"That's the way it is. We do our best. We're put in this box by NASCAR and we have to race this way. If you look at how the final four cars were finishing, you had to be pushing the guy in front of you."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was pushing Ryan Newman and Brad Keselowski was pushing Edwards. Coming to the finish, Keselowski wanted to get around Edwards.
Edwards edged up to block Keselowski and Keselowski headed back to the yellow line. And as Edwards tried to slide back down in front of him, Edwards' No. 99 Ford got turned and airborne.
"NASCAR can talk about aggressive driving zones all they want, but you aren't going to win a race unless you are pushing a guy all the way around the race track...so, you end up having to wreck people or having to get second and none of us want to do that." Edwards said.
Edwards' car came to a rest just before the start/finish line and before getting in the ambulance Edwards went the few feet to the finish in a symbolic gesture. "I didn't know if it mattered if I went across the finish line, but I just wanted to finish the race," he said.
Magic Man & El Diablo would be proud.
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