If you thought #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. was considering any sort of payback on #19-Carl Edwards for a racing incident Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, you thought wrong. Earnhardt used his forum on the “Dale Jr. Download” – a weekly podcast on the driver’s Dirty Mo Radio network – to explain to fans why he won’t be retaliating against Edwards. “A lot of people want me to go wreck Carl,” he said. “I’m not going to do that, because if I’m trying to wreck Carl, I’m not winning Kansas, I’m not winning Talladega. You can’t go chase after a guy and put him out of the race and accomplish what your goals are. Our goals are to go to those races and win, that’s what we’re going to do.” Two laps prior to the incident, Earnhardt had thrown a big block on Edwards while racing for position. Earnhardt said he didn’t want to give up a spot in the Chase, and was racing hard at that point in the race. But when he tried it again two laps later, Edwards held his ground. The cars made contact and Earnhardt hit the wall, but Earnhardt said it was “both of our responsibility.” “We’re not going to worry about Carl or start some (bull) show between me and him,” he said. “It’s over and done.”(USA Today)(10-13-2015)
