Carl Edwards and #63 Team Shooting For A High
Roll At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Team morale at MB
Motorsports is very high heading into the “Silverado 350K” NASCAR Craftsman
Truck race this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After all Carl Edwards will
be driving the #63 Ford Truck and momentum has been moving forward the second
half of the 2002 season.
Carl Edwards and the #63
Ford Truck team have been on a roll since getting together in late June. They
have run 6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck races averaging an 11th place
starting position by qualifying no less than 16th, and a team best 5th
at IRP. Carl has been able to run with the leaders in the top-10 most of the
time, completing 87% of the laps in the 6 races. Although the 20th
place finishing average doesn’t reflect the strong runs, they did accomplish an
8th place finish at Kansas, Carl’s first super speedway race and the
team’s best finish to date.
Carl Edwards is on a high
of his own. On September 27, 2002, Carl became the national champion of the Baby
Grand Stock Car Association. Carl has dominated the Baby Grand Stock Car series
this year, winning 22 BGSC races, including 5 of 7 nationally sanctioned events.
At many of the Baby Grand races he has set fast qualifying time, won the heat
race and won the feature, as he did September 27 at the Las Vegas asphalt short
track to claim the national title.
"Team morale is high and
I'm pumped," commented Carl Edwards. "This will be my first time on the 1.5 mile
Las Vegas track, but it should be a lot of fun. We have run well at Kansas,
Kentucky, and Texas, which are similar tracks to Las Vegas. This team has had
good runs at Las Vegas in the past, and we'll be running the same truck that has
done well for us at the other speedway tracks this year."
"After the Texas race, we
posted a sign in the shop that says "Win In Vegas", "stated Mike Mittler, owner
and crew chief. "The guys have worked hard to make it happen in Vegas. We have
built a new engine and have completely gone over the truck since Texas. We are
hungry for a win and feel we have a good chance on the Vegas track."
The “Silverado 350K” will
be run at 2:00 PM (pacific time) Sunday, October 13, 2002 at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN television and MRN radio.
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