Blog: Caught in the draft can be scary feeling

Dale Earnhardt Jr. summed it up the best, “Some guys need to learn how to bump, a couple of them, they hit too hard, and it doesn’t accomplish anything.” These were the words of a very frustrated Dale Earnhardt Jr, after Carl Edwards tried bumping his teammate Greg Biffle to the lead going into turn 3, but instead bumped him a little too hard and triggered the big one on lap 174. Also collected in the crash was his other Roush/Fenway teammate Matt Kenseth, who is also a chase racer. All in all, Carl was able to take out a total of 11 cars, 5 of them were in the Chase for the Sprint cup Championship which included himself, as well as Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kyle Bush and Kevin Harvick. This was all of the drivers biggest fear, coming to a track that is known for its close side by side racing at speeds in... [read full story]                    

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