Edwards, Keselowski to meet with NASCAR brass

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Brad Keselowski wants one thing out of his upcoming meeting between Carl Edwards and NASCAR officials.

"I hope there's doughnuts," the Penske Racing rookie joked with his typical quick wit. But there will likely be no laughing in the Sprint Cup hauler on Saturday morning, when Keselowski and Edwards sit down with NASCAR president Mike Helton, vice president for competition Robin Pemberton, and series director John Darby in an attempt to end a bitter feud that sent Keselowski's car airborne and landed Edwards on probation for three races.


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"I know I'm going to bring my ears," Keselowski said, turning serious. "I'm going to listen as much as I talk. There are a lot of high-profile people I'm sure will be there, and I think you have to come in with the right mindset to take anything away from it."

The meeting at Bristol Motor Speedway is the latest chapter in a quarrel that exploded March 7 at Atlanta, when Edwards sustained damage to his race car after he and Keselowski made contact early in the event. The Roush Fenway driver returned to the track 156 laps down and punted Keselowski, who was running in the top 10 at the time, inadvertently sending the No. 12 car flipping through the air. NASCAR responded by placing Edwards on probation for three races.

Saturday, though, comes a face-to-face summit that NASCAR hopes will end the issue once and for all.

"I expect they'll come out of there understanding they're not in change and NASCAR is, and if they continue, NASCAR will remind them in a way they won't soon forget that they are in charge," said Jeff Burton, a former teammate of Edwards'. "I think it will be demanded of them to behave in a certain fashion, to find a way to work together. To race hard, but work together. I would imagine if Mike is involved in it, that's how the conversation will go. That's what I would expect. I would also expect for them to get some things off their chest. I think NASCAR encourages that. I don't think Mike ever minds hearing a good argument. But he'll have the final say."