Holly Cain
fanhouse.com

While the verdict is still out from NASCAR officials on whether to penalize Carl Edwards for a dangerous retaliatory crash he caused late in Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, there has been plenty of judgment rendered elsewhere.

Opinions have varied from those calling for Edwards’ suspension to others shrugging off the whole matter with a wink-wink, “boys will be boys.”

On the far extremes, fan reaction on FanHouse has ranged from calls for this to be considered a criminal matter to those who think Edwards’ target, the young driver Brad Keselowski, “had it coming.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr., who fielded a car for Keselowski in the Nationwide Series the past two seasons, said he didn’t see what happened but was glad Keselowski wasn’t injured.

“What happened there is between them,” Earnhardt said. “I’ve got nothing to do with that.”

Third-place finisher Juan Pablo Montoya didn’t witness the accident either but didn’t sound entirely surprised it happened either. Last year, he even suggested that Keselowski’s team would be well-advised to bring older cars to the track.

“I said that last year because he wrecked a lot of people,” Montoya said. “I’m sure a lot of people wanted to pay him back. And looking at the TV, somebody did.”

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