Carl Edwards: 10 Defining Moments In His NASCAR Career

The Final Straw (2016)

There’s only so much a human being can take before they are forced to reevaluate their life and their career. It is believed that is what happened to Carl Edwards sometime during the 2016 Cup Series season when he three races in the regular, made The Chase, continued to be a dominant fixture in The Chase, but was ultimately taken out of contention for a championship on a restart with ten to go.

It all happened so fast. One minute Edwards was at the front of the field and a mere ten laps from nabbing the championship trophy that alluded him for so long, the next moment he received a bump from fellow Chase contender, Joey Logano, and found his race spinning into traffic Edwards would finish the season in fourth and would later let it be known that he was retiring from the sport.