Carl Edwards left NASCAR at the top of his game. Years later, he returned—not to race, but to find something he never expected.

Carl Edwards left NASCAR abruptly in 2016 and has mostly stayed away since, making his Hall of Fame induction all the more ...

Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd and Ralph Moody became the latest members elected into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as the Class of 2025.

But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, ...

When Carl Edwards abruptly stepped away from NASCAR before the 2017 Cup Series season, it was a major shock. A driver stepping away in his prime? It isn’t something that you see very often.

I never even considered doing something like that. So if I had to do it over again, I probably could have done it in a more gracious way." (via The Athletic) Carl Edwards retired at a time when he ...

“It was like, ‘Carl, you’re never driving the truck,’ ” Edwards recalled. “Mittler said, ‘Look, I get it. You’re winning these dirt races you’re doing. Don’t mean anythin ...