Carl Flies at Talladega

So, my favorite driver Carl Edwards was almost won the race at Talladega yesterday. However, Brad Keslowski, a rookie who has made only 5 starts, got around him as Carl tried to block him (Keslowski won). This block made Brad's car clip Carl's, which caused Carl's car to go airborne. When I say airborne, I mean AIRBORNE. Carl flew into the air, knocked the hood off Ryan Newman's car, flipped a few times (in the air), slammed into the fence that separates the grandstands and the track (7 fans had to be treated for injuries. Luckily, nothing too major happened), landed on the ground, barrel rolled a few time, landed upright, and caught on fire. Carl got out and was just fine. In fact, he was more than fine. When he got out of the car, he began to run in the direction of the finish line. Nobody knew what he was doing. the announcers thought he was in shock, and I was thinking Holy cow! My favorite driver has gone crazy! However, Carl was fine he ran across the finish line, and pumped his fists, getting a standing ovation from the crowd. He told the reporter afterwards that he wanted to see what NASCAR would do if presented with a situation like the in Talladega Nights (ironically). Carl was a good sport and congratulated Brad Keslowski, even though everyone watching knew Carl would have won. Lucky, nobody was hurt, which brings up a whole new argument. NASCAR really needs to move their seats back. Although it sounds funny, good thing Carl slammed into Newman before hitting the fence because if there had not been anything to slow the car's initial force, it very well could have jumped the grandstand fence and landed in the seat. NASCAR sells these seats right against the track for very cheap prices (no visibility). It almost seems like a cheap ticket to get hurt at some tracks, due to how close the seats are. Luckily, nobody sustained major injuries in this accident. Drivers themselves have even commented on this several times, saying that something needs to be done about safety. NASCAR has spent so much money on making the cars safer, especially after the death of Dale Earnhardt, but has just ignored the very realistic threat to fan safety. Also, it just makes NASCAR and its fans look bad when stuff like this happens. Stuff like this makes the anti-NASCAR people talk about how we are just a bunch of violence thriving rednecks that come to see people slam their cars into walls. No, if we wanted that, we would go to a demolition derby. If NASCAR wanted to rejuvenate the sport, it would do something to eliminate these stereotypes, which would open the sport to a new audience, without losing the life-time fans. So anyway, this race will really show us where NASCAR stands. Maybe some rules about passing on the last lap at Super Speedways will be changed (whole other argument, I could go on about that, but I won't). I at least hope the organization will take a look at safety regulations at the tracks. Congrats to Brad Keslowski on his first career Sprint Cup victory. I'm positive it won't be the last.