Wayne Edwards (racing driver)

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Wayne Edwards
Born (1967-06-23) June 23, 1967 (age 55)
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish149th (2005)
First race 2003 Trim Spa Dream Body 250 (Pikes Peak)
Last race 2005 Meijer 300 (Kentucky)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
78 races run over 16 years
2016 position43rd
Best finish26th (2000)
First race 2000 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K (Homestead)
Last race 2016 DC Solar 350 (Las Vegas)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of April 18, 2020.

Wayne Edwards (born June 23, 1967) [1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has driven for numerous teams over the past eight years. He is not related to fellow stock car driver Carl Edwards despite having the same last name.

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Racing career

Edwards made his Truck Series debut in 2000, driving the No. 93 WorldBestBuy.com Chevy for Troxell Racing. His debut came at Homestead-Miami. There he started 30th and finished 27th, fifteen laps down. In twelve other races, his best finish was a 19th at NHIS, and posting a best qualifying effort of 27th twice. He made another pair of starts in 2001, both coming again with Troxell Racing. He was 34th at Gateway and 35th at California, failing to finish both races. However, he did set his best career start of 21st at California.

In 2002, Edwards made three starts for Team Racing. His best finish came at Darlington Raceway, where he finished 25th. He also drove at Texas Motor Speedway for Steve Portenga, finishing 33rd after an early vibration. He followed that up with eight starts in 2003, his best finish a 22nd at Texas driving the No. 95 for Scott Upshaw. He also made his Busch Series debut at Pikes Peak International Raceway driving the No. 22 for Bost Motorsports. He started 38th but finished 43rd due to a transmission failure on the first lap. Edwards ran four more races in 2004. He set his best career finish to that point with a fifteenth at Daytona International Speedway, and then had a 28th finish in the inaugural race at Atlanta driving for Troxell, but did not finish either of his next two starts in the No. 0 Loni Richardson-owned Chevy. He attempted the Emerson Radio 250 in the No. 70 Davis Motorsports Chevy, but failed to qualify.

Edwards returned to Troxell full-time in 2005, which had been newly renamed Mighty Motorsports. He started the season by dodging a last lap wreck, and driving the No. 24 truck to a 9th place at Daytona, his best career finish. Also, Edwards was able to finish four of his other nine starts, the best of those being a 23rd at Loudon. He finished 33rd in points. He also made his second career Busch start at Kentucky Speedway driving the No. 91 Speed Zone Energy Drink Dodge, finishing 36th after suffering transmission failure. Edwards attempted to make the first handful of races in 2006 in Mighty's No. 24 Liquid Nitro Energy Drink truck, but failed. He made his first start of the season at Kentucky for Green Light finishing 33rd after suffering vibration problems in his No. 07 U.S. Restoration Chevy. He drove two more races for Green Light in the No. 03 Chevy, but did not finish higher than 35th. In 2007, Edwards started two races for Upshaw Racing, but left after the stopped running. He made three appearances for Green Light's No. 06 Chevy, and drove two races for Andy Hillenburg, with a best finish of 28th. He also attempted a race in Andy Belmont's truck, but failed to qualify.

