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Article: NASCAR SPRINT CUP: ; Heat missing from Busch-Edwards rivalry
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- August 31, 2008
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FONTANA, Calif. - What rivalry?
Kyle Busch jokingly says Carl Edwards is his "bff," texting
shorthand for best friend forever. Edwards stopped short of such a
commitment, but he did say, "I feel like we really have been good
competitors."
The two NASCAR Sprint Cup stars caused a sensation - and evoked
images of great rivalries past - last Saturday night at Bristol when
Edwards nudged a dominating Busch aside to take the lead with 30
laps to go and the two then exchanged postrace bumps after Edwards
won.
The fans at the Tennessee track ate up the action, hooting with
glee. But the bumping prompted NASCAR to chastise the two drivers
and later to put both of them on probation for six races.
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