Carl Edwards’ Las Vegas Aggression Is a Positive Sign

Carl Edwards is not making too many friends early on in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. One week after the 2011 Sprint Cup runner-up took Ryan Newman out of contention late in the race at Phoenix, Edwards did the same to his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. On a late restart in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas, Edwards, who was fifth at the time, took teammates Kenseth and Greg Biffle three-wide going into Turn 1 while racing for third. Edwards cleared Kenseth and got right up to Biffle's door but slipped just a little, which caused Kenseth to move up the track and into pole-sitter Kasey Kahne sending both Kenseth and Kahne into the wall and out of contention. Kahne finish 19th while Kenseth, who had a car capable ...

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