Carl Edwards

arl Michael Edwards, II (born August 15, 1979) is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing. In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion with Scotts-Miracle Gro for 6 races, Subway for 3 races, and Kellogg's and Cheez-It each for one race. In the Nationwide Series he drives the #60 Copart/Fastenal Ford Fusion/Ford Mustang with some sponsorship from Citigroup, Vitaminwater, Valvoline, and Aflac.

In front of 52,000, Carl Edwards and his No. 60 Aflac Ford won the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, his 27th victory in 195 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2010. This is also his third victory and sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Gateway International Raceway.

Finishing second, Reed Sorenson and his No. 32 Dollar General Stores Toyota posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Gateway International Raceway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2010.

In third, Trevor Bayne and his No. 99 Out! Pet Care Toyota posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Gateway International Raceway.

Paul Menard and his No. 98 Richmond/Menards Ford picked up a fourth place result with Steve Wallace and his No. 66 5-hour Energy Toyota rounding out the top five.

Brian Scott (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.

Brad Keselowski leads the NASCAR Nationwide point standings by 168 points over Carl Edwards.

2009

Heading into the 2009 Nascar Sprint Cup Season, Carl Edwards will be sponsored by Aflac, Subway for three races, and Claritin for one race. The Office Depot sponsorship heads over to Tony Stewart and his Stewart-Haas team. Many media analysts expected Edwards to challenge Johnson for the championship.

In the #99 Claritin car, on the final lap of the April 26, 2009 Talledega race (Aarons 499) Edwards survived one of the most violent crashes in NASCAR history. Heading into the tri-oval with the lead, Brad Keselowski attempted to make the pass. Following this, Edwards came down the track and touched the right front side of Keselowski's car, sending him spinning. Edwards bounced off Ryan Newman, and flipped airborne into the catchfence. Edwards emerged from the car unharmed and sprinted on foot over the start/finish line to the cheers of the crowd. Eight fans were injured, the worst being a woman with a broken jaw. The woman was airlifted to a nearby hospital.[2] Edwards experienced another winless season in 2009 as his best finish was 2nd at Pocono Raceway.

Although Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Edwards finished 2nd place in the series and scored 5 wins, finishing 210 pts. behind the leader.

[edit]Other Racing

On June 6, 2007, Carl won the 2007 NEXTEL Prelude to the Dream at the Eldora Speedway. The Prelude is a dirt late model race organized in part by Tony Stewart, owner of Eldora, to benefit the Victory Junction Gang Camp and other worthy causes. Over 20 NEXTEL Cup drivers participated in the heat races and 30-lap feature, along with other drivers from different forms of motorsports. Edwards started second in the feature and held off Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon to win.

Edwards participated in the 2008 Race of Champions, partnered by Tanner Foust. While in the individual event Edwards faced 7-time Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher and defeated him. In the next round, however, Edwards was defeated by eventual runner-up David Coulthard.

[edit]Personal life

Edwards is a first cousin once removed to fellow NASCAR driver Ken Schrader, who furiously told Edwards early in his racing career to get dirt track experience before going to Cup; he would later take the advice. In light of this relationship, Edwards is often referred to as "Cousin Carl." Edwards would give a business card to other teams for his services before getting a ride with Roush Racing.

Off the track, Carl has been busy promoting his new record label, Back40 Records, a company he started with a high school friend back in Columbia, Missouri.[3]

During the week of the Auto Club 500, Edwards participated in taping of the Fox television series 24, where he played Homeland Security Agent Jim Hill.

It has been rumored that he is the cousin of Buffalo Bills Quarterback Trent Edwards. During an interview with Dave Hollander of AOL Sports [4], Hollander asked if Carl's cousin Trent Edwards had the same allergies as he did. After Carl replied that, "My old cousin Trent...he probably has the same kind of stuff I do," Roush Fenway Racing Senior Account Manager Randy Fuller said he didn't know that Trent Edwards was Carl's cousin. In response to Fuller, Edwards said, "He's not. I’m just rollin’ with it."

Edwards also appeared on The Price Is Right, where he presented both Showcases on the November 10, 2009 episode. The Showcases were NASCAR-themed, with a trip to the Coca-Cola 600 and a Camping World trailer featured in one Showcase, while the other featured the debut of a new garage door prop for the "ultimate garage" Showcase that featured tools and a hybrid version of his Ford Fusion racer.

Edwards is a known fan of professional wrestling, specifically WWE, and wrestler John Cena is one of his closest friends. He guest hosted on WWE Monday Night RAW on February 8, 2010.

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, Edwards' wife gave birth to their first child, Anne Katherine Edwards, at 12:44 pm CT in Columbia, MO. She was 8 lbs 4 oz

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Has the leaking of BP oil spill stopped in gulf? You may just hear the update news about oil spill live feed that states the oil spill has stopped for now after 85 days and up to 184 million gallons. BP finally gained control over one of America’s biggest environmental catastrophes on Thursday. They were placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring.