In 2008, he raced for FDNY Racing, and SS-Green Light Racing, making five starts altogether. Edwards raced the first two races of 2009 for GunBroker Racing finishing 36th at Daytona and 34th at Auto Club Speedway. For the rest of the 2009 season, Edwards start and parked in the No. 47 and No. 48 trucks owned by Andy Hillenburg.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2003 Bost Motorsports 22 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR
43		 IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 154th34 [2]
2004 JD Motorsports 70 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
DNQ		 DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL NA- [3]
Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Dodge RCH
DNQ		 DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM
2005 TommyRaz Motorsports 91 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN
36		 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY 149th- [4]
9 Chevy IRP
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
1999 Doran Racing 77 Chevy HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL
DNQ		 TEX CAL 114th0 [5]
2000 Troxell Racing 93 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 HOM
27		 PHO
25		 MMR
34		 MAR
DNQ		 PIR GTY
DNQ		 MEM
23		 PPR
25		 EVG TEX
23		 KEN
32		 GLN
27		 MLW
29		 NHA
19		 NZH
20		 MCH
33		 IRP
DNQ		 NSV
DNQ		 CIC
DNQ		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV
23		 TEX
DNQ		 CAL 26th1391 [6]
2001 DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY
34		 DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL
35		91st119 [7]
2002 Team Racing 86 Chevy DAY DAR
25		 MAR GTY PPR DOV KAN
36		 KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS 57th274 [8]
Portenga Motorsports 38 Chevy TEX
33		 MEM MLW
Team 23 Racing 23 Chevy CAL
32		 PHO HOM
2003 Team Racing 25 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX
36		 MEM MLW KAN
DNQ		 KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH 39th595 [9]
Upshaw Racing 19 Ford BRI
23
95 RCH
24		 NHA CAL
24		 LVS
28		 SBO TEX
22		 MAR
DNQ		 PHO
28		 HOM
DNQ
Brevak Racing 31 Ford MAR
33
2004 Troxell Racing 93 Ford DAY
15		 ATL
28		64th198 [10]
Ron Rhodes Racing 48 Dodge MAR
DNQ		 MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN
Richardson Motorsports 0 Dodge KEN
36
Chevy GTW
33		 MCH IRP NSH BRI
Troxell Racing 93 Chevy RCH
DNQ		 NHA LVS CAL
Welz Racing 77 Dodge TEX
DNQ		 MAR PHO DAR HOM
2005 Mighty Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY
9		 CAL
34		 ATL
33		 MAR GTY MFD
35		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
33		 TEX MCH MLW KAN
34		 KEN
27		 MEM IRP NHA
23		 LVS MAR
25		 ATL
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO
28		 HOM
DNQ		33rd789 [11]
Welz Racing 68 Dodge NSH
DNQ
Mighty Motorsports 24 Dodge BRI
DNQ		 RCH
2006 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL
DNQ		 ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN 84th64 [12]
Green Light Racing 07 Chevy KEN
33		 MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA
03 LVS
36		 TAL
35		 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2007 Upshaw Racing 95 Ford DAY
DNQ		 CAL
33		 ATL
32		 MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW 68th222 [13]
Green Light Racing 0 Chevy MEM
36
06 KEN
35		 IRP TAL
36		 MAR
Fast Track Racing Enterprises 71 Chevy NSH
28		 BRI GTW NHA LVS
Ford ATL
29
Andy Belmont Motorsports 12 Chevy TEX
DNQ		 PHO HOM
2008 FDNY Racing 28 Chevy DAY
17		 CAL ATL MAR CLT
DNQ		 MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KEN
DNQ		 IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL
24		 MAR 55th267 [14]
SS-Green Light Racing 0 Chevy KAN
36		 MEM
35		 ATL
33		 TEX PHO HOM
2009 GunBroker Racing 22 Dodge DAY
36		 CAL
34		 ATL MAR KAN 28th1067 [15]
FDNY Racing 28 Chevy CLT
DNQ
Fast Track Racing Enterprises 48 Chevy DOV
32		 TEX
24		 MCH
23		 MLW
27		 MEM KEN
24		 NSH
24		 CHI
26		 GTW
33		 NHA LVS
27		 MAR TAL TEX
47 IRP
29		 BRI
36		 IOW
30
Boys Will Be Boys Racing 05 Dodge PHO
32		 HOM
2010 Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV 117th61 [16]
FDNY Racing 28 Chevy CLT
DNQ
Tagsby Racing 65 Chevy TEX
34		 MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM
2011 T3R Motorsports 99 Ford DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL
DNQ		103rd01 [17]
Alger Motorsports 68 Dodge CHI
DNQ		 NHA KEN
JJC Racing 0 Ford LVS
31		 TAL MAR TEX HOM
2012 Glenden Enterprises 84 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW
24		 CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 67th20 [18]
2015 Premium Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS
24		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 70th20 [19]
2016 49 DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX
23		 IOW GTW KEN ELD
18		 POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS
28		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 43rd30 [20]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARSCPtsRef
2007 Drew White Motorsports 93 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM
DNQ		 KAN WIN
20		 KEN
29		 TOL
DNQ		 IOW POC MCH
39		 BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI 70th370 [21]
Lafferty Motorsports 0 Chevy SLM
32		 TAL TOL
2014 Team BEAR 29 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
15		 NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP
25		 POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 62nd260 [22]

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References

  1. ↑ Wayne Edwards Career Statistics
  2. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Wayne Edwards – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
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