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Edwards Eager To Move On

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 15, 2008

If Carl Edwards fails to win the Sprint Cup title this year, he likely will always blame a six-day tailspin of trading paint, insults and shoves.

It culminated Saturday night when his 33rd-place finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway dropped him from second to fourth in the standings, a distant 168 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson with five races to go.

"I can guarantee you that if I had the week to do over again, the last seven days would be a lot different," Edwards said.

It all started with a 12-car wreck at Talladega that opened up Edwards to severe criticism from rival Kevin Harvick.

Upset with Harvick's attack, Edwards left him a sarcastic note at his airplane, then confronted him in the garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Photographs show Edwards grabbed Harvick by the neck before Harvick shoved him onto the hood of his car.

After all that excitement, Edwards had little to say the rest of the week.

"It seems the more I do or say this week, the worse off I am, so I just wanted to get to the end of the race," he said Saturday night. "I've never been so excited to race at Martinsville in my life."

Chasing Dreams

The long blonde hair hanging over the back of a racing suit covered with sponsor logos makes it apparent that Kristin Bumbera, right, is not your average racer.

Her record confirms it. The 21-year-old Late Models whiz from Texas not only looks like a sponsor's dream, but she drives like one, too, with two victories and 11 top-five finishes in 2008 in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Roseville, Calif.

Bumbera is one of 25 drivers vying this week in individual testing and evaluation sessions at South Boston (Va.) Speedway for one of 14 spots in NASCAR's sixth Drive for Diversity class. The candidates include 16 women and nine men, ranging in age from 17 to 29 and all hoping to earn a fully funded ride for 2009. The diversity program will support 10 teams in the Whelen Series, and four more in the Camping World Series.

The Associated Press

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