It seems that Joe Gibbs Racing has found something. A week after the four-car team had all of their cars finish in the top five, becoming the first team since August 2008 at Michigan to do so, Carl Edwards led the JGR contingent Friday winning the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup 5-Hour Energy 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Edwards ran a lap of 28.179 seconds, 135.164 mph, early in the final five-minute session to secure his 14th career pole, his first of the season and his first at the 1-mile oval in Loudon New Hampshire. His teammate Kyle Busch, who won last week at Kentucky will start fourth, third JGR driver Denny Hamlin fifth and fourth driver Matt Kenseth eighth.
“Right now it just feels right,” Edwards said. MORE>>>
Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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