If you were designing the prototype of a NASCAR driver, Carl Edwards would be about ... background or cling desperately to the sport after retirement, Edwards executed the perfect Irish goodbye ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards and Ricky ... ‘NASCAR is a family,”’ Edwards told the AP. “I finally get it. I do. When I walked away, I really thought ‘I’m giving this up completely. I’m giving up ...

His rivalries on track, his backflips after wins, and the impact he left on the sport by leaving when he did. All of that and more make up the story of Carl Edwards. A Hall of Fame story.

Carl Edwards left NASCAR at the height of ... "I left eight years ago, and I thought I was truly turning my back on this whole sport," Edwards said. "I thought I was making a choice between ...

Mark J. Rebilas USA TODAY Sports “To me,” McReynolds continued, “a NASCAR Hall of Famer is about your numbers, but it’s about your contribution to the sport, as well. Carl Edwards not only ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards both left NASCAR after their driving careers ended, they disappeared from the sport, going years before returning to the track. Friday night ...

2025 Carl Edwards felt he’d turned his back on racing, but the sport never left him. One of the newest NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees long understood that every prize has its price. While his ...

Carl Edwards captured 28 NASCAR Cup Series ... What was also hard for Edwards was returning to the sport after many years away. The driver recalls being nervous to make an appearance at Darlington ...

Also inducted Friday night was Carl Edwards, a popular driver who abruptly quit the sport after his second controversial loss of a Cup Series title. Edwards, always extremely popular, was tough to ...