Carl Edwards raised the ceiling of its car, balanced its physicist, he gave a fast look on his shoulders to make sure that everything was clear, and later did an incredible demonstration of physical skill turning 360º his body to fall firmly in the asphalt of Atlanta. This was the particular form to celebrate his first victory of the Nextel series of NASCAR.
Edwards hardly beat on the line of goal to the experienced Jimmie Johnson by 0,028 seconds.
“He almost does not leave”, said Edwards to me after his pirouette. “Plaintiff has been a race very and the truth very I am tired.”
Edwards, besides overcoming Johnson, finished the race with one of the back tires on the verge of undoing. The owner of the equipment for which Edwards competes, Roush Jack, did not finish understanding as his pilot were able to gain to the Chevrolet de to him Johnson with the tires in those conditions.
“The determination and the talent of Carl have been seen like never in the last return of the race”, said Roush. “It has done a work fascinating and I feel very proud to thus have a pilot in my equipment.”
And without Roush doubts it was not mistaken. The last return in the oval of Atlanta was not apt for cardiac. Edwards undertook a strong attack in the last turn striking paragolpes back of the Chevy de Johnson. This last one tried to block by all sides its opponent, but Edwards was beyond she surpassed and it by the dirty part of the track, that is to say by the sector of above of the oval.
“I must admit that Jimmie Johnson is an amazing competitor”, Edwards said. “This has been the most difficult situation that it was called on to me to face like professional pilot. I am quite proud of this.”
But Edwards not only celebrated their victory in the Nextel series. Saturday held the attacks of Johnson and Stewart to take a wonderful victory in the Busch series.
“What can more be asked! ”, the pilot of 25 years exclaimed. “This it has been a perfect weekend and I will never forget”, culminated saying it Edwards, who until year beginnings only counted on 13 races of experience in NASCAR the Nextel circuit.
“Clearly it is a nascent express”, thought Johnson. “I dare to say that she will be the next superstar of the series.”
Johnson was the pilot whom more returning she led, a total of 156, and attributed their defeat to a conduction error.
“I committed a small error and this cost the triumph to me”, excused Jimmie. The error to which Johnson makes reference is when its Chevy lost the suitable line of transit in the last turn.
The note of the day gave to Casey Mears causing a multiple accident it that cost the race to them to Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte. The mess was like the race paused by 10 minutes whereas the workers cleaned the rest of the accident.
“I thought that it could happen that way”, Gordon said, that hit the inner wall. “I saw the smoke, but all lowered of blow and I was myself against the wall.”
This incident also damaged slightly to Ford Taurus of the leader of the points, Kurt Busch. The champion finally concluded 32º and fell until 4º square of the championship.
Meanwhile Dale Earnhardt Jr did not show signs of improvement in its Chevrolet Montecar it. Junior was slow all the weekend, beginning 35º and finishing 24º.

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