Edwards: I shouldn't fight for title

Edwards has been the on form driver in the last three races, clawing his way back into contention thanks to back-to-back victories at Atlanta and Texas Motorspeedways.

He is third in the drivers' standings, 87 points behind leader Tony Stewart.

However, Edwards, who also holds the same position in the Busch series standings, reckons he has not been good enough on some types of tracks to be in with a shot of the title in the final race of the season.

"To be honest with you, me personally, I don't feel like I should be here," Edwards said. "I feel like there's a lot of guys in this sport who have paid a lot more dues and who on average have run better at a lot of tracks.

"I have been very fortunate this year, we haven't been very good on road courses; we haven't been very good on short tracks.

"But our luck has been such that we've ended up running just well enough and we haven't had any bad luck at the races that we do run well at; that I think we're in the best possible position to be in."

"It's an honour to be up here with these guys because I do feel that these are the best guys in the sport.  I feel like I came in through the back door and I'm lucky to be here.  Next year will be a little bit better.  If we have the same luck, we'll be in maybe a little bit better position."