( Oct. 18, 08)    Monterey CA - Qualifying P3 for this afternoon's race, 17-year-old John Edwards vowed he would play it smart and concentrate on the championship. He would hit his marks and take advantage of other's mistakes to finish the race in second place, enough to secure the Star Mazda Championship.



"This is a big day for me," commented John. "We had a good car but starting from third place, the decision was made to run a smart race and not make any mistakes.

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( Oct. 05, 08)    Braselton, GA - After missing the first race of the Star Mazda Championship in Sebring, John Edwards has been working his way up the points standings. After winning in Road Atlanta in Round 11 of a 12 race series, Edwards has moved into the Championship points lead heading into the season finale at Laguna Seca.

"What a race! We weren't the fastest today, but we finally had some good luck, unlike New Jersey and Mosport where we were quickest but had bad luck!

I made a move to the inside going up the hill when Dempsey and Miller ran side-by-side through Turn 1 to take the lead, but I knew Dempsey was still quicker. Fortunately for me, he ran into some trouble and I came away with the win and the championship lead."



Edwards heads into the final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with a 9 point advantage over Joel Miller. This means that he only needs to finish on the podium to win the championship, regardless of where anyone else finishes. "This win takes a lot of the pressure off for Laguna, but anything can still happen. We just need to remain focused and keep doing what we've done all season."

The Star Mazda series finale takes place on October 18th, at 12:15PM Pacific time.

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( Sep. 14, 08)    Millville, NJ - Race 1 at New Jersey Motorsports Park saw John Edwards take advantage of lapped traffic to take the lead from his 2nd place starting position and continue to pull away for his 3rd win of the season. "I wasn't as quick as Joel on cold tires, but once they came up to temperature we were doing identical lap times.   (...read more)

( Aug. 23, 08)    Mosport, Ontario, CA - John would secure pole Saturday morning but knew it could be a tight battle going into the race.

"It was a really good session. It was especially good to see that we were good on cold tires. We were P1 the whole time. The other guys closed in a little bit and kind of scared me a little bit. It's only 800th's that I the pole by, so that was a little closer than I wanted it to be."
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