The Fueds In NASCAR, When Will It End...

Where did it all start between Kyle Edwards driver of the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion and Brad Keselowski driver of #12 Mopar FLOTV Dodge Charger. Some say it started back at the Aarons 499 Talladega Super speedway when Brad Keselowski moved to the inside when Edwards went high to block him in the final 400 yards of the 188-lap race. Edwards slid back down the track in another attempt to block, but Keselowski already was inside his left-rear quarter panel. Contact between the cars turned Edwards and lifted his rear tires off the pavement. Edwards flew into the path of third-place finisher Ryan Newman’s Chevrolet, and that collision launched Edwards into the fence, Ryan Newman’s wrecked car crossed the finish line 3rd.
It appears that Edwards has crossed the line, and even seemed to realize it after the crash went wrong, during Edwards interview, he was brief in the comments he made to the media, he told NASCAR officials that he got into Keselowski on purpose, but he did not intend to send him flying on the frontstretch into the safety barrier wall on his roof, coming back on all four tires to the inside lane crossing back across traffic coming to rest against the safety barrier wall.
Even after Edwards being 150 laps down at the time of the incident and Keselowski was running a top-five finish.


The retaliation from the Talladega with Keselowski having turned Edwards and sent his car airborne and into the catchfence at Talladega Superspeedway last spring as they both raced for a win. The two drivers started to get together earlier during Sundays Atlanta race when they bumped each other on Lap 41 shoving Edwards into the #20 Home Depot Toyota of Joey Logano, sending both cars to the garage.
But Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition for NASCAR, said the governing body would take its time in examining all the facts before deciding what to do with Edwards, whose No. 99 Roush Fenway Ford was ordered to the garage after wrecking the No. 12 of Keselowski




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Another Top-Ten Finish For Stewart...

Now that Tony Stewart had gotten his second top-10 finish with completing the Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with a strong seventh place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot racing for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) led twice for a total of 7 laps out of the 267 lap race, and that was the only time we heard about Tony Stewart at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Expecting for Tony to come out and take charge of a speedway. Tony stated “We ended up seventh, which is alright, but we always want more”. Considering a ninth finish last Sunday at Fontana, California. Tony Stewart struggled on the restarts and it took a couple of laps to get in with the lead pack.


Tony felt that the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Impala was tight in the center of the track’s corners and loose on exit, at times Stewart was at pace with the leader, if not faster. But was not able to catch the leader.

During the quick work of the Old Spice/Office Depot pit crew, with adjusting the chassis, a series of wedge, track bar and tire pressure adjustments, Tony was able to crack a top-five after 90 laps at the 1.5 mile oval. But Stewart was not able to hold a top-five, by lap 108 he fell back to seventh, a spot he would hold for much of the race. Stewart stayed out on two green flags when other teams had to make scheduled pit stops. Tony lead on laps 164-165 and laps 215-219 before he was called in to make his requisite pit stops.
Stewart was holding the fifth-place when a final caution came out on lap 230. Only 11 other drivers were on the lead lap and the call was made to come in for four tires and a splash of gas. Stewart came in on fifth place and came out of pit row, yep you guessed it, seventh for the final 33 laps of the race. But since Stewart having problems with restarts, at the final green flag to the finish, he struggled to get the Old Spice/Office Depot dropped back to ninth in just one lap. Stewart tried using the remainder of the laps to get back what he lost, to get back to at least seventh or a top-10 finish.

Stewart’s SHR teammate, Ryan Newman, finished 18th in his No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet.

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