Edwards tops older brother

Sunday, April 10, 2005 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 12:01 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
BY KEVIN DRULEY

Racing fans thought Carl Edwards would only be there to sign autographs.

As it turned out, the NASCAR star did more.

Edwards, a 25-year-old Columbia native, drove on the same track as his younger brother, Kenny, in the Hornet car race at 24 Raceway in Moberly Saturday night.

Driving in his first race, Kenny Edwards, 22, won the first heat. Carl Edwards finished in fifth place. Kenny Edwards again finished ahead of his brother in the feature race. He was third; Carl Edwards was seventh.

Carl Edwards announced his plans to be on hand to watch his brother on Thursday.

On Saturday, he flew to Moberly for the race in fellow Roush Racing driver Mark Martin’s jet. He returned to Martinsville, Va., for the Advance Auto Parts 500 race Sunday afterward.

Edwards has recently made a mark on the NASCAR circuit.

On March 19-20, he became the first NASCAR driver to win his first Busch and Nextel Cup Series races on consecutive days.

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