Filed under: Carl Edwards, Sprint Cup

Carl Edwards certainly has been full of what marketing-types like to call "crossover appeal."

He's been the star of AFLAC's main Olympic commercial. He's glanced the cover of Men's Health magazine while becoming a spokesman for healthy fast food chain Subway.

And, of course, he's become a favorite of the "SportsCenter" highlight reels with his trademark backflip after a win.

But Edwards, ever the effervescent spokesman and intelligent thinker when asked questions in news conferences, has obviously shown to have a much darker side on-track at times -- with none more evident than what he was penalized for Wednesday by NASCAR.

Edwards lost 60 Nationwide Series driver points, earned a $25K fine and will be on probation through the end of the calendar year for wrecking Brad Keselowski on the final lap of Saturday night's Nationwide race just outside St. Louis.

 

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