NASCAR Phoenix Sprint Cup winner is Carl Edwards last Sunday, November 14. In racing, on which laps you lead matters more than on how many, as Carl Edwards will attest. The Aflac Ford driver led 45 of the first 65 laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Kobalt Tools 500, and he led the last 45, he took the checkered flag to place in first place.
Edwards stretched his fuel far enough to end his 70-race Sprint Cup losing streak, while Denny Hamlin, who took the 190 laps on the lead of the 312 lap race, pitted for a possibly unnecessary splash, costing him the half his points leading over Jimmie Johnson.
“Man, this is unreal,” Edwards told ESPN after the race. “[Team owner] Jack Roush said, ‘I’d forgotten what it felt like to win one on fuel mileage, except for that feeling in the pit of your stomach for the last two laps.’ I know the feeling.”
It was at Homestead in 2008 since Edwards’ last Sprint Cup win. He ran all of one season and all but one race of the next without ever seeing Victory Circle. It was tough on the team, but they didn’t give up.
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