Edwards Gives Reasons for Leaving

They always say first causes. About most scared or thereabouts and resisted talking about this and got this whole process by now everyone has heard about Carl Edwards shocking announcement. He's stepping away from NASCAR. In his press conference yesterday he gave three reasons why it's teared up when reporters were talking about his reputation as a mid western sentiment. I'm like to have me and this is podtrac on the motor racing network. MRN dot com your online destination for all things NASCAR it's looking for the latest NASCAR news Ameren dot com. NASCAR stands for fantasy racing MRN dot com. Opinion pieces from award winning motor sports writers MRN dot com. Race schedules series standings and photos Ameren dot com. Live race grieving and audio and video podcast that you can't miss. And him are in dot com stay up to date with a all things NASCAR MRN dot com. Hi everybody this is Mike back please join me every Tuesday night for NASCAR live this one hour interactive show. Picture beyond the typical story lines in NASCAR with the stars for the sport the celebration that part of it afterward. Get him back 1130 like oh what. NASCAR live also gives you in depth analysis with the opponents hop personality because for me at the decisive moment of the what plan check it out NASCAR live this Tuesday night at 7 eastern on the motor racing network. Carl Edwards started out by quickly thinking give kids teammates fans and the media. Before going into his reasons for deciding to step away from faltering race. The reasons are pretty straightforward and. Every able. Number one. I am truly. Person I'm personally satisfied that my career and I don't right now I think. Just got some extras if you want to send my way of it but true if you guys know. You guys know that I don't bricks just for the who's this is always better really. It's been a neat journey for me so is that something that I've been rewarded by the challenges in this and racecar driver sitting here Rick. And you know how it is scary. In so many ways to go race I mean I initially first the rest of the problem my deserts there. And I thought that I've ever had about a half second later I told my book right up. That he hit to go back down. I thought that is going to be tough to see go from that says. You know. Work up the courage to ask people would rather hearty. Input situations where you know if you drive well and you win you get sponsorship and everything works and go into that whole process of becoming a better person a stronger person a better competitor. A better teammate a better friend to people. That's a big give it to accomplish and I know I sit memories are. It that I can I am a desperate for a very very big and so whether or not had a championship that. I'm recessed. So strongly virtual enterprise along with that he would know that. I'm saving it or hear this stuff but obviously. Second reason is that I can get he sympathy from anyone in the room but this is all encompassing thing you guys. We do this and it's full time and not just the physical time but I wake up in more I think about race I think battled it does it think about it. Have dreams about it and that's just how it is after forty years. And I need to take that time right now and devoted to. People and things that are that are important things that really passionate about. And and the third reason is my health. I can stand here healthy that's a testament after all the races I've done and all the stupid stuff but donors are that is true testament. To NASCAR. The tracks. To people who built race cars my competitors into the drivers who come before me who have been support. Having said that though it's a risky sport where the points. I don't like how it feels that they you know it's that we take and yeah I'm sure guys and I wanna be assured that thirty years so those those risks or something that I wanna him. Now five foot those three things together. That brings us to the timing of this slight shock I know. Keeping about the scene from. Force coverage stops running. So. If I put those three things together. The timing and this is is now. During the Q winning session it was brought up that average has always done the right thing in live by the rules of do your job do you work behind people and your reputation will follow. And that's the thought they got an emotional. For some data source. Damn camera shutters or kill them. There's a life off for a. I'm sorry this. The size of the says think about I I want to support via. To do the right thing. I do not post and you know just like anyway and I think that was checked over. With Edwards stepping out the rainy it's gonna be champion Daniel Suarez we'll move into the nineteen car. I like spending in this defense contracts on the motor racing network.