No. 4 - Carl Edwards

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Coming off a second-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards moved up one spot in the NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup standings.
He is in fourth, but 261 points behind leader Jeff Gordon.
The one thing Edwards has that the three drivers in front of him in the Chase standings don't is a win at Texas Motor Speedway, site of this weekend's Cup race.
Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson and Gordon have yet to win a Cup race at Texas. Edwards won the Texas in November 2005. Another win would help, but he has a long way to go with only three races left in the Chase to get back in contention.
“Texas is a very technical track – to be fast your car has to be perfect," said Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "So this weekend I’ll be depending a lot on the engineering and setup of my Office Depot Fusion. We won Texas back in 2005, so I know my Office Depot team has what it takes to get the job done. It’d be great to get another win there and be able to shoot those Berettas in victory lane.”
The winner of the race gets a pair of pistols as part of the trophy.
The car his team is bringing to Texas is the same car Edwards raced at California Speedway in September. He finished second in that race, behind Jimmie Johnson.

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