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Article: Edwards celebrates Busch title in style, collects $2.4 million
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2007
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- If it has wheels, Carl Edwards will
race it. He's game for anything, anytime -- even a lawn mower race
on the infield.
He's always had that passion, and it finally paid off this season
when Edwards won the Busch Series title for his first NASCAR
championship. Edwards, who was to collect $2.4 million at Friday
night's awards dinner, earned it with four wins and a cushy 618-
point margin over runner-up David Reutimann.
And he did it as a side job, running the full schedule as a
complement to a successful Nextel Cup season. Edwards won three
races in the premier series and earned a berth in the Chase for the
championship.
"I felt like it was a pretty good year ...