JOHN EDWARDS  #6

Birth Date March 11th, 1991 Birth Place Louisville, Kentucky Height 5-10 Weight 174 lbs Rookie Year 2010

Team Name Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Racing Series Champ Car Engine Cosworth Chassis Panoz DP01 Tires Bridgestone

CAREER OVERVIEW:

2009- Edwards opened his return to the Champ Car Atlantic Championship in 2009 with a bang in Sebring. After starting from second on the grid, he charged into the lead on the opening lap and was never challenged en route to his first career Atlantic victory. In Round 2 at Miller Motorsports Park, Edwards qualified fourth, but got a good jump at the start to take second place on the first lap. He remained in that position throughout for his second consecutive podium performance. His dominating efforts in 2009 propelled him to win the 2009 Atlantic Championship and give him a full time ride in the 2010 Champ Car World Series where he will drive for a top team in Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. At Newman Haas in 2010 Edwards will replace departed driver Justin Wilson behind the wheel of the #2 Medi-Zone sponsored Champ Car DP01 machine. Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing will once again be a one car team in the 2010 Champ Car World Series due to it's ongoing motorsport programs in the IRL Indy Car Series and Atlantic series.

2008 - Despite missing the opening round of the season at Sebring, Edwards claimed the Star Mazda championship on the strength of five victories, four poles and nine finishes of fourth or better from 11 starts. He finished worse than sixth just once. Victories came at Miller Motorsports Park, Portland, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Road America and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

2007 - At the age of 16, became the youngest driver in Atlantic Championship history as part of Red Bull Team Forsythe. Edwards recorded a best result of second at Toronto and finished inside the top 10 in five of 12 races en route to ninth in the season championship standings.

2006 - Won one race (Anderstorp) and produced three podium results in his second season competing in Formula Renault in Europe.

2005 - Moved to Europe at age 14 as the youngest member of the Red Bull Junior Team, racing a partial season in Formula Renault.

2004 - At age 12, became the youngest driver ever to win a formula car road race as he scored a victory in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge series at Daytona. This dramatic event caught the eye of Red Bull, as the company invited the youngster to participate in its worldwide driver search. Competing against older drivers with much more experience and more distinguished resumes, Edwards was selected as the sole winner of the 2004 Red Bull Driver Search.

2003 - In his first and only season in carting, Edwards captured the Great Lakes Sprint Series Junior Briggs Restricted Championship. Became the youngest licensed open-wheel road racing driver in U.S. history at just 12 years old.