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SI.com: Tom Bowles: Kickin' it with Carl: Martinsville edition

Carl Edwards has agreed to do a biweekly diary Q&A with SI.com this season. In the latest edition, he walks us through a disappointing night at Charlotte and discusses how a rough first half of the Chase has the No. 99 team switching up its championship strategy for the final five weeks. Plus, in the wake of some exciting news he tells us all about his wife's pregnancy, what it feels like to be an expectant father for the first time, and more.

SI.com: Lars Anderson: J.J.'s in control and more lessons from Charlotte

Five things we learned on a cold, winter-like Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte in race No. 5 of the 2009 Chase:

SI.com: Fantasy: Start Gordon, Stewart, Martin for wins in Charlotte on Saturday

In a week where the inaugural class of NASCAR's inaugural Hall of Fame was announced it seems entirely appropriate that the circus swings through Charlotte and the sport's spiritual home base, for race number five of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup.

SI.com: Mark Beech: Five things we learned in California

1. Mark Martin had better get busy. As good as Jimmie Johnson has looked in NASCAR's postseason, Martin has held his own. An opening win at New Hampshire coupled with solid finishes at Dover and Kansas kept him in the points lead. But even a fourth-place finish at California on Sunday wasn't enough to prevent Johnson from taking over the lead in the Chase standings. Things aren't going to get any easier the next two weeks -- Charlotte and Martinsville are two of Johnson's favorite tracks. Martin runs well on them, too, but it's becoming clear that his No. 5 Chevy just doesn't have the raw speed to match his teammate's.

People.com: Five Things You Need to Know About Bradley Cooper

The Hangover star loves to cook - and speaks the language of love

SI.com: Tom Bowles: Five things we learned from the Coca-Cola 600

Five things we learned after the running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, won in an upset by David Reutimann after a rain-shortened race ended on Lap 227:

SI.com: Tom Bowles: IMS should make the 1,100-mile double doable again

1,100 miles. Just the number seems daunting. Driving it all in one day, over nine hours with speeds upwards of 220-mph makes it nearly an impossible feat.

SI.com: Phelps shakes off rust to try new stroke in first meet since Beijing

In his first competition since winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics last summer, Michael Phelps came to the Charlotte Ultraswim meet in North Carolina well-rested and with some new style: he debuted a new straight-arm or "windmill" stroke technique for some of his freestyle events, a stroke that allows him to slice throw the water more efficiently.

SI.com: Ross Tucker: Draft misinformation is deplorable

The practice of destructive misinformation that is so prevalent during the walkup to the draft is absolutely deplorable.

SI.com: Aaron Curry: 2009 NFL Draft Diary, Entry No. 3

As a walkup to the NFL draft on April 25, SI.com writer Ted Keith has arranged to get diary entries from Aaron Curry, an All-America linebacker at Wake Forest who is projected to go high in the first round. You can read his first entry here and his second entry here.

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