Talladega, Edwards' remarks on NASCAR's agenda
Friday, May. 01, 2009
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RICHMOND, VA - MAY 01: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, watches from the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents the Russ Friedman 400 at Richmond International Raceway on May 1, 2009 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
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RICHMOND, VA - MAY 01: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, waits in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents the Russ Friedman 400 at Richmond International Raceway on May 1, 2009 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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TALLADEGA, AL - APRIL 26: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Claritin Ford and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #09 Miccosukee Chevrolet, race during the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Carl Edwards (99) is airborne as Ryan Newman (39) hits the wall at the end of the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26, 2009. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
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TALLADEGA, AL - APRIL 24: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Clariton Ford prepares to drive during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
RICHMOND, Va. - Carl Edwards and his team owner, Jack Roush, met with NASCAR officials Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla., to discuss Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway and Edwards' comments afterward.
"I guess we'll do this until someone gets killed and then we'll change it," Edwards said after his car got airborne and hit the catch-fence between the track surface and grandstands, injuring several spectators.
"It was really a good talk, and I think that we're all on the same page and that we want to do whatever we can to make these races as safe as they can be for everybody - the fans and the drivers and all that," Edwards said Friday at Richmond Inernational Raceway.
"We've come a long ways in the last however many years, but there's still stuff that can be done.
"All we did was talk about things that really needed to be done, and they're working on ideas of things to be done, so I'm real excited about seeing what they come up with."
Was Edwards glad he had expressed his opinion immediately after the race? "Yeah, for sure. That's how I felt and that's what I believe.
"I also believe that there are things that can be done. We're all in this together – NASCAR, me, the owners, all the other drivers."
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