Nascar Racing’s Carl Edwards retirement was strange. A driver at his peak, who probably had enough in his tank suddenly hung up his boots in the race. We all know that he wanted to give priority to spending time with his family and has taken sabbatical leave of sport. But, his fans and the Nascar community insured, he remembered sport and made a return. The next thing you know, they started dragging the driver with memes, calling him a Adam community of the Amish community. It was their way of bringing Edwards back to the race or reconnection with Nascar.
Well, he returned to Nascar with his inducted being in the renowned temple and was appointed in the list of the 75 largest drivers. The former JGR pilot has kept a tab on all the memes and jokes published on him on social networks. He opened up to what his life was far from the racetrack and also recognized that he somehow adapted to Amish culture.
Carl Edwards loops on horseback rides with new generation cars
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Carl Edwards thought about the life he led after retirement on the simplicity of being a guardian for his relatives and his community with hope. “The first thing is to try to be a good husband and a good father. I have the impression that the more I live, the more I am completely blessed with my family. I try to do this so that my children have them on the right trajectory. We have done a little navigation in the world. It was pretty cool. Crossing the Atlantic twice was very interesting and I discovered how much I am a farmer. There is all that even Amish Carl in progress. I am not completely Amish, but yes, I became more in touch with the field, “he said that on the Podcast Nascar Live in MRN.
Edwards moved away from Nascar probably has the strongest of his career. Many thought that the constant setback of losing the glory of Nascar had forced him to retire. He lost against Tony Stewart During an equality break in 2011, the second time in his career, he was a finalist. The first sorrow took place in 2008 when the championship was not decided by an all or nothing among 4 pilots. After the missed opportunities of 2008 and 2011, Edwards seemed to be in charge and on the way to the glory of the championship in 2016 in Miami Homestead. But during the late restart, Joey Logano was fed up with the defensive tactics of the car n ° 19 and hung him. Edwards had to be satisfied with a P34 finish seeing Jimmie Johnson raising his serial title from the seventh cup.
However, the main reason for the legendary driver to leave sport was to fill his shoes in the most important aspects of his life outside the world of race. Expressing your homework towards your family as a father and husband and carrying the weight was only his responsibility that no one else can, unlike the driver’s seat in the car. He not only spent time with his growing family, but he belonged to occasional reports to help people in his community or as a private pilot, he had his pilot license from the school, to provide the help or other beneficial service.
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And then I probably got to one of the most impactful things that happened, it is that I met these guys from the Gideon Rescue Company in Oklahoma and I traveled with them and they went around After these disasters and I deliver and I thought after a disaster you would like to deliver products from generators of food water like that and they will give hope and I thought that the man these guys were crazy and that Has really an impact for me to see that there are great people who do great things and you know on this note the NASCAR community is at the forefront of this. So being able to continue this with the rescue of Gideon was quite cool. »» Edwards explained later in the show.
Associated with the group of Ardrop volunteers, Edwards takes advantage of its influence and its resources to provide help to the region. Operation Airdrop uses planes and pilots to deliver the necessary supplies directly to the affected areas, ensuring that all funds are dedicated to recovery. Edwards’ work with Operation Airdrop has once again proven its dedication to restore a community that supported its illustrious career.
The veteran driver had his reason to detach himself from the sport that fascinated him. And given his leave, Edwards was not sure that he would be welcomed in the racing community. He did not know that his name was going to be engraved in history books with his HOF induction.
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Humble Hero of the People enters the temple of fame as one of the 75 largest drivers of Nascar
His return to the world Nascar started two years ago at the Darlington Raceway, joining the fraternity after being named one of the 75 largest pilots of Nascar, which is part of a one -year celebration of the 75th anniversary of the sport . But even if it was a moment of celebration, there was also a moment of contemplation. Edwards spent much if not his career in solitude. He was not the type to befriend the men and women against whom he ran. Everything he was concerned was to be the best driver on the track. In large part, it played in its statistically favor. But Edwards regrets this state of mind for years later.