Adam Edwards (born May 9, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and professional driving instructor.
Racing career Edwards became interested in the mechanics of racing during his high school years and decided to pursue a career in auto racing. In 2002, he got his start into racing by becoming an owner-driver in the Pure Stock Division of the NASCAR Weekly Series. Five years later in 2007, Edwards broke into the national ranks by starting in five ARCA Racing Series events posting a best finish of 17th for Andy Belmont Racing at the Pocono Raceway.
Edwards partnered up with Norm Benning in 2012 and made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driving the No. 75 Chevrolet in a start and park effort. He finished 33rd after falling out of the race within five laps.
In 2014, after a two-year hiatus, Benning and Edwards reunited by attempting five races continuing the start and park efforts. All of his starts that year were in late field filler entries (the Truck Series had short starting fields that year in a number of races), which is why he received zero points in the 2014 standings. The following year, Edwards raced for Jennifer Jo Cobb in two races at the Texas Motor Speedway and the Gateway Motorsports Park.
Edwards also pursues in instructing and is a driving instructor at Andy Hillenburg's Fast Track High Performance Racing School where he coaches drivers and fans of Motorsports.
Personal life
Edwards was born in Falls Church, Virginia, on May 9, 1980, and graduated from Virginia Tech in 2002 and again in 2007 with an MBA. He co-authored the novel Faster Pastor with Sharyn McCrumb; the 2010 book is loosely based on his teaching experiences.
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.)
Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2012 Norm Benning Racing 75 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 76th 11 2014 Norm Benning Racing 75 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW 106th 0 71 KEN IOW ELD POC 57 MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2015 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 75th 14
Season still in progress Ineligible for series points
ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2007 Andy Belmont Racing 10 Ford DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN 70th 370 62 TOL IOW POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy POC MCH BLN KEN
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