Carl Michael Edwards, II (born August 15, 1979) is
an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide
Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing. He is the
defending Nationwide Series Champion.
In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99
Ford Fusion that is primarily sponsored by Office
Depot (other one-race primary sponsors have
included: Pennzoil, Stonebridge Life Insurance, and
the American Automobile Association). This year
Aflac will sponsor the #99 in 8 races and Claritin
will sponsor the #99 in a few spring races. His #60
Nationwide Series car, also a Ford Fusion, is
sponsored by Scotts-Miracle Gro (and their brands,
Scotts, Miracle-Gro, Ortho and Roundup), Dish
Network, Citigroup, vitaminwater, and the World
Financial Group.
Carl Edwards has appeared on the covers of ESPN The
Magazine and Men's Health shirtless, displaying his
muscular body. He appeared in an Under Armour
commercial during Super Bowl 42. For a NASCAR
driver, Edwards spends a lot of time developing his
body, as photos of his abdominal and pectoral
muscles have shown. Edwards made an appearance on
the February 22, 2006 episode of The Late Late Show
with Craig Ferguson. Ferguson produced the cover of
the February issue of ESPN The Magazine which
featured a bare-chested photo of Edwards. Joking
that Edwards' nipples seemed far apart, Ferguson
suggested this was due to the high rates of speed at
which Edwards often traveled.
Edwards is popular among fans for celebrating his
wins by doing a backflip off his car (or truck), a
style of celebration he took from sprint car driver
Tyler Walker. Seizing on the popularity of Edwards'
trademark celebrations, Ford has recently run
several "Overactive Adrenaline Disorder" commercials
featuring a "young Carl" performing backflips in his
baby crib, off of a couch, and off a doctors exam
table.
