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This weekend will be the sixth time that Carl Edwards will be competing in the Budweiser Shootout.  Edwards made it into this year’s event by winning at Las Vegas and finishing second in the series points standings in 2011.  Carl Edwards did the three day test back in January at the Daytona International Speedway in prep for the 2012 Daytona Speedweeks.
Carl Edwards at Daytona:  In 14 career starts at the 2.5 mile Daytona International Speedway, Carl Edwards has scored no wins, 4 top-fives, and six top-ten finishes, while leading only 4 laps in his career at the track.  He has completed 2345 of 2514 laps completed (93.3%), and has an average start of 17.6, his average finish is 17.9.  In last February’s running of the Daytona 500, Edwards scored his career best finish of 2nd at the track behind teammate Trevor Bayne.  His best finish in the Shootout came in 2009 with a seventh place effort in the event.  It is the only top-ten finish that Edwards has recorded in the event.
Osborne’s Chassis Choice:  Bob Osborne and the Blue Crew will be unloading RK-799 this weekend when the team arrives to the track.  It is a brand new chassis that has never been raced in an event on the Sprint Cup Series circuit.  The blue and white colors of Fastenal will be on the chassis this weekend and for all events related to Daytona Speedweeks.
Edwards’ thoughts on the Shootout:  “I’m excited to get the 2012 season started.  For the last year and a half we’ve been strong at almost every track we’ve gone to.  The Shootout is a fun race and I’m going to go win it if I can, and I”m excited to kick off the season with a fun race like that.  It will be good practice to see what our cars can do before we race in the Duels the following week.”
Osborne’s thoughts on the Shootout:   “The shootout is a good test to help us prepare for the Duels and the 500.  Generally the set-up is very close to what we run in both races.  It’s also a good warm-up for the pit crew.  We’ve got one new guy going over the wall this year and one still out recovering from off-season surgery, so it gives everyone a chance to work together for the first time under race conditions.”