Pole sitter Brad Keselowski finished third, with hometown driver Kyle Busch in fourth and Carl Edwards fifth.

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It put Carl Edwards on the pole for Sunday's race, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Marcos Ambrose.

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Carl Edwards finished seventh, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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For example, championship NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is going to be visiting military bases in connection with his weekly races.

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Daytona re-examined its fencing and ended up replacing the entire thing following Carl Edwards's crash at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama in 2009.

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Carl Edwards' car sailed upside-down into the front-stretch fence on a furious dash to the finish line, showering the stands with debris.

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Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards will duel for the championship in the last race of the season with Edwards holding a razor-thin three point edge in the Chase standings.

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After a miserable 2012 where he missed the Chase, Carl Edwards ended his 70-race winless streak in February with a victory at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 in Phoenix.

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Meantime, Newmark and his bosses, Jack Roush and John Henry, have re-signed top driver Carl Edwards, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the year.

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Real Ford employees inched back into the picture in ads for the Ford Taurus SHO version last spring, strapping engineers who worked on the car into the front seats next to NASCAR driver Carl Edwards.

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