FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Carl Edwards, driver of the #60 Ortho Ford, stands on pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on November 6, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Carl Edwards, driver of the #60 Ortho Ford, stands on pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on November 6, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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  3. NASCAR driver Mark Martin (5) celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
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  7. Bill Ford (L), chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks while Commerce Secretary Gary Locke listens during a news conference at the Commerce Department in Washington December 14, 2009.
  8. Bill Ford (L), chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, listens while Commerce Secretary Gary Locke speaks during a news conference at the Commerce Department in Washington December 14, 2009.
  9. Bill Ford (L), chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks while Commerce Secretary Gary Locke listens, during a news conference at the Commerce Department in Washington December 14, 2009.
  10. Bill Ford, chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks during a news conference at the Commerce Department in Washington December 14, 2009.
  11. Bill Ford, chairman of the board of the Detroit Economic Club and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks during a news conference with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, at the commerce Department in Washington December 14, 2009.
  12. Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman William Ford, Jr., and chairman of the Detroit Economic Club, left, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke take part in a news conference at the Commerce Department in Washington, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
  13. KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 04: Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, leads Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods at the Kansas Speedway on October 4, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas.
  14. KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 04: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods at the Kansas Speedway on October 4, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas.
  15. KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 04: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, leads Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevorlet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods at the Kansas Speedway on October 4, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas.
  16. KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 03: Carl Edwards driver of the #60 Save-A-Lot Ford makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kansas Lottery 300 at the Kansas Speedway on October 3, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas.

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