Carl Edwards talked a few weeks ago about how this part of the Sprint Cup Series was going to be fun.
Fun, he said, because the team no longer was going to be racing for points but rather simply for wins in an attempt to catch Kyle Busch's win total and bonus point lead as the series heads towards the Chase to the Sprint Cup after Richmond in September.
From what it looks like, Edwards should have been having fun prior to being a virtual lock into the Chase.
The Columbia, Mo. driver has scored two wins in the past three weeks and will start from the pole for Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Edwards put down a lap of 121.680 mph Friday afternoon at BMS to top Michael Waltrip Racing's David Reutimann who drove his Toyota 121.175 mph around the half mile track to grab the outside pole.
Perennial Bristol favorite Jeff Gordon will roll off the grid Saturday night from third place. Gordon has yet to win in 2008 and has had two dismal finishes in the last two races at Watkins Glen and Michigan.
The rest of the Top-5 includes Regan Smith in the DEI No. 01 and Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers No. 21.
Point leader Kyle Busch will start ninth while Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a horrible lap and will start 40th. Failing to make the Sharpie 500 were Jeff Green, Patrick Carpentier, and Johnny Sauter.
