((Picture, thanks Mark Almond/Birmingham News))
al.com's Kevin Scarbinsky was less-than-pleased...
The Highlights:
Thank God that catch fence caught the low-flying plane of Carl Edwards on the last lap and threw it back on the track where it belonged.
Otherwise it could've been the death of countless men, women and children. Not to mention the death of a sport.
Is that too dramatic?
Tell it to the seven spectators in the area who were treated for what a track medical official described as minor injuries because the catch-fence didn't catch every piece of the flying Ford. One woman suffered what may have been a broken jaw, which is minor only if the jaw isn't yours.
Tell it to Edwards. His signature move may be the back flip off the roof after a victory, but he'd never before piloted a car that went toes over nose.
This is NASCAR racing at Talladega: There's a fine line between wrecking someone and killing someone.
It was the experienced Earnhardt who put the day in perspective -- and put a lot of people to shame.
"You have to understand that, like, for years, we have had wrecks like this every time we come to Talladega ever since the (restrictor) plate got here, and for years, it was celebrated. The media celebrated it, the network celebrated it, calling it the Big One, just trying to attract attention.
"So there's a responsibility with the media and the networks and the sanctioning body itself to come to their senses a little bit."
Tell it to the twisted promoters at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
They're offering 1,000 seats for their next NASCAR race at $14 each -- because that's how many cars were involved Sunday in the Big One that didn't come close to killing anyone.
Earnhardt said the drivers "have been saying this for years: racing like this is not a whole lot of fun."
It's not a whole lot of fun to watch, either, when sheet metal and your life both pass before your eyes.
And your Keselowski victory press conference ((thanks, al.com))
| Brad Keselowski at Talladega |
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