I think the last couple days I have been so busy at work that I just threw up a couple blogs regarding the Carl Edwards/Matt Kenseth confrontation without commenting on what I thought about the whole thing. So here's my take:

First, as I have stated, I didn't see the altercation when it initially happened. So thank you, racefan, for bringing it to my attention. When I first watched the video, I have to admit, it made me smile. I never could have seen this coming. And apparently, neither did Kenseth. He looked a bit surprised.

I like knowing that there's still a fire in Cousin Carl. I like that he acted on his frustration and let Kenseth, his own teammate, know of his discontent. He may regret it now, but I still like knowing that spark is still alive in him.

Drivers get so expressionless and robot-like that it's a breath of fresh air to see this type of behavior every now and then. It shows me that there's still some passion out there.

I think I now have a better understand of why folks like Tony Stewart so much. I suspect with a teammate like Kyle Busch in 2008, I will be busy uploading a lot of video. The only difference that I am predicting is that if Tony is that close to Busch, I think his fist will make contact. I don't think he's afraid to follow through.

I am sure good ol' Jack Roush will get things all ironed out between the boys before the race this weekend at Alanta Motor Speedway.

I'll be back tomorrow with stats, facts and my picks for this weekend's race.

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