Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander

If you watched the Kobalt 500 NASCAR race on Sunday
you saw some vindictive action at the end of the
race that has NASCAR scrabbling to find a solution.
Sprint Cup regulars Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski
have not been the closest of friends. Last year at
Talladega Keselowski bumped Edwards and sent him
spinning through the infield. Another incident in a
Nationwide race at Fontana reignited the flare-up.
On Sunday Edward's car moved down into Keselowski's
car in turn 2 and Edwards bounced off into the path
of Joey Logano. Both the 99 and the 20 cars went to
the garage for repairs, but both returned later in the
race, but behind by at least 140 laps. Keselowski was
headed for a top ten finish when as he passed Edwards
the 99 car intentionally turned him around. At 190 miles
per hour the 12 car spun, went airborne, and then slammed
the wall upside down. Keselowski walked away from the
crash, but was visibly upset. NASCAR black-flagged Edwards,
brought him to the pits, and placed him 36th in the final
standings of the 43 car field. NASCAR says they are not
finished with disciplinary actions for Edwards.
Being a Kevin Harvick fan,...might I remind race fans of
the 2002 race season when Harvick had some similar actions.
He spun out a car in the Busch series...had some fisticuffs
with Greg Biffle, and then retaliated against Chad Little by
bumping him into the wall. Harvick was 'parked' for the
Virginia 500 Sunday race at Martinsville that year. It was the
first time in 54 years that NASCAR had forced a driver to
miss a race for on-track actions. Kenny Wallace was hired
to drive Harvick's number 29 that race. If the precedent has
been set,...then it should apply to Edwards now. He smiles a
lot in his commercials and is buddy-buddy with the TV crews,
but Carl Edwards is a loose cannon and needs to be taught
a lesson. At 190 miles an hour, the race track is not the place
to carry a grudge with another driver.