Carl should have whooped his ass.
Harvick, Edwards exchange words, scuffle in garage
Harvick, Edwards exchange words, scuffle in garage
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008
CONCORD, N.C. - Sprint Cup Series drivers Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards got into a verbal and physical altercation Thursday afternoon in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway, several witnesses confirmed.
The incident started in the garage beside Harvick's No. 33 Chevrolet when Edwards walked over from his area, located two spaces down, to talk to Harvick, witnesses said.
After heated words were exchanged, the witnesses said, Harvick appeared to turn away from Edwards, who then reached for Harvick's shoulder, as if to turn him back around. Harvick responded by shoving Edwards, who landed on the No. 33 Chevrolet, denting the right-front section of the hood.
People who saw the altercation, including the driver of Harvick's motorcoach, Jeff Smith, jumped in to separate Edwards and Harvick, the witnesses said. At one point, Smith had Edwards in a headlock, the witnesses said, but no punches were apparently exchanged between the drivers.
Photos were taken of the incident, but were not immediately available.
The confrontation stemmed from remarks Harvick made after Sunday's race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, in which Harvick called Edwards a "pansy" for riding around in the back of the pack before eventually moving to the front and running with the leaders. Soon after joining the lead pack, Edwards' car hit teammate Greg Biffle's car, touching off a 12-car wreck that collected Harvick, among others.
Before returning to North Carolina last weekend, Edwards left a handwritten note for Harvick with the pilot of Harvick's plane. The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com obtained a photo of the note, which said, "Kevin, Thanks for (expletive) me on TV - I was really trying to screw up everyone's day. Love, Carl."
Neither Edwards nor Harvick would comment further and Edwards declined several times to address the matter when asked about it while meeting with reporters in the Cup garage.
NASCAR had no immediate comment.