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Start-and-park owners are businessmen

By Marty Smith
ESPN.com

Friday, August 7, 2009

On Monday I realized just how much Carl Edwards gets it. To gauge his understanding of the media impact on NASCAR, one needs to look no further than his in-race interviews with Dale Jarrett during the Pocono 500 race broadcast. The guy not only answered DJ's questions with insight -- a rarity during booth/cockpit in-race banter -- he even flipped his helmet visor open … and looked directly into the dadgum camera. Really, man? Unbelievable. Those are small details that make fans really ...

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