A temporary fix has been done to make BP oil spill stopped forever, the accomplishment was greeted with hope and high expectations and in many cases along the beleaguered coastline, disbelief. If the cap holds, if the sea floor doesn’t crack and if the relief wells being prepared are completed successfully.

This could be the beginning of the stop for the spill. But that’s a lot of ifs, and no one was declaring any sort of victory beyond the moment. The BP oil spill stopped in gulf for flowing at 3:25 p.m. EDT when the last of three valves in the 75-ton cap was slowly throttled shut.

The worst-case scenario would be if the oil forced down into the bedrock ruptured the seafloor irreparably. Leaks deep in the well bore might also be found, which would mean that oil would continue to flow into the Gulf. And there’s always the possibility of another explosion, either from too much pressure or from a previously unknown unstable piece of piping.

The works to make BP oil spill stopped in gulf in the darkness of deep water on Thursday was a combination of trial, error, technology and luck.

BP has managed to stop the flow of oil from the compromised Deepwater Horizon oil well for the first time in the nearly three months since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began. Response team leaders and the White House caution, however, that the capping of the well is only part of an extensive test to check well integrity, and that the well may need to be re-opened.

“We're encouraged by this development, but this isn't over,” Thad Allen, the National Incident commander, said in a statement Thursday evening.

“Over the next several hours we will continue to collect data and work with the federal science team to analyze this information … in the hopes of gaining a better understanding on the condition of the well bore and options for temporary shut [down] of the well during a hurricane,” Allen said.

“It is a great sign. … But I have to stress that we have to manage our expectations,” BP CEO Doug Suttles told reporters at a televised press conference on Thursday.

Perhaps the most important well test will involve determining the pressure on the new well cap. High pressure readings would indicate a successful capping of the leak, even if that success is only temporary. Low pressures would let the response team know that other leaks are likely present, still spilling oil into the Gulf, according to information presented by BP.

“It's possible if the pressures are low that we will have to re-initiate the flow and capture it. And I want to tell you that we're prepared to do that,” Suttles said.

If the well does need to be re-opened, the new cap will still increase the response team’s ability to collect oil “up to a containment capacity of 60,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil a day,” Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, said during a White House press briefing on Thursday.

In the 24-hour period before the integrity tests began, slightly less than 8,000 barrels of oil were collected, according to data presented by BP.

The company estimates that the tests will last between 6 and 48 hours.
The drilling of the two relief wells that are seen by the response team as the ultimate, permanent solution to the spill crisis, has been suspended “as a precaution” for the duration of the tests, according to BP.

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昨天下午去单位开会，本以为10分钟打车轻松能到！好嘛，走了近1个半小时，没车拉我！当然过去也有这种拒载的情况发生，那我也理解了，因为过去都是下午3点半左右打出租车，人家要交班不顺路，不拉我也正常！可昨天确实让我感觉突如其来！到单位，才知道长春部分出租车司机罢工一天！我算是出租车司机的忠实粉丝吧？自从三年前得了腰间盘，刚养好点，也不敢挤大车，大公交上下班高峰期那人是海了蹦了，挤的蹬蹬的！小偷有没有我就不清楚了，清楚的是一旦那大公交司机师傅急刹车或者急转弯，我的老腰就很危险！只可叹呢，我昨天是被逼无奈，走到单位，到单位时，也快下班了！！！

　　某个司机朋友说的情况是这样的： 长春现在的交通情况很不好 可以说是非常拥挤 所以出租车一个白班12小时也就是能够拉300元左右.300除去80左右的油钱+68的管理费+每天大概50元左右的维护费用.所剩无几......以前出租车公司每月的管理费是500元 .2年以前涨价到每天68元（68X30天） .现在要涨价到每天118元（118X30天）.所以基本不赚钱了.而且是半年签次合同.想不续签就不续签...... 长春的出租车这次罢工不是针对市民.也不是针对政府.而是针对某些拥有出租车特许经营权的出租车企业。

　　然后昨晚又是走回家的，走了近２小时，回来时和邻居探讨了下，都知道了，不是啥新闻！有的邻居说是国家给了司机油补，让某些有经营权的出租车公司老板给扣下了；还有的说挂靠手续费水涨船高，油价飙升，司机快干不动了；还有的邻居很支持司机罢工，因为说今天不堵车了，过马路也不用担惊受怕了，步行更健康，如果这么下去，可以考虑骑自行车上下班了……

　　长春的交通是越治理越堵车，马路是年年修，司机一个比一个猛！拐弯不打转向的有的是，超速行驶的有的是，开车打电话看mv的有的是，不光出租车有这种现象，私家车的司机素质更让人担忧！如果中国出个法律，酒后驾车直接终身停止上道，故意撞死行人直接枪毙并赔偿受害人家庭经济及精神损失。我倒想看看，还有谁敢闯天下之大不韪？

