2009 Driver/Sponsor Line up - Roush Fenway Racing

ROUSH FENWAY RACING ADVANCE
Dover International Speedway; September 25-27
Las Vegas Motor Speedway; September 25-26
In Their Words continued…
No. 99 Aflac driver CARL EDWARDS on the “Chase”:
Q: Who is the favorite this year?
A: “I think Jimmie (Johnson) is the favorite. He has to be. He’s shown that he can do it,
but the last couple of days we’ve spent a little time up in New York with all the guys and
when you really look at the group this year, I think that this is wide open. Anyone can win
this thing. I think Juan (Pablo) Montoya has just as good a chance as Jimmie Johnson
with the way he’s been running. Brian (Vickers) has scored more points than anyone the
last 10 races and there’s nothing saying he couldn’t do that again. And then you look at
Greg (Biffle) and myself. Last year, we put together a really strong chase and nobody
expected Greg to come out and win the first two and be that fast. Yeah, he’s the favorite
(Johnson), but I think this is going to be a real interesting one. It has that feeling to me.”
Q: Is this redemption time for you (since you have not won this year), or a feeling
like ‘if we haven’t done it by now, we’re not going to do it’?
A: “No, it’s definitely not the latter. It does not matter what you did last week. It doesn’t
matter what you did the last 26 weeks. This is a second chance here (the ‘Chase’). This
is a new beginning. For the same reason you can’t look at last season and say who is
going to be in the chase this year, you can’t look at the first part of the season and say
who is going to be strong in the last 10. Really, this isn’t lip service. It really has the feel
that any one of these 12 guys can win this thing. That’s good for me. I want to be that
guy. It seems like the peaks and valleys are a shorter frequency and higher amplitude
right now.”
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For more information contact:
Sheri Herrmann, Roush Fenway Racing, 704.720.4632, sherrmann@roushfenway.com
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