rick: kyle larson s vantage point. he had to also check up hard on the brakes to avoid running into the back of martin truex jr. carl edwards in the yaris 19 taking the low line to try to clear everyone. a smoke screen put out by the 41 of kurt busch. dave. martin truex talking to his crusade i had no idea he was going to slow down that fast. i just ran him over. steve: you described that like you ve done it. mr. burton. rick: difficult racetrack. we talk about the surface being very abrasive. as you mentioned before, you have to brake. you have to work the brakes hard here. jeff: the thing that makes darlington different is as the run goes, i know he didn t run many laps, the drivers change the entry. they change the speed of where they enter the corner depending on where they want to run. sometimes the guy behind you misjudges. rick: back after the break for the restart. keselowski and harvick on the front row. where now you can search with the power of carfax®
green flag back in the air! they fan out three wide. trying to make a pass on the inside. denny hamlin makes a move. hamlin aggressive on the restart. he ll take second away from keselowski. throw wide behind them. keselowski back to third. side by side for fourth. carl edwards has to hit every mark, get into a rhythm, seven laps to go. joey logano trying to stay in front of kevin harvick. harvick, was so close to front. now he s got to find his way back. six to go. rick: carl edwards, six laps away from the southern 500 win. denny hamlin, .4 seconds behind him. steve: talked about managing tires, managing the race. here we are coming with five laps to go. short run on the tires. it s all about who has the fastest car and does the best job of limiting mistakes. denny hamlin is trying to push carl edwards, force him into a mistake. rick: carl edwards continuing to run his line. no traffic in front of him. no one to disturb him up front. he s got to keep his eye on his
Over a week after being selected for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2025, Carl Edwards is still processing the honor. Edwards unexpectedly retired from NASCAR Cup Series competition in January 2017.
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