HAMPTON, Ga.–Former Nationwide Series champion Carl Edwards doesn’t drive in NASCAR’s second-highest classification these days–except when he can help a teammate.
During Saturday’s NNS practice, Edwards turned a few laps in Travis Pastrana’s No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, at Pastrana’s request.
“I was kind of going down a different route than my teammates,” Pastrana said. “So I just wanted to verify, because every time I’ve gone down a different route than my teammates, we’ve thought we were good, and then we’ve gone into the race and hit walls and crashed and stuff.
“So Carl got in, and he said the exact same thing that I was feeling. So I don’t know if it’s right, but at least I got someone else to verify it.”
ENGINE CHANGE
Denny Hamlin will have to give up his fourth-place starting position for Sunday night’s Sprint Cup race after his team changed the engine in the No. 11 Toyota after Saturday’s first practice.
That’s the second change for a Toyota Racing Development engine this weekend. The engine in Brian Vickers’ No. 55 Camry was replaced before practice on Friday. Because of NASCAR’s one-engine rule, both Hamlin and Vickers will start from the rear in the AdvoCare 500.
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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