http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1 Opinions Straight From The Eyes of the Fans Mon, 12 May 2008 01:44:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been over a week since Carl Edwards signed his new contract with Roush Fenway Racing and the elevation of the deal may have already started to show. Carl Edwards has shown that the stress is gone. There is no worry on when and where he will sign his contract ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/05/12/edwards-has-his-future-at-roush-set/ Sure Carl Edwards' contract is up at the end of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season and so is his sponsor Office Depot's, however, there are enough people that know that Edwards is at the right team in NASCAR. Edwards has been the hottest driver on the track in 2008, he ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/04/27/top-reasons-why-edwards-is-at-the-right-team/ It is only the first quarter of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and there is already discussions of a battling brewing. Yet this battle isn't between two drivers or teams, it is between two sponsors. Carl Edwards has been carrying the Office Depot sponsorship since his rookie season ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/04/22/highest-bidder-ups-and-office-depot-could-have-bidding-war/ Carl Edwards dominant reign in Las Vegas was mirrored by NASCAR finding his oil tank lid off of the No. 99 Ford Fusion. Many people questioned if Edwards would have won the race had his car had the lid on at the 1.5 mile tri-oval. On Sunday, those ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/04/08/edwards-wins-texas-shows-others-vegas-was-no-cheating-matter/ One of the biggest debates on the Sprint Cup Series goes with engineers becoming crew chiefs, especially at the Roush Fenway camp. Of Roush Fenway's five crew chiefs that are on the Sprint Cup side, there are are only two crew chiefs that are not engineers at the organization. ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/30/debate-does-an-engineering-degree-make-someone-better-for-a-crew-chiefing-position/ If there is any team that is capable of taking parts by stealing, it would have been Waltrip's struggling Toyota operation late last season when a sway bar was taken from underneath one of the Roush Fenway teams. The struggling times for MWR were proof that they were ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/30/give-us-a-break-michael-waltrip/ Jack Roush has been an owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series since 1988, and he has won atleast one race in the series since his second season on tour, so when a general manager from another manufacturer, most especially Toyota comes over and questions how he does things, and ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/11/dont-mess-with-jack/ It was one of the situations where you never would have expected the situation to happen. It was on March 20, 2005 that Carl Edwards did the unthinkable and passed Jimmie Johnson on the final turn of the final lap. Edwards was able to get a power run off of ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/09/edwards-first-win-was-a-special-moment/ You can go back through the history. 1990 - Mark Martin is docked 46 points at Richmond International Raceway for a carburetor spacer that had been used before, NASCAR deemed that the carburetor was illegal. It cost car owner Jack Roush $40,000 in fines as well. Martin ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/06/once-again-nascar-picking-on-jackroush/ When the season began, many people from the media and the publications had it all figured out. Hendrick Motorsports had its prime field of drivers, Jimmie Johnson was on a roll after winning his second straight championship, and Joe Gibbs' field of Toyota's would be the teams to beat. So ... http://carledwardsdiehards.com/blog1/2008/03/03/edwards-osborne-and-roush-turn-the-tide-on-the-field/