and hopes to use the event as a springboard for the rest of the year. Read Full Article →

Rough Ending to Strong Run at Phoenix for Vickers and DG Team

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Box Score Info:
RACE:  NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas
TRACK:  Phoenix International Raceway
DRIVER:  Brian Vickers
CAR:  No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry
START:  2nd
FINISH:  17th
LAPS:  199/200
LAPS LED:  7
POINTS STANDING:  12th

Post Race Highlights:

  • Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brian Vickers secured a second-place starting position for Saturday afternoon’s Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas at Phoenix International Raceway.
  • Through lap 38, Vickers battled a tight-handling racecar but maintained his second-place spot. The second of seven cautions was now out allowing the No. 20 pit crew to make their first stop of the day. Crew chief Kevin Kidd called for right side tires, fuel and adjustments to help with the handling of the racecar.

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Kyle Busch Winner from Pole at Phoenix International Raceway

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Kyle Busch and 54 Monster Energy Team Winners

Dominated from Pole Position to Finish 1st at Phoenix Event

Earned the Toyota Racing Camry 75th NASCAR Nationwide Series Victory

Date:                     March 2, 2013
Event:                   Dollar General 200 presented by AmeriGas (Race 2 of 33)
Series:                  NASCAR Nationwide Series
Location:              Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway (1.0-mile oval)
Start/Finish:       1st /1st (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Winner:                Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Read Full Article →