From the July, 2006 issue of Stock Car Insider
Who's Not?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Carl Edwards is a definite non-qualifier for the Chase for the Championship. Currently, Carl sits 193 points out of tenth and 625 points out of first.After a dazzling rookie season, many set high expectations for Carl and thought he would back flip his way through the 2006 Nextel Cup schedule. However, the careers of all NASCAR drivers can be compared to a race at Bristol. Sometimes you're racing in the inside grove smoking everyone, sometimes you're in the outside grove watching everyone smoke you, and sometimes you're going around the track a$$-end first looking at your competitors in eye before they dip down to pass you. Right now, I would say Carl is definitely in the outside grove watching the world go by.
Carl's performance at Chicagoland Speedway left a lot on the table for a Roush driver who normally dominates the 1 1/2 mile super speedway events. Carl's 20th place finish is all drivers like Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin, and Jeff Gordon needed to give them a chance to make the Chase for the Championship.
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