CHICAGO — Carl Edwards, who won last Saturday’s race at Richmond and finished the first 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events as the series leader, hopes the flap over the closing laps at Richmond can be a net positive for the sport.
“There are still a lot of things in the air, and I don’t personally know where all the lines are,” Edwards said Thursday during Chase Media Day. “And so I think that what we will see here in the next few weeks… we’ll see some real clarity and direction on what is morally acceptable and right or wrong, but also what NASCAR is OK with.
“I think that will be important. The other thing is, I hope we see that this doesn’t diminish our sport. I hope it isn’t a negative. I hope it makes people interested in the complexities of our sport, that there is a lot more going on here than just guys driving around in a circle. That’s what I hope.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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