Carl Edwards claims he is “grateful” for not winning the 2016 Cup title
NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl Edwards has claimed that he is grateful for not winning the 2016 Cup championship.
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The NASCAR community inducted Carl Edwards to the Hall of Fame recently, honoring the impressive career he had in the top-tier. In his short career, Edwards left an impact on the sport, something even some of the champion racers couldn’t match, and him ending his career abruptly following the 2016 Cup title loss shocked the whole racing community.
Carl Edwards, who is known for being someone who likes to speak, had what many claim the best Hall of Fame speech ever during the HOF ceremony. In the speech while thanking everyone for their support over the years, he recalled the special moments from 2016 championship-4 race at Homestead before things went south.
But 2016 … Homestead was one of the best races I’ve run in my life. I don’t care that we don’t have that championship, I knew with about 20 laps to go in that race what it felt like to have a championship team to run the championship race with Dave Rodgers and those guys. That was special.
Carl Edwards said during Hall of Fame speech.
He then recalled how after the strong start, the controversial incidents during the restart ruined his chances of winning the championship. But he isn’t too sad now about not winning, instead grateful he didn’t as the whole drama made him think more about his career so far and truly appreciate it before calling iot quits.
That restart didn’t work out, and this is something, the theme of this is gratitude and this is going to sound strange, but I’m so grateful that we didn’t win that championship. I’m so grateful. It gave me time to go home and think about a few things. I looked at my career, it was beyond my wildest dreams. I mean, beyond my wildest dreams.
Carl Edwards added.
Carl Edwards regret how he retired from the sport
Before the HOF ceremony, Carl Edwards in an interview pointed out that he doesn’t regret retiring when he was at the peak of his career. But he admitted that his decision was so abrupt and doesn’t thing it wasn’t gracious as should have.
I don’t regret leaving. I could have probably done it better. I wasn’t good at it. I never even considered doing something like that. So, if I had to do it over again, I probably could have done it in a more gracious way.
Carl Edwards said.
The retirement at the peak of his career is something that shaped the legacy Carl Edwards have now as if he had stayed in the sport for more, he might have won more titles, but the impact might have different. It would be interesting to see what the future holds for Edwards.
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