Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Perhaps no one has ever breathed a bigger sigh of relief after a win than Carl Edwards did last week in the Phoenix. Edwards, who only lost the 2011 championship of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series on a tiebreaker, went 0-for-2012 and missed the playoffs. It took an exciting finish, but Edwards held off Jimmie Johnson last week, got off the schneid and can be feeling good as the drivers converge on Las Vegas for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 (3 PM ET, Fox).