The more action, the better in Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400, as far as Carl Edwards is concerned.
"Yeah, I'm hoping for an insane race," said Edwards, who is clinging to the faintest of hopes of claiming a wild-card spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. "I want things to just be off the chart. I want rain delays and oil on the track. I want things to happen.
"I need this race to be insane. I need people running out of fuel and crazy cautions and four-wide down in Turn 1. That's what I need, and I'll take whatever I can get."
An engine failure last Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway put Edwards in a tenuous position. Not only must he win Saturday's race at Richmond International Raceway to have any chance of making the Chase, but he also needs both Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon -- who are ahead of Edwards by 26 and 14 points, respectively -- to experience nothing short of catastrophe.
That's why Edwards hopes as many biz...
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Pos
Car
Driver
Team
Time
Behind
1
99
Carl Edwards
Kellogg’s Ford
22.073
Leader
2
48
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe’s Chevrolet
22.084
-0.011
3
31
Jeff Burton...
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