　　其实司机也是弱势群体，没有工会，没有养老保险，住房公积金更谈不上，很多都是自负盈亏。开快车走捷径甚至违反交通规则，只为了多拉几个活，多跑几趟，这个我们都能理解，但并不支持！不能因为可以多赚钱就不顾交通法规，就不顾行人的安全，就忽视更多家庭的幸福！

　　你们罢工了，我相信不是针对ｚｆ，也不是针对老百姓，就是针对那些不讲道理的所谓规则所谓手续所谓费用！可是你们想过没有，罢工一天会有什么结果？哪一方会妥协，哪一方更吃亏？

　　如果为了交通顺畅，我或者更加支持出租车司机罢工一年。但如果为了争取权益，罢工或者不是最有效的办法，最有效的办法是要求ｚｆ介入，筹办司机的工会，不定期的和交管部门沟通并给出合理化建议。找到一个能令长春走向有序合理的交通管理办法！

本帖于2010年07月02日03时55分被长春老李修改

昨天我夜里值班，所以怀孕的老婆只能自己打车上班，怕堵车的她6:30打电话给我说出租车罢工了，她先是打了一辆出租车，司机说我只能给你送到东岭，因为罢工的司机虽然只有1/3，但是他们已经宣布要是发现别的司机正常拉客他们会砸车（该司机原话），所以他不敢往市里走，然后我老婆到东岭后又拦了一辆私家车，人家把她顺道拉到单位。听到这个消息后我很气愤，对于已饱受修路折磨的长春来说，出租车的罢工更让长春的交通雪上加霜。对于罢工我想说以下几句：

1.为什么罢工没有得到社会广泛的同情？

据悉，此次罢工的原因是出租车公司准备涨价，且想把挂靠在自己公司上的出租车踢出公司，以便出租车公司能够统一管理。其实出租车司机的辛苦谁都明白，本来就相对弱势的群体是承担不起涨价和被踢的痛苦的，但是我看了一遍长春的几处主要的论坛，面对罢工这件事情，群众却并没有像对待广州本田罢工事件一样给予舆论上的支持，原因我分析有以下几种：

（1）长期以来长春的哥开车不遵守交通规则给大家留下不好的印象，乱停车，乱变线，逆向行驶，给长春交通带来很多麻烦。

（2）拒载事件层出不穷，近期不询问乘客就乱拼车导致冲突的事件也是越来越多。

（3）罢工的扬言砸不罢工的车，令社会反感。

总结以上几条，可以说这次罢工无论结果如何，在群众中的反应一定不会良好。

2.不同情出租车，但是我们可以干什么哪？

即使很多人没有同情这次罢工，但是很多人还是客观的表示对出租车这个行业辛苦的理解，也表达了对于出租车明天的期望，我们不能一生气就明天集体不打车来报复出租车罢工，更不能说取消这个行业，出租车和我们每个人的生活都戚戚相关。

面对罢工，我想如果出租车司机们仅仅想通过此次罢工来维护自己几十块的利益而损害群众的出行，我们是不会同情的。但是如果你们是为了维护行业利益，想让长春的出租车行业健康、管理化，从而保证你们各人的利益，我想全体长春人民都会支持你们的。

对于罢工我们可以不同情，但是面对出租车行业的明天我们每个长春人都应当帮助的哥们承担起一份责任。

3.对于的哥我的几点意见

（1）成立有组织的行业工会

的哥团结是出了名的，但是更像自己组织的帮会，很多人都说一有问题很多出租车都聚过来跟要打架一样。其实的哥组织给我们社会已经带来很多的帮助，例如长春的路况通讯员团队，还有消防团队等等，他们的存在给了我们长春人很多的实惠。但是我认为的哥的团体还是无序的，有好的团体，也有不好的群体，所以的哥想要增加团体的话语权，应当成立合法的行业工会，用来维护自己的利益。

（2）工会的第一个任务是整顿内部

如果成立的哥工会，首先目的不是对外施压，而是要管理的哥内部的秩序，合法有序的经营，提高群体素质，什么时候工会内一个司机要是拒载的话都不好意思开会的时候，工会才有了其最基本的意义。自我规范和承担应有的责任才是的哥工会建立的目的。

（3）工会第二个任务是维护的哥利益

的哥工会应当在的哥最需要帮助时，对外施加影响，提出合理合法的要求，这点我就不多说了，别像富士康那个吃屎工会一样就可以了。

最后还是那句话，的哥的辛苦我们群众都很明白，但是他们为什么不招人喜欢其实他们自己也明白，没有群众同情的罢工是不会有好的结果的，但是没有对与出租车明天的支持，群众的利益也不会保障的，我不想看到出租车违章，拒载，宰客成为他们赚钱的手段，也不想生计原因成为该手段的义正言辞的原因。规范出租车行业，提高的哥素质，政府给予补助，群众给予支持，我们长春的出租车行业和交通秩序才会真正的好起来。

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