October 9, 2008

Witnesses say Edwards, Harvick Fight In Garage

Greg Biffle is not angry with his teammate Carl Edwards for starting a 12-car accident at Talladega Superspeedway.

Nor is Matt Kenseth.

Kevin Harvick? Not quite of it.

Witnesses said Edwards and Harvick scuffled Thursday in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway after Edwards entered the garage stall Harvick and the two engaged in a lively argument.

Harvick seems to try to withdraw, but witnesses said, Edwards has reached his shoulder to turn back around him. Harvick then pushed Edwards, who stumbled on the bonnet of the car Harvick, and both had to be separated.

Witnesses said a member of the team of Harvick had Edwards in a Headlock that many people have tried to separate the two.

Harvick was not available for comment.

Edwards did not deny both claims, but would not discuss the incident.

"The agreement with me and Harvick is between me and him and there's nothing else to talk," he said. "I am not talking about that. It's just what it is. We know where each other stand and that's all. "

Although photographers CIA Stock Photography and Lowe's Motor Speedway drew instant, both refused to show the photos to the Associated Press said they had no plans to publish the photos.

Edwards has triggered the crash late Sunday when he tried to push Biffle that the three Roush Fenway Racing racing cars competing for the lead. But his bumper hanging on the corner of Biffle, sending Biffle in a slideshow directly into Kenseth.

Several competitors of the championship have been caught in the fray, including Harvick, who had harsh words for Edwards and his strategy after the accident.

"I know that fans will not be very proud of him sitting there riding around as a thought," said Harvick in a national television interview. "Had he been running all day, perhaps he would have known how long the front of his car was."

The Charlotte Observer obtained a photo of a handwritten note Edwards Harvick driver before leaving Talladega.

In this document, he used an expletive to "thank" Harvick for criticizing him on television and sarcastically added: "I was really trying to screw all day. Love, Carl. "

Biffle and Kenseth were upset with their teammate, immediately after the accident, but said they were on him when they got to Lowe's.

"We can point fingers all day about what happened," said Biffle. "He understands that he made a mistake and there is nothing we can do about it now. Although he did not want to wreck itself, because that is what he did, it destroys itself.

"I do not know what else to say about it, but I'm not crazy about him."

Kenseth, who argued with Edwards last fall at Martinsville, said he was initially shocked by the accident but had spent it.

"Our relationship is good," Kenseth said. "I was disappointed. I think Carl knew better. He was preaching the thing to be cautious and to work together and teammates and everything, so I was disappointed it happened, but it was an accident and it will happen. "