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Edwards wins pole at New Hampshire; 6th top spot of season

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) – Carl Edwards turned a lap of 135.453 mph to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Edwards took the top spot Friday for the third time in the last four New Hampshire races and won his sixth pole of the season. Edwards led the way for the Chase for the Sprint Cup…

Carl Edwards leads JGR’s 1-2-3 qualifying sweep at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Carl Edwards won his second straight pole at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading Joe Gibbs Racing’s Olympic-style sweep of the top three spots in qualifying Friday for the Saturday night race. Edwards had a fast lap of 131.407 mph on the concrete surface of the half-mile track. He bested teammates Denny Hamlin in second and Kyle Busch…

Carl Edwards wins Sprint Cup pole at Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) – Carl Edwards won the pole for the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. Edwards, who also won the pole in June at NASCAR’s other road course in Sonoma, turned a fast lap of 126.562 mph to edge Kyle Larson for the top spot. Five-time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart qualified third in…

Carl Edwards takes the pole for road course race at Sonoma

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) – Carl Edwards has won the pole for Sunday’s road course race at Sonoma Raceway. Edwards ran a lap at 95.777 mph around the 10-turn, 1.99-mile track in Saturday’s qualifying session to put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the top starting spot. AJ Allmendinger qualified second with a lap at 95.676 mph in his JTG Daugherty…

Edwards wins Bristol pole, second straight

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Carl Edwards won his second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Friday, helping Joe Gibbs Racing take four of the top five spots in qualifying Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Edwards, the winner at Bristol in March 2014, earned his third pole at the track and second consecutive No. 1 spot after also topping qualifying last week…