Carl Edwards’ Richmond Win Won’t Curb Fallout from Tony Stewart’s Comments

When Carl Edwards wins a Sprint Cup race, a feat achieved in consecutive weeks now, it seems like a triumph of truth, justice and the American way. As Edwards performs his familiar backflip—one cannot help but wonder if one day, he will be too old for such nonsense and disaster will ensue—one half expects flowers to bloom amid the garden of empty seats that greet almost every NASCAR winner these days. If NASCAR were baseball and Darrell Waltrip were Vin Scully—and, boogity, boogity, are they not—then Edwards would be a two-out pick-me-up in the bottom of the ninth. NASCAR needed that clutch hit from Edwards, who bumped teammate Kyle Busch's Toyota out of the way on the final lap at Richmond International Racewa...

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