Checkered Countdown: Top-Five Kansas Finishes

No. 3 Carl Edwards tries an insane move but can’t beat Jimmie Johnson to the line (2008).

One of the craziest moves I can recall happened at Kansas in 2008. Johnson was leading during the final lap but Edwards had caught him. When the two got to the entrance of turn three Edwards was still a few car lengths away from the leader. Although he knew that would be his only chance to win, and dove to the inside of Johnson. He was carrying too much speed in the corner though, and the car slid up the track in what initially looked to be a perfect slidejob pass. It was not a slidejob though: the car never stopped going up the racing surface and slammed into the wall with the right side. Edwards didn’t give up and kept driving it, but Johnson easily got by him again and won the race.