Open-ended process for Roush Fenway Racing

FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 02 2013: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, sits in his car in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)
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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 02 2013:  Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, sits in his car in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.  (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)
FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02 2013: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, sits in his car in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.–Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards has long been a proponent of lower downforce numbers in the aerodynamic packages of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race cars.

But Edwards was not chagrined when testing at Charlotte during December led to a package that increases downforce on the cars. Why? Because Edwards understands that it’s all part of a process.

“I’m not a very patient person, so it’s difficult for me to say, ‘Hey, OK, we’re going to go ahead and go down this road for a while,'” Edwards told the NASCAR Wire Service. “…You can say what you like about NASCAR and the directions they go, but they are committed to changing whatever it takes to be the best we can be.

“I’ve learned and seen that more lately than ever. That makes me excited.”

Of course, that doesn’t change the way Edwards would like the cars to handle.

“For the record, I’m all for chopping the spoilers completely off and wetting down the track, but that’s me,”he laughed. “They know that about me.”

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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.