Why is "Cousin Carl" edwards so dominate racing the "cookie cutter" mile and a half tracks?

May be...

They hit the Initial set up and make the right adjustments as the Track conditions change!!!!!

do you like seeing different teams besides hendrick dominating this year?? It seem to me that all the "big" teams, RCR, Roush, JGR, and Hendrick all have the "COT" figured out..what do ya think???

When Roush realized he was behind in the COT program, they did a LOT of testing. Guess who the driver usually was. If you guessed Carl, you are right! Therefore, the 99 has a better handle on the COT. And, all the teams are pretty equal on the shorter tracks. They've raced the COT there before. Where it is paying big dividends is on the tracks where the COT has yet to race. They are where the 24/48 was a year ago- ahead of the game.

A lot of testing is what is helping Edwards be so dominant. It showed towards the end of the year that not just the 99 but the entire Roush Fenway group was strong in the COT. The 99 will be the team to beat on the 1.5 mile tracks all year until somebody can beat them head to head. What I'm wondering about is whether or not their short track/flat track and superspeedway program is gonna be good. If it's like anything his 1.5 mile program is then the 99 may be the team to beat for the championship.

I really enjoy this season so far than i did last season.. It was so lopsided from the beginning to the end that it was so boring that i wouldnt watch a raced until the last 50 laps or so. As it stand this year i beleive every major team except for gillette-evernham. This year is going to be alot more interesting, we could even see a foriegn manufacturer win a nextel cup..How crazy would that be!!..Be alot of mad rednecks!!!

Roush has figure out the cot car and other drivers haven't

Now we have some racing. Last year was frustrating, who wants to see the same team win EVERY COT race? Hendricks had some creative ideas that were within the rules last year that helped them enormously. Now it is a level playing field. Good luck to all.