Edwards excited about truck race at Daytona

CONCORD, N.C. -- Carl Edwards is looking to kick off the 2007 season with a bang at Daytona International Speedway. Edwards, who pilots the No. 99 Ford in the Cup Series and the No. 60 Ford in the Busch Series, has signed up to race Roush Racing's No. 50 F-150 in the Craftsman Truck Series race Feb. 16.

Edwards will run a handful of truck races throughout the 2007 season, while Peter Shepherd pilots the truck for the remaining races. The No. 50 truck that the two will share is still yet to be sponsored, but Edwards is confident a new sponsor partner will come on board.

"I'm excited to be back in the truck at Daytona," Edwards said. "I won there a couple of years ago and it would be awesome to win there again. Matt Puccia [crew chief] is great and I know he and the guys have worked really hard to build some fast trucks for this year. We worked together at Ken Schrader's shop back in the day so it's neat that we get to work together again.

"To be able to help Peter Shepherd is awesome. He drove a Silver Crown car for me last year and did a good job. I'm really looking forward to racing with him this year."

Edwards and Shepherd will join truck teammates Erik Darnell and Travis Kvapil to round out the 2007 Roush Racing truck lineup. Kvapil, a former Truck Series champion, is the newest member to the Roush Racing team and will pilot the yet-to-be-sponsored No. 6 F-150. Kvapil led the field at the recent Daytona truck test while teammates Darnell and Shepherd followed close behind.