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Edwards leads early, then engine lets go
ANDREW BAGNATO
The Associated Press
Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007
Winning the pole for the first time since the 2005 season finale, Carl Edwards was having “a blast” early on. Then his engine went bust.
Edwards led for the first 87 laps before his No. 99 Ford broke down.
“I mean, I was out there just having a blast,” Edwards said. “I could go just about as fast as I wanted, so you don’t get that very often. It’s too bad it blew up.
“It was something important in the engine,” Edwards said. “I don’t know what it is, but we don’t have many engine failures. It’s too bad to have one on this day.”
Edwards dropped four slots in the points standings, to ninth.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1964 First NWCS Race: Checker 500, November 6, 1988 Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman, 135.854 mph (26.499 sec.), 11/5/04 Race Record: Tony Stewart, 118.132 mph, 11/7/99 Owner: ISC President: Emmett "Buddy" Jobe Phone: (602) 252-3833 Tickets: (623) 252-2227 Shipping Address: (Downtown Office) 1313 N. Second St. #1300 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mailing Address: (Track) 7602 S. 115th Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1.0 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-2: 11° Banking in Turns 3-4: 9° Banking on Straights: None Length of Frontstretch: 1,179 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,551 ft. Grandstand Seating: 76,812 Miles/Laps: 312 mi. = 312 laps |