A long time ago (or what feels like a long time ago) I wrote about a NASCAR driver named Carl Edwards. He had intentionally (and admitted to it in national media) wrecked another driver while both were going 200 miles per hour at Atlanta Motor Speeedway. The other driver, Brad Keslowski, went airborne. Carl’s excuse? He needed to be taught a lesson. Brad had wrecked Carl once before, not on purpose, and it has since then turned into a not-so minor feud.
NASCAR instated a policy this year known as “Boys, have at it”. It’s a way to get away from the PC-ness the sport has been drifting towards in the years since Dale Earnhardt, and then Winston were removed from the sport. In March, the penelty towards Edwards was light, resulting in a probation for three races. Those three races came and went, and many more, and the two drivers have handled themselves pretty well. Until Saturday night at Gateway Raceway in St. Louis, MO. This race was not for the Sprint Cup Series, the big-time NASCAR races. It was for the Nationwide Series, which is similar to Triple-A ball. Keslowski leads Edwards in the Nationwide Championship standings.
I will admit before further discussing this, that I am a fan of Brad Keslowski, and until earlier this year, I was a fan of Carl Edwards. That has slowly turned into indifference.
Roads...which one will I take? 