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October 05, 2008
Edwards causes The Big One at Dega
Carl Edwards bumped teammate Greg Biffle to help him move forward better, but did it in the turn and caused the Big One that took out a lot of cars and Chasers. Edwards took the blame, saying it was his fault, saying something to the effect that they had been bumping like that all day and they must have just lined up wrong. My question is, why NASCAR didn't put a stop to the bump drafting in the turns like they've done in the past? Before, NASCAR sent out many warnings to drivers about bump drafting in the corners, telling them not to do it, yet in todays race, they were bump drafting all over the track, even in the corners. If NASCAR had stuck to it's previous "no bump drafting in the corners" stance, this Big One may not have happened. Other than Edwards and Biffle, other collected in the wreck were Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Joe Nemechek, Reed Sorenson, Matt Kenseth, Travis Kvapil, Michael Waltrip, Dave Blaney and Juan Montoya, many of those cars were doing well and had a chance to win.
Tony Stewart won the race after NASCAR determined Regan Smith went below the yellow line to try and pass Stewart, Smith contended that he was forced down below the line. This is Stewarts first win at Dega.
Tires seemed to be a problem today too, causing a few problems.
Your thoughts?
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YaHoo!!! Tony finally gets a win at Dega.
Aggie - I'm too excited to discuss it yet, but some of your "bumblers" did damn good today. :)
Kathy - I agree that Nascar should have warned a little harder about the bump drafting. I'm sorry about some of the guys who got wrecked but glad Edwards didn't win. I bet he's got two really mad teammates. And Jr. Nation will most likely give him a hard time next week.
Dottie, Gretchen and any other Smoke fans - YaHoo!!!
Posted by: Diane | Oct 5, 2008 6:57:09 PM
Can someone please run a drug check on Cousin Carl? I've driven better coming home on New Years. While you're at it, attach one of those monitors to check for any brain activity.
Jack should make him pay for tearing up about a million dollars worth of Roush equipment and responding with another "Aw shucks" interview. I nearly blew a vein watching that one. Thanks, cousin!
One last thought...
What's with JJ handing back half of his points lead at the end? When the season is over, he may regret not burying the Roush guys when he had the chance.
Posted by: buddynoel | Oct 5, 2008 7:15:13 PM
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