EDWARDS TO FLY JOE GIBBS DRIVEN COLORS IN CHARLOTTE
Wed, 2008-09-10 09:00
Mike Edwards will have a just a slightly different look for the first
stop on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Countdown to 1 
playoff, as the
team will fly the logo of Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil on the hood of
the team's Pontiac GXP for the inaugural NHRA Carolinas Nationals at
zMax Dragway at Concord outside of Charlotte, N.C.
The move is a goodwill gesture toward Gibbs himself and his company for the longtime support of the team and the Young Life program.
"We thought this stop in Charlotte - NASCAR country - which is the event closest to Gibbs' racing operations and his many other business endeavors including Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, would be a perfect time to salute what they have done," Edwards said. "Joe Gibbs and his organization have given amazing support to my race team and more importantly the Young Life program." Mike Edwards will have a just a slightly different look for the first stop on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Countdown to 1 playoff, as the team will fly the logo of Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil on the hood of the team's Pontiac GXP for the inaugural NHRA Carolinas Nationals at zMax Dragway at Concord outside of Charlotte, N.C.
The move is a goodwill gesture toward Gibbs himself and his company for the longtime support of the team and the Young Life program.
"We thought this stop in Charlotte - NASCAR country - which is the event closest to Gibbs' racing operations and his many other business endeavors including Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, would be a perfect time to salute what they have done," Edwards said. "Joe Gibbs and his organization have given amazing support to my race team and more importantly the Young Life program."
Edwards heads into the event holding down the seventh spot in the Countdown to 1 playoff and hopes the momentum the team built with a semifinal finish at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, will carry the Penhall-backed team higher in the points chase beginning in Charlotte.
"Now that the regular season has ended, my team has done what it set out to do and that is be in the playoff portion of the POWERade series," Edwards added. "We have six races to make up the small points difference we have, and if we perform like we did in Indy, we our confident we will be in the running down to the end of the season.
"Maybe we can start by not only honoring Joe Gibbs and his group with the logo on the car, but putting it in the first winner's circle at the facility his NASCAR teams have had huge success in the past."
playoff, as the
team will fly the logo of Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil on the hood of
the team's Pontiac GXP for the inaugural NHRA Carolinas Nationals at
zMax Dragway at Concord outside of Charlotte, N.C.The move is a goodwill gesture toward Gibbs himself and his company for the longtime support of the team and the Young Life program.
"We thought this stop in Charlotte - NASCAR country - which is the event closest to Gibbs' racing operations and his many other business endeavors including Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, would be a perfect time to salute what they have done," Edwards said. "Joe Gibbs and his organization have given amazing support to my race team and more importantly the Young Life program." Mike Edwards will have a just a slightly different look for the first stop on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Countdown to 1 playoff, as the team will fly the logo of Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil on the hood of the team's Pontiac GXP for the inaugural NHRA Carolinas Nationals at zMax Dragway at Concord outside of Charlotte, N.C.
The move is a goodwill gesture toward Gibbs himself and his company for the longtime support of the team and the Young Life program.
"We thought this stop in Charlotte - NASCAR country - which is the event closest to Gibbs' racing operations and his many other business endeavors including Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, would be a perfect time to salute what they have done," Edwards said. "Joe Gibbs and his organization have given amazing support to my race team and more importantly the Young Life program."
Edwards heads into the event holding down the seventh spot in the Countdown to 1 playoff and hopes the momentum the team built with a semifinal finish at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, will carry the Penhall-backed team higher in the points chase beginning in Charlotte.
"Now that the regular season has ended, my team has done what it set out to do and that is be in the playoff portion of the POWERade series," Edwards added. "We have six races to make up the small points difference we have, and if we perform like we did in Indy, we our confident we will be in the running down to the end of the season.
"Maybe we can start by not only honoring Joe Gibbs and his group with the logo on the car, but putting it in the first winner's circle at the facility his NASCAR teams have had huge success in the past."
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