Carl Edwards Suspended? Carl Edwards-Brad Keselowski Crash Video

by Jon Azpiri | March 8, 2010 at 01:01 pm
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Carl Edwards May Be Suspended After a Controversial Wreck at the 2010 Kobalt Tools 500. The NASCAR Driver Then Posted on Facebook About His Crash With Brad Keselowski

Carl Edwards may be suspended after his actions at the 2009 Kobalt Tools 500. Edwards intentionally made contact with Brad Keselowski's car, sending it airborne in what could have been a life-threatening wreck. 

The Carl Edwards-Brad Keselowski crash likely was motivated by an incident earlier in the race that saw Keselowski bump into Edwards.

With just a few laps to go in the race, Carl Edwards made contact with Keselowski's bumper, sending his car flying in the air. At the time, Edwards was out of contention and Keselowski was on pace for a respectable sixth-place finish.

Brad Keselowski Continues To Make Enemies

Keselowski has earned a reputation for being overly aggressive. Keselowski has a history of on-track incidents, such as a feud with Denny Hamlin that dates back to 2008.



“I said that last year because he wrecked a lot of people, I’m sure a lot of people wanted to pay him back,” third-place finisher Juan Pablo Montoya said. “Looking at the TV, somebody did.”

 



Carl Edwards Facebook Message About the Keselowski Crash

After the race, Carl Edwards posted the following statement on his Facebook page:

"Considering that Brad wrecks me with no regard for anyones safety or hard work, should I: A-Keep letting him wreck me? B-Confront him after the race? C-Wait til bristol and collect other cars? or D-Take care of it now? I want to be clear that I was surprised at his flight and very relieved when he walked away. Every person has to decide what code they want to live by and hopefully this explains mine."

Carl Edwards Suspended?

Carl Edwards was parked for the remainder of the race after the Brad Kesolowski crash. A Carl Edwards suspension may be handed down as early as Monday or Tuesday.

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NASCAR Fan

Keselowski is a hot dog that needs to be taught a lesson. Let Carl walk, he only repayed a long over due favor. Keselowski's mouth, attitude and driving style have put a price on his head, let the drivers school him the old fashion way, like they used to in the days of Petty and Earnhardt.

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Carl Fan

I agree with you. Isn't that just racin? It used to be in the TRUE Nascar Series.  To many rules....I have lost interest.Why can't things be the way they used to be.......Exciting to watch.   I say let them out on the track and let them hash it out amoungst themselves. It is all about publicity. What happened to the true sport of racing? For the win...not the cash

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Shaun H

I watched both the Talladega race and the Atlanta race.Both times Brad went down to the stripe and both times Carl decided to drive into Brad.Brad had the position, if Carl wanted to get in front of Brad, all he had to do is clear him before dropping in. Nobody owes it to Carl to slow down and get out of his way. It's that simple.Payback my eye.

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Shaun H

And one more thing, if incidents like the two I previously mentioned are the reason why Brad has picked up this reputation of his, then I have to wonder if that reputation is unfounded.If anyone wants to post up footage of Brad being a punk, I'd gladly watch it.

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Shaun H

And one more thing, if incidents like the two I previously mentioned are the reason why Brad has picked up this reputation of his, then I have to wonder if that reputation is unfounded.If anyone wants to post up footage of Brad being a punk, I'd gladly watch it.

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Shaun H

And one more thing, if incidents like the two I previously mentioned are the reason why Brad has picked up this reputation of his, then I have to wonder if that reputation is unfounded.If anyone wants to post up footage of Brad being a punk, a hot dog or even the cause of a wreck due to poor driving and decision-making on his part, I'd gladly watch it.

