Carl Edwards is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity for Roush Fenway Racing. Edwards is a one-time champion (2007), with 38 wins and 92 podiums from 245 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,627 ranks Edwards 494th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2012-08-10 | Watkins Glen International | P1 | +42 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +159 | Atlanta 2005 | NASCAR Xfinity | P1 |
| +157 | Mexico City 2005 | NASCAR Xfinity | P3 |
| +147 | Fontana 2005 | NASCAR Xfinity | P6 |
| +138 | Richmond 2005 | NASCAR Xfinity | P1 |
| +130 | Daytona International Speedway 2005 | NASCAR Xfinity | P10 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +42 | 7,180 |
| 2011 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 33 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | P1 | +279 | 7,138 |
| 2010 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 35 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P3 | โ25 | 6,859 |
| 2009 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 35 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | P2 | +434 | 6,884 |
| 2008 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 35 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P2 | +546 | 6,449 |
| 2007 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Fenway Racing | 35 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | โ345 | 5,904 |
| 2006 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Racing | 35 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P2 | +490 | 6,248 |
| 2005 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Roush Racing | 34 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | P2 | +1,682 | 5,758 |
| 2004 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | RAB Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | +78 | 4,077 |
| 2002 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Bost Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | +2,648 | 3,998 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ Jason Leffler | 5,337 | 224 | 165 | 59 | 74% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kenny Wallace | 4,399 | 210 | 173 | 37 | 82% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Mike WallaceFIA Bronze | 4,111 | 193 | 159 | 34 | 82% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Steve Wallace | 4,587 | 190 | 166 | 24 | 87% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle BuschFIA Platinum | 5,958 | 183 | 73 | 110 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Mike Bliss | 3,447 | 172 | 139 | 33 | 81% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Brad Keselowski | 6,058 | 169 | 103 | 66 | 61% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kevin Harvick | 6,257 | 168 | 73 | 95 | 43% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Eric McClure | 3,740 | 166 | 155 | 11 | 93% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Jason Keller | 4,358 | 164 | 133 | 31 | 81% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Denny HamlinHigher-rated | 7,334 | 126 | 72 | 54 | 57% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Joey LoganoHigher-rated, 3ร champion | 6,676 | 89 | 54 | 35 | 61% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1ร champion | 6,497 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 45% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 484 | ๐ฏ๐ต Kazuya Oshima | Super GT | 5,649 |
| 485 | ๐ฉ๐ช Marc Lieb | WEC | 5,647 |
| 486 | ๐ป๐ช E.J. Viso | IndyCar | 5,644 |
| 487 | ๐ซ๐ฎ Heikki Kovalainen | Super GT | 5,643 |
| 488 | ๐ฎ๐น Andrea de Adamich | Formula 1 | 5,637 |
| 489 | ๐ซ๐ท Renรฉ Arnoux | Formula 1 | 5,637 |
| 490 | ๐ฆ๐ท Clemar Bucci | Formula 1 | 5,632 |
| 491 | ๐ฆ๐บ Jack Doohan | European Le Mans Series | 5,631 |
| 492 | ๐ซ๐ฎ JJ Lehto | FIA GT Championship | 5,630 |
| 493 | ๐บ๐ธ Russell Ward | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,628 |
| 494 | ๐บ๐ธ Carl Edwards | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,627 |
| 495 | ๐จ๐ฟ Roman Stanek | Super Formula | 5,627 |
| 496 | ๐จ๐ญ Silvio Moser | Formula 1 | 5,624 |
| 497 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Renger van der Zande | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,622 |
| 498 | ๐ฌ๐ง Trevor Taylor | Formula 1 | 5,622 |
| 499 | ๐บ๐ธ Donnie Beechler | IndyCar | 5,620 |
| 500 | ๐จ๐ฆ Gabriel Casagrande | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,620 |
| 501 | ๐จ๐ญ Alain Menu | BTCC | 5,619 |
| 502 | ๐บ๐ธ Chuck Daigh | Formula 1 | 5,619 |
| 503 | ๐ฏ๐ต Hiyu Yamakoshi | Formula 3 | 5,619 |
| 504 | ๐จ๐ญ Peter Hirt | Formula 1 | 5,617 |
Carl Edwards is an elite professional who raced in NASCAR Xfinity, a national single-class championship mixing amateur through graded professional drivers on the same grid. He spent his entire indexed career with Roush Fenway Racing across 245 starts from 2002 to 2012, driving primarily on oval tracks. He took two championships in the series, in 2007 and 2011.[1]
Edwards won 38 races and finished on the podium 92 times. He was a regular front-runner against established and professional opposition; he typically finished ahead of Jason Leffler and Kenny Wallace, both long-time Xfinity regulars, and he beat elite professionals Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano multiple times in head-to-head racing across their overlapping seasons. His final indexed start came in 2012, when he took a win in the single round he contested that year.[2]