The Nascar Trucks rolled into Kentucky Speedway in July 2003. The race at Kentucky was a stand alone truck event for the fourth straight year. I looked forward to the race because the Truck series had some young guns in fast trucks that were still getting their feet wet.
One of the young guns was Carl Edwards. Carl was still looking for his first win as a Nascar driver and ran well enough during the season to win but couldn't make it happen up to this point.
Kentucky was different. Carl took advantage of his competitors dropping out from engine failures or bad racing fortune. He took the checkered flag and drove to close the finish line on his cool-down lap. He got out, saluted the crowd, and then did a back flip off of the window sill onto the ground! It was something to see and I am glad to having witnessed it.
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