Wayne Edwards (born June 23, 1967)Wayne Edwards Career Statistics
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driver. He has driven for numerous teams over the past eight years. He is not related to fellow stock car driver

Carl Edwards Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Prior to that, he drove the No. 9 ...

despite having the same last name.

Racing career

Edwards made his Truck Series debut in 2000, driving the No. 9
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. His debut came at Homestead-Miami. There he started 30th and finished 27th, fifteen laps down. In twelve other races, his best finish was a 19th at NHIS, and posting a best qualifying effort of 27th twice. He made another pair of starts in

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, both coming again with Troxell Racing. He was 34th at Gateway and 35th at

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, failing to finish both races. However, he did set his best career start of 21st at California. In

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, Edwards made three starts for

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. His best finish came at

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, where he finished 25th. He also drove at

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for

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, finishing 33rd after an early vibration. He followed that up with eight starts in

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, his best finish a 22nd at Texas driving the No. 95 for

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. He also made his

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debut at

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driving the No. 22 for

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. He started 38th but finished 43rd due to a transmission failure on the first lap. Edwards ran four more races in

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. He set his best career finish to that point with a fifteenth at

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, and then had a 28th finish in the inaugural race at

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driving for Troxell, but did not finish either of his next two starts in the No. 0

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-owned Chevy. He attempted the

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in the No. 70

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Chevy, but failed to qualify. Edwards returned to Troxell full-time in

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, which had been newly renamed Mighty Motorsports. He started the season by dodging a last lap wreck, and driving the No. 24 truck to a 9th place at Daytona, his best career finish. Also, Edwards was able to finish four of his other nine starts, the best of those being a 23rd at Loudon. He finished 33rd in points. He also made his second career Busch start at

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driving the No. 91 Speed Zone Energy Drink

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, finishing 36th after suffering transmission failure. Edwards attempted to make the first handful of races in

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in Mighty's No. 24 Liquid Nitro Energy Drink truck, but failed. He made his first start of the season at Kentucky for Green Light finishing 33rd after suffering vibration problems in his No. 07 U.S. Restoration Chevy. He drove two more races for Green Light in the No. 03 Chevy, but did not finish higher than 35th. In

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, Edwards started two races for Upshaw Racing, but left after the stopped running. He made three appearances for Green Light's No. 06 Chevy, and drove two races for

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, with a best finish of 28th. He also attempted a race in

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's truck, but failed to qualify. In

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, he raced for FDNY Racing, and

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, making five starts altogether. Edwards raced the first two races of

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for Gun Broker Racing finishing 36th at Daytona and 34th at Auto Club Speedway. For the rest of the 2009 season, Edwards

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ed in the No. 47 and No. 48 trucks owned by

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

Camping World Truck Series

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ARCA Racing Series

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Wayne Living people 1967 births People from Shepherdsville, Kentucky Racing drivers from Kentucky NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers