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Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, has three NASCAR Sprint Cup wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway, including the first of his career in 2005.  A win this weekend would help Edwards in his quest to make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, which will be determined after the next two races.  He spoke about his chances during a national teleconference this afternoon. HOW IS YOUR TEAM APPROACHING THE NEXT TWO RACES?  “We’re going to approach them like we’ve approached the last couple of races and that’s just to go out and try to win the race and do whatever it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.  I don’t think there could be two better tracks coming up.  Atlanta is one of my personal favorite tracks to drive on.  I don’t think there’s a more fun race track on the circuit to race on.  Chad and all the guys, we spoke a lot this week about our strategy for the race and we feel like we’ve got a car sitting there in the hauler that can go win that race, so we’r
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