Bad day at the office

Carl Edwards trying to get out of his car after a last lap crash at Talladega Superspeedway durin ghte 2009 Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup race. Edwards was turned in the tri-oval by surprise race winner Brad Keselowski. His car flipped several times and hurtled into a fence injuring seven spectators. Edwards was uninjured.

It's late, and I'm tired, but more photos from Talladega will be coming soon.

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Lynn Morag says:

Ooops!! Good catch.

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pathdoc1701 says:

I don't watch much Nascar but I always watch Talladega. The finish is always spectacular. Great shot here! Were you ducking debris??
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve_Gregory says:

i don't have sky sports so i've only heard the news and boy did this race have some moments!!! wow great image. I'm looking forward to seeing this (albeit highlights) on ch5.. :)
OMG the BBC have something on Nascar!
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/photo_gal leries/80200...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Roger Smith says:

Doc,
No, I'm in the tower at the start/finish line, well down from where he got into the fence.

Strider,
I guess this one was spectacular enough even for the Beeb to pick it up. Those are some great shots in that link. I haven't seen a replay yet, it's amazing how fast it all happens.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

eightballrj says:

Nice shot Roger! Looks like you were directly in line with one of the ESPN cameramen from the looks of one of the replays. Yeh I had my camera up to my face when Edwards started to spin. I just couldn't click off pictures, thinking that someone might have gotten seriously injured or killed... etc. I don't know how I would have felt about catching someone getting killed.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Roger Smith says:

Thanks. The TV camera was about 20 yard to my right. I have a blurry photo of the moment the car turned sideways, but then, most of the rest of the wreck was obscured when everybody stood up.

I had just leaned over to the guy setting next to me, who doesn't normally follow racing much and said "If he wins, he'll do a back flip on the frontstretch". After he got out, and I realized that he wasn't hurt, I leaned back over to him and said "He normally gets out of the car first!"
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

eightballrj says:

LOL nice!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Southern Scene Photography says:

great catch, gotta suck to get that close and loose it like that..
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ldavis974 says:

Great photo................NASCAR rocks!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Photophool says:

A buddy of mine was at the race and said Edwards got out of hte car, ripped off his radios and such, and finished the race on foot. He just wasn't going to be that close and not cross the finish line.

Great shot.
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crazydude713 says:

nice catch havnt been to Talladega in a while
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Roger Smith says:

That is true, George. We were trying to figure out what he was doing when he got out and started running frantically in what appeared to be the wrong direction.
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Pieter D says:

Great shot!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

flames55 says:

Awesome shot. Man, that car is some kind of twisted up! Still trying to figure out how the carb got ripped right off the motor.

Well, NASCAR got exactly what they deserved after the the call with Regan Smith last year. If that finish had stood based on the "in sight of the checkered flag" exemption to the yellow line rule everyone thought existed, then this crash never would have happened.
Just real fortunate this wasn't a ton worse.

Thanks for sharing a great photo.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr.bob says:

Awesome!
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unintelligiBill says:

Great shot, I was hoping Edwards would win.
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gotjenks says:

This photo is great!!!
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team pisano says:

love dale jr and brad keselowski! happy brad won! boo carl boo!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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