25 NASCAR drivers to consider as getaway drivers for that one last heist

Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards may have retired from the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series after the 2016 NASCAR season, but you might want to consider coaxing him out of retirement. For one, he’s obviously got plenty of time on his hands now, so you wouldn’t have to worry about his schedule when trying to plan your heist. He’d always be available.

But Edwards is also the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series champion and 2011 Sprint All-Star Race winner. In all, he retired with 223 top-10 finishes in 445 races, and was a runner-up for the Cup Series championship twice. He also defeated seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, widely considered to be one of the best drivers in the history of motor racing, during the 2008 Race of Champions.

He’s also proven himself to be somewhat of a chameleon over the years. He went undercover as a grocery bagger at Food City before one year’s Food City 500 and managed to get away mostly unrecognized, and appeared as a pizza delivery guy on NBC’s Chicago Fire.

Way more importantly, Edwards had a small role as a Homeland Security agent named Jim Hill on FOX’s action drama 24, so not only could he drive the car but you could use him to impersonate a federal agent and further assist in whatever your plan is. Before he somehow adopts another persona and manages to sneak away when you’re not paying attention.

And then there’s that backflip. He would, by far and away, have the coolest move of any getaway driver.