Carl Edwards was the ultimate grassroots racer. His first signature backflip off a race car came on a dirt track in his native Missouri, and he eventually backflipped his way into the NASCAR Hall ...

But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards ... I could.” Edwards entered NASCAR at its financial heyday — maybe the toughest time in history to break into the sport. Edwards was a substitute teacher trying to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers ... Rudd was the 1977 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, finished a career-best second ...