Saturday night Carl Edwards won the Nationwide race at the Milwaukee Mile breaking a fairly long winless streak on his part in that series. The odd part to the win was that we did not see the customary back flip that Carl always does when he wins, since he's joined NASCAR.
The reason he didn't do the back flip was the way that he won the race. Several laps prior to the end of the race Carl ducked down under Clint Bowyer to pass him in the corner but instead, they touched, sending Clint sliding up into the wall, but Clint saved it, only losing a few positions, eventually getting back up to third.
In the end, Carl said the way he won, in regards to hitting Bowyer, did not deserve the standard back flip we've come to expect. The crowd booed aggressively about the development, since they watched Carl for some laps, expecting the usual victory celebration.
Carl won the Camping World RV Rental 250, followed by NASCAR's newest golden child, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, David Ragan and David Reutimann rounding out the top 5.
In one respect, it was an admirable decision to not "celebrate" his win by spin. Hopefully that will help Bowyer understand his sincerity. On the other hand, it's all about the fans, and we were shorted our standard celebration we love to see. No one wins in this one, but in the end Edwards may have very well made the best decision for himself.
The rest of the results of the Nationwide Race at http://www.nascar.com
i also read he didn't do the flip out of respect for the NHRA driver that died Saturday. As far as Edwards/Boyer hopefully this wont get too bad. Carl seems to be finally getting along with this teammates. (remember the issue with Kenseth last year had his teammates lined up against him)
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I certainly do remember his Kenseth spell Kendria. It showed me a surprising side to Edwards that his image never belied.
ReplyDeleteIt made me take a step back and really look at who he is.
All smiles, or Mr. intensity with a bit of an aggressive side to him?
Ahh, yes ... the incident with Kenseth that made me lose a ton of respect for Carl. Well, he's since regained most of it, but still.
ReplyDeleteAnywho, I heard the real reason he didn't do the backflip was because he saw my "List of the Week" last week and felt discouraged because I ranked Tony's fence climb ahead of him.
The Kenseth thing will always be in the back of my mind.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's us Tim! The influential forces of NASCAR... Now if everyone else just knew that.