After earning the poll and leading for the first 87 laps, Carl Edwards left Sunday’s Nextel Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway with engine problems and finished 42nd. Edwards, a Columbia native, dropped four spots to ninth in the standings and was mathematically eliminated from title contention.
Title hunt over for Carl Edwards
Sunday, November 11, 2007 | 10:19 p.m. CST;
updated 3:02 p.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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