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Edmund Jenks

Aggression is aggression and Edwards was out of line on this incident, Keslowski being a hot dog not withstanding

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Mike the 2nd

Keselowski is WORST driver i think in the NSCS when it comes to aggressive driving. He has wrecked so many cars in the past that i dont think the ONE thing carl did on purpose should get him susspended

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ArizonaNighthawk5

Speaking only technically, if you view the incident preceding this you can plainly see that Keselowski was turning farther left trying to give Carl more room as Edwards cut down on him.  He was also backing off as evidenced by car 71 almost locking up behind him. It looks like Edwards is trying to blame Keselowski for his bad driving.  Also, no one will disagree that Edwards only came back on the track to take out Brad as it took him two very obvious tries before he was able to spin him out.  It shows that Carl doesn't have the maturity to be a truly professional driver.  As a very old former race driver that started out when NASCAR was just a few guys in the South East and ARCA was the main organization, Carl wouldn't make it in the REAL stock car racing you folks are saying you want from NASCAR. No one I know would back or sponsor him after that last stunt.  

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Bob Slayton

I'd like to know just how many drivers/cars Brad Keselowski has wrecked in the past 2 years? Wasn't there another incident last year in the Nationswide series when someone came back & wrecked Brad Keselowski after Brad intentionally wrecked him the race before? Brad Keselowski deserves what he gets. When it comes to getting some respect, first you need to show some respect. This goes not just for racing, but in life.

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keslowski has wrecked so many people hes wrecked carl twice in the sprint cup and spun carl twice in the nationwide in back to back races he was caused the wreck at talledega where mark martin got flipped hes had it comming for a while and he deserves it and if carl was really trying to mess him up he would have spun him into the wall instead of trying to turn him into the grass and accedentally flipping him

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Edmund Jenks

It come down to the result of the act ... and then the act itself. Carl didn't get what he wanted but he nearly killed a driver and if the shrapnel went through the fence, spectators as well. Tradin' paint is racing but trading body parts and putting spectators in danger isn't.

Edwards needs to be made an example of what is and is not tolerated and intentionally killing people isn't tolerable.

Further, I like the comments made by ArizonaNightHawk5 - Carl didn't exhibit the maturity to be a truly professional driver with that spinout move he made toward the end of a race he was completely out of the running in. Scott's Turf Builder can not think that this reflects well on their brand.

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Real race fan

What's it matter?NASCRAP is nothing more than 200MPH wrestling.

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Nascar and the sponsors might want to think about the legal liability of this sort of thing. If someone in the stands had been killed Edwards could be charged with manslaughter or negligent homicide, considering how he did it on purpose. And if Nascar allows or condones this sort of on-track revenge they could be liable too.

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C. McNatt

  If suspension is the punishment for what is going on between Carl and Brad then it would seem that both guys need to be suspended as it is obvious that they are both doing the same thing to each other.  If both of them are suspended perhaps they will think twice about wrecking one another.

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racing fan

 what carl did is just what alot of drivers wanted to do with brad he has alot of payback coming and I sure hope it gets  it brad doesnt   care whos bumper he is on when he is racing and who he spins out talking about racers and fans possibly getting hurt it couldnt get much worse than when brad put carl almost over the fence then went on to win race what was done to him then was he suspended? I think not  brad has no respect for any of the drivers he is racing against how much are they supposed to take of his crap

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Racedude

Keselowski has been cruising for bruising for a few years now.  He's as dirty as they get.  I'm surprised that more people haven't taken him out sooner.   Being that he's a Dale E. jr. (also know as Gooner),  discovery,  I call him Gooner Junior.   Every time he pulls one of his dirty moves, he should have the favor immediately returned.  When Roger Penske has to replace every car that Gooner Jr. destroys, maybe he'll put some pressure on the idiot to race right.   

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Some smart guy

Rveryone is all over Brad Leslowski for a couple of pretty minor accidents, but what about Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stuart, Dale Sr. I don't hear anyone bitchin about all the wrecks they have caused? You want to talk about Keslowski being "The worst Driver in Nascar" and having a bad rep.? Look at Mr. 4 time Champion and all the cars he wrecked and all the times they have been caught cheating and Nascar has just slaped their hand. I don;t agree at all with what Edwards did and I beleive he should be suspended and loose all points up to this point in the season. But all he was trying to do is what Hendrick cars do all the time and get away with it, he was just paying Brad back at 200 mph happend to get caught up in the moment. I garuntee you that if Brads car never leaves the ground Nascar never makes it an issue and there would be no talk of suspension. I just call that the Hendrick rule.

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