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When Carl Edwards Made NASCAR’s First Video Game Move

Before Ross Chastain’s “video game move” with the now famous Hail Melon at Martinsville it was Carl Edwards who accomplished such a feat. In the 2008 fall Kansas race he and Jimmie Johnson were in a tight hunt for the 2008 championship, and the winner of this race would lead the other in the points with only 7 races remaining in the campaign. With it we saw Edwards put up a move of both pure desperation and pure badass craziness that NASCAR is so readily known for. This is the time when Carl Edwards made NASCAR's first video game move.

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Outro Song:
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31 comments

Isaac May 5, 2023 at 7:31 pm

Carl Edwards walked so Ross Chastain could wall ride.

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Айбек Соколов May 5, 2023 at 8:17 pm

yeah he did Lmfao

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Jermaine Boyd May 5, 2023 at 8:34 pm

Right on lol.

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David Gardner May 6, 2023 at 12:36 am

This comment is perfect. Well done, good sir

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SkyBlazer RC May 5, 2023 at 7:31 pm

Watching Carl do that live was so awesome

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Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD May 5, 2023 at 10:31 pm

Yep I watched him do that live too it was incredible.

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John Vandeventer May 5, 2023 at 7:31 pm

I honestly wish it worked. The two races after that failed video game move were the ones that costed him the championship

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Austin Emms May 5, 2023 at 7:36 pm

This would cement Carl Edwards as one of the 75 Greatest Drivers Ever, even if he wasn’t a great driver, which he was 20 times over.

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JGR4LIFE May 5, 2023 at 7:39 pm

I watched this race on the NASCAR YouTube channel earlier. I needed some Kansas nostalgia. One of many underrated races in 2008.

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Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD May 5, 2023 at 10:30 pm

This race wasn’t that underrated. Also the 2008 Daytona 500 was pretty good.

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Big Hand May 5, 2023 at 11:04 pm

Yeah

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NGPG May 5, 2023 at 7:39 pm

Congrats Carl on being named one of the 75 greatest NASCAR drivers of all time!

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NASCARFAN93100 May 5, 2023 at 7:40 pm

Carl Edwards is a Legend

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Cito Browne May 5, 2023 at 7:42 pm

Somewhere in Florida, Young Ross Chastain probably said “One day, I’m gonna try that out, but not dive inside, and stay against the wall at full speed”

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IanPerez2000 May 5, 2023 at 7:50 pm

I honestly thought Carl was trying to send it on the inside to pass Jimmie. Never saw it as him trying to wall ride it.

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Travis Glanton The Tower Enthusiast May 6, 2023 at 3:40 pm

Yeah me too.

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Jefferson Gomes May 5, 2023 at 8:00 pm

I miss Carl Edwards days!!

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Big Hand May 5, 2023 at 11:03 pm

I hear ya

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poly cube May 6, 2023 at 12:37 am

If he won’t make a comeback in Cup I’d at least like to see him in a Truck race or in SRX, or even as a guest in the FOX booth.

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Jwrailv&e May 5, 2023 at 8:01 pm

You should do a underrated races series narrated races like these are when covered well is always enjoyable,

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Thats Bad TV May 5, 2023 at 8:01 pm

I remember that .. had insane momentum

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Robert Gwynn May 5, 2023 at 8:23 pm

Now that I look back at it, 2008 was a great season.

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Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD May 5, 2023 at 10:34 pm

It was decent but not better than 2011 or 2012.

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Robert Gwynn May 5, 2023 at 10:55 pm

@Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD to me, 08 was better than 12.

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BlueJimmie48Fan May 5, 2023 at 9:28 pm

I vividly remember having a literal panic attack watching these last few laps. When Edwards pulled the video game move, a rush of emotions came pouring in, from shock, to heartbreak, to surprise, to happiness in a matter of seconds.

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Fly May 5, 2023 at 10:11 pm

Carl was so much fun to watch. What an awesome talent

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Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD May 5, 2023 at 10:32 pm

Yep fun to watch fun to listen to his comments he was the complete package.

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dcscott0602 May 5, 2023 at 11:37 pm

This was the first race I ever attended, watching this video brings back a lot of fun memories from that day.

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Go Jo May 6, 2023 at 1:22 am

Carl’s interview after that move was awesome!

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Andrew Curry May 6, 2023 at 3:54 am

Another great video!!! Any chance you could one day do a video on how DW started as great broadcaster and ended on such a low point??? Would love to see it! Also the what ifs because I’m not positive but I think I read somewhere Dale Earnhardt Sr was going to join DW in the booth as soon as he retired from racing. That would have been a dream team in the booth!!! Thank you for all the great uploads

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mtfan May 6, 2023 at 11:54 am

Back then the discussion was “you couldn’t have done that with the old Gen 4 car. The COT is so much more rigid and didn’t crumble when he hit the wall.” Now we’ve taken that 5x with the NextGen car which is even more rigid and is the main reason Ross’s move worked without totally demolishing the car.

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