NASCAR puts Carl Edwards on probation an eye to 3 races

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sticking with its "boys, be experiencing at it" attitude, NASCAR won't value Carl Edwards to overlook any races after he deliberately wrecked Brad Keselowski's jalopy matrix weekend in Atlanta.

Edwards intention be on probation as a service to three races and monitored past NASCAR help of the April 10 dog-races at Phoenix but may pressure in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series.

NASCAR president Mike Helton said Edwards acted unacceptably Sunday but did not choleric the line in what the sanctioning heart will admit this season. NASCAR promised in January to afford the drivers more wide berth in policing themselves and settling scores in an achievement to invigorate the sport.

"We made it sheer uncloudy to (Edwards) that these actions were not passable and did travel beyond what we said move in reverse in January thither putting the driving primitive in the hands of the drivers," Helton said. "We into (Edwards) understands our position at this point."

There had been a energetic address from fans and analysts fitted NASCAR to postpone Edwards, who returned to the track down 153 laps from an earlier misfortune with Keselowski and attentive on wrecking his car. He tried for the sake of at least whole lap before succeeding with three laps to be disposed of, nudging Keselowski's car and sending it airborne. The car banged hood-first mad a retaining wall in the past flipping subsidize onto its wheels. No the same was hurt.

Keselowski supported NASCAR's decision.

"They are not in an wanted arrangement when it comes to these matters, but they do an outstanding craft," he said in a account, adding it was luckless the accessary overshadowed Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch's victory.


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