Carl Edwards won’t be satisfied with just one win, or, as LeBron James once famously put it, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7… “I plan on winning 10 races and the championship,” Edwards declared.
If it sounds like a crazy declaration, we need only remember two years ago Matt Kenseth transferred to JGR and won seven races, and came second in the championship.
“People will be like, ‘Ah, he’s crazy.’ But if we don’t win the championship, it will not be a success,” Edwards said.
“Everyone’s putting in these resources to win a championship, and that’s what we’re going to do.” Edwards also reflected on how he hopes to improve not just as a driver, but as a person, in his move over to JGR.
“Matt Kenseth has helped me a lot. We started as teammates (at Roush),” Edwards said. “I didn’t understand Matt. I wasn’t the best teammate when I came into the sport. There’s a couple things. I’ve been doing this 10 years, and I don’t have a title. And two, I didn’t have the best relationships with my teammates. Now I know I need to work together. I think I come in here a lot more humble and wanting to learn from these guys.”
