Thursday, December 10, 2015

2016 Fantasy Nascar Profile: Carl Edwards

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Driver Name: Carl Edwards

Car #: 19

Make: Toyota

Debut: 2005 (First-Full season)

# of Career Races: 409

# of Career Poles: 16

# of Career Wins: 25

# of Career Top 5s: 125

# of Career Top 10s: 202

# of Career  DNFs:  25

# of Career Laps led: 5,226

Career Average Finish: 13.5

Career Average Start: 14.8

# of 2015 Wins: 2

# of 2015 Top 5s:7

# of 2015 Top 10s: 15

# of 2015 Poles: 3

# of 2015 DNFs: 2

# of 2015 laps led: 376

2015 Average Finish: 14.0

2015 Average Start: 9.1

2015 Fantasy Recap: If you read my Fantasy Nascar Update ever week (you can check them out on the homepage), you probably noticed my big complaint was not being able to get a reliable read on Edwards. He was never really consistent throughout the 2015 season. He could be a top 5 guy one week and look like a top 15 guy the next. He really made it quite difficult to pinpoint. Overall a decent season, considering he didn't score his first top 10 finish until Texas. After that he started to put together so runs. I think a lot of that was because the 19 team was a new raceteam. Remember the trouble Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick had when he first started off at SHR? Edwards had similar problems. Those are growing pains. Every driver have them. He was able to have a solid year. 2 wins, 7 top 5s and 15 Top 10s isn't too bad. Not much improvements when looking at the number in comparison to with RFR in 2014. But still he ran more competitive and that was expected.

Strong Tracks: WGI, Charlotte, Texas and Michigan

Weak Tracks: Pocono and Daytona

Yahoo Grouping Tier: B-list Grouping Tier

2016 Fantasy Outlook: I expect big things from Carl Edwards in 2016 and I think he will exceed most of our expectations and standards. JGR really came on last season and I think all of those JGR Toyotas will be able to excel with the 2016 package. I think Edwards will be very beneficial from being with the 19 team for a entire season. Last season my concern was he would get off to a crappy start with his new team (I was absolutely right), but this season he don't have that issue. He should be able to take off and have a great season. Edwards best days will be on the intermediate tracks and some shorter tracks as well. Him being with JGR alone will make give him the potential to perform well on the shorter racetracks. JGR seems to excel on this style of track. Edwards should also run well on the road courses as well. A lot of good days ahead of Carl Edwards.

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