NASCAR Power Rankings: Carl Edwards Keeps Winning Races

The 2011 Sprint Cup season is only three races old, but the teams have already had the chance to visit a superspeedway, a flat track and a 1.5-mile track. As the series heads to a bye week before returning to action at Bristol, it’s time to take a look at the 10 best drivers through the first three races. 1. Carl Edwards: His win at Las Vegas all but cements his status as Jimmie Johnson’s biggest threat in 2011. Dating back to last season, he has won three of the last five races, and it is clear that the momentum from the end of last season has carried over. The Ford drivers keep getting better as the FR9 engines are perfected, and Edwards is the manufacturer’s best driver. He won nine times in 2008, and he could threaten ...

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