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Article: Carl Edwards making a habit out of gambling on Sprint Cup fuel mileage: ; Commentary
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- November 4, 2008
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There must be something about crossing the Mississippi River that
brings out the gambler in Carl Edwards and his No. 99 Roush Fenway
Ford team.
In Sunday's Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor
Speedway, Edwards accomplished the equivalent of drawing to an
inside straight when he and crew chief Bob Osborne gambled on fuel
mileage and won the race.
In the third Chase for the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway on
Sept. 28, Edwards waited until the final lap to roll the dice.
Running second and trailing Jimmie Johnson into the third turn,
Edwards kept his foot in the gas and surged past Johnson with
breathtaking speed.
Making sure he cleared Johnson's Chevrolet, Edwards slammed the ...