Carl Edwards Wins Bristol Pole
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - Carl Edwards doesn’t appear to be overly eager to couch the 2008 Sprint Cup season as a two-man battle between himself and Kyle Busch - despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
Edwards sped to the pole for Saturday night’s Sharpie 500 in Friday’s qualifying, looping this .533-mile oval at an average speed of 121.860. It’s the first time all season Edwards has earned the No. 1 starting spot, and only the fourth time in his Cup career.
Edwards has won two of the past three Cup races, at Pocono and Michigan, and has five victories this season. Busch, who starts ninth after a lap at 120.550 mph, won for the eighth time this year the race in between, at Watkins Glen, and before that won three times in a four-race stretch ending July 12 at Chicagoland.
That means Edwards and Busch have combined to win six of the past eight races.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a two-man Chase, honestly,” said Edwards, looking ahead to the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup that begins in three weeks at New Hampshire.
“I hope it is. It would be nice to just have to beat one guy. But there are so many good guys. …Everyone has the potential to run really well and you can’t count any competitors out.”
Perhaps not….
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