CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sticking with its "boys, have at it" disposition, NASCAR won't force Carl Edwards to miss any races after he wilfully wrecked Brad Keselowski's car pattern weekend in Atlanta.
Edwards resolve be on probation owing three races and monitored on NASCAR through the April 10 marathon 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 figure in what the sanctioning corpse will-power admit this season. NASCAR promised in January to afford the drivers more scope in policing themselves and settling scores in an achievement to invigorate the sport.
"We made it exceedingly uncloudy to (Edwards) that these actions were not ok and did operate beyond what we said following in January about putting the driving back in the hands of the drivers," Helton said. "We believe (Edwards) understands our feeling at this point."
There had been a energetic address from fans and analysts for NASCAR to suspend Edwards, who returned to the line down 153 laps from an earlier disaster with Keselowski and end on wrecking his car. He tried through despite at least one lap beforehand succeeding with three laps to be disposed of, nudging Keselowski's car and sending it airborne. The motor banged hood-first potty a retaining stockade drive crazy ahead flipping subsidize onto its wheels. No one was hurt.
Keselowski supported NASCAR's decision.
"They are not in an enviable predication when it comes to these matters, but they do an important job," he said in a statement, adding it was unfortunate the accident overshadowed Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch's victory.
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