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Here are some of the racing incidents that Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski have been involved in.

Here is the most recent crash from Atlanta, this is the one where Carl paid Brad back:

This video includes where Carl came down on Brad and he wrecked in Atlanta earlier that same day:

Here is a video from the wild finish at Talladega last year where people were hurt with debris:

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Nascar is holding a news conference today at 12:30 PM, it should’ve already started by now, but the live video feed hasn’t updated yet, check here. Update: It has started now. The short of it sounds like Carl is going on probation for the next three races. Yawn. It’s a racing deal I say, suspension would’ve been too much punishment as this has been building up for awhile. The audio on the news feed is very low for some reason, so not sure what kind of questions he is being asked.

Below are some of the videos taken at the speedway featuring the wreck caused by Carl.

In the other news, Kurt Busch wins the spring Atlanta race, taking advantage of the wreck caused by Carl and Brad and holding off Matt Kenseth for the win.

Here is how they finished:
1 11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 190/5 341 Running 176,498
2 14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Valvoline 170/0 341 Running 170,151
3 3 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 170/5 341 Running 149,306
4 6 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 170/10 341 Running 146,890
5 23 98 Paul Menard Ford CertainTeed / Menards 160/5 341 Running 100,750
6 25 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia / Best Buy 150/0 341 Running 120,926
7 26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 146/0 341 Running 117,623
8 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford U.S. Census 142/0 341 Running 88,525
9 35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 138/0 341 Running 127,776
10 32 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 134/0 341 Running 97,398
11 12 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Lance Snacks / Tom’s Snacks 130/0 341 Running 106,973
12 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 127/0 341 Running 128,178
13 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 124/0 341 Running 114,198
14 38 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 121/0 341 Running 84,925
15 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 118/0 341 Running 92,425
16 34 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 120/5 341 Running 73,575
17 7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Tornados 112/0 341 Running 103,604
18 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard / DuPont 109/0 341 Running 119,426
19 8 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza 111/5 341 Running 83,450
20 22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 108/5 341 Running 111,815
21 20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 105/5 341 Running 91,200
22 21 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 97/0 341 Running 74,575
23 18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 99/5 341 Running 83,225
24 30 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Wave Energy Drink 96/5 341 Running 70,775
25 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 93/5 341 Running 125,556
26 37 38 David Gilliland Ford Charter Air Transport / Taco Bell 90/5 341 Running 92,710
27 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 82/0 341 Running 79,275
28 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 79/0 340 Running 81,025
29 24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 76/0 340 Running 107,479
30 40 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver’s 73/0 339 Running 74,200
31 41 37 Kevin Conway * Ford Extenze 70/0 334 Running 88,698
32 42 26 Boris Said Ford Sacred Power / Southern Pride Trucking 67/0 333 Running 77,525
33 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet HendrickCars.com / GoDaddy.com 64/0 331 Accident 90,650
34 31 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO 61/0 329 Running 69,375
35 29 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 58/0 323 Running 105,580
36 28 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Mopar / FLO TV 55/0 322 Accident 96,065
37 17 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 52/0 211 Running 77,270
38 33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 54/5 175 Clutch 69,235
39 10 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts 46/0 170 Parked 105,023
40 9 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 43/0 167 Overheating 99,566
41 27 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 40/0 48 Brakes 69,115
42 43 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports 37/0 37 Transmission 69,065
43 39 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shelton 34/0 3 Accident 80,702

In case you missed the end of the Nationwide series race today, which Clint Bowyer won by the way, Denny Hamlin called Brad Keselowski an idiot after his remarks on what happened on the track today as Brad wrecked Denny.

I think we have a rivalry growing here, check out the video below, which has Brad’s comments that made Denny call him an idiot, and it also has a little run in they had in Charlotte.

It looked to me like Brad just took him out, so it will be interesting to see what happens in the future, I think Denny is smarter than to try something during the Chase, but you never know.

Here are the points standings after todays race:
1. — Kyle Busch 4,549 —
2. — Carl Edwards 4,338 -211
3. — Brad Keselowski 4,252 -297
4. — Jason Leffler 3,749 -800
5. +1 Steve Wallace 3,259 -1,290
6. -1 Justin Allgaier 3,240 -1,309
7. — Jason Keller 3,125 -1,424
8. +1 Mike Bliss 3,120 -1,429
9. -1 Brendan Gaughan 3,063 -1,486
10. — Michael McDowell 2,978 -1,571

As I said on Twitter yesterday, you either have a good day or a bad day at Talladega, and Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and others were involved in a big early wreck Sunday, bringing an early end to many drivers day. Check out the video:

This, of course, is one of the reasons that there are many first time winners at Talladega, and Brad Keselowski has joined that list. When the big one happens, there are always drivers who are favorites to win the race that get put out, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick and others, allowing the drivers who don’t win as much, a shot at the title. The very first race at Talladega, Richard Petty and other didn’t think the tires could take the track and wanted to skip that race and Nascar let them allowing Richard Brickhouse to get the win.

Here is a shot of the other big one from Talladega Sunday.

Of course we can’t forget the big finish in which Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski drove past Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take first and second. Brad tried to go high, Carl blocked, he went low and got the position on him and he tried to block him again, spinning Edwards, who then flipped over the hood of Ryan Newman sending him flying into the safety fence where 7 or 8 fans were injured. I really hate the fact that anyone got hurt, but it was one heck of a finish. Carl Edwards climbed out of his car and jogged across the finish line ala Talladega Nights.

Nascar is thinking about passing out penalties for aggressive driving and blocking after Sunday’s events, saying, “We might have to start making some judgment calls of our own and issue penalties for drivers who blatantly block and abuse the bump drafting. We’re going to take whatever measures we need to in order to ensure the races are as safe as possible for everyone.” I wouldn’t mind seeing them try to do something about the blocking, but, aggressive driving is an exciting part of Nascar.

Just when you think Nascar is getting boring and predictable, you get an exciting race such as this one.
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