CE DIEHARDS – February 7, 2008
Carl Edwards will be making his second career start in the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Edwards is in the race by winning the Bud Pole Award last season at Phoenix International Raceway in November.
NEW CHALLENGE FOR EDWARDS & COMPANY: Along with every team that starts the Budweiser Shootout this weekend, there will be a new challenge to face. It will be the first race at Daytona for the new COT design car that will be on the track for the entire season in the Sprint Cup Series.
CHASSIS FOR THE SHOOTOUT Carl Edwards will be piloting the same chassis that he finished 14th with in Talladega in the first restrictor plate race with the COT. Edwards will race Chassis RK-519 this weekend in the Budweiser Shootout in hopes of scoring his first win in the Shootout.
Edwards on racing in the Shootout:
“I’m excited that my Office Depot team and I were able to make it into the Budweiser Shootout this year. It frustrated me to miss out on the Shootout last year and have to sit out and watch the guys have fun without me. I’m excited every time I have the chance to race and am really looking forward to the Budweiser Shootout and hopefully getting a win for my Office Depot team.”
Crew Chief Bob Osborne on racing in the Shootout:
“I do enjoy being in the (Budweiser) Shootout. It's a great opportunity to get race experience for the (Daytona) 500. Of course I think we have a chance to win. I like to think we have a chance to win every time we go to the track – our No. 99 Office Depot team is very competitive and would like to win every race, regardless of whether or not points are involved. It will be fun to race with Jamie (McMurray) and Greg (Biffle), two of our teammates during the Shootout so that we may gain some insight into what will come in the Daytona 500.”