Edwards on Raikkonen: Who is that guy?

Edwards on Raikkonen: Who is that guy?

CONCORD, N.C. -- At one point during Nationwide Series practice Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards found himself trailing the No. 87 Toyota.

Edwards radioed to his crew chief and asked, “Who’s in the 87?”

The driver was 2007 Formula one champion Kimi Raikkonen, preparing for his Nationwide Series debut on Saturday. Edwards could see that the handling of the car was loose to the extreme, and he was impressed with the way Raikkonen hustled it around the 1.5-mile track.

“They need to take about 500 pounds of right-rear spring out of that thing,” Edwards said after the session. “He (was) loose, and he was driving the wheels off it. I was just surprised. I didn’t know who was in that car.

“I had no clue, and then I saw that Perky Jerky (Raikkonen’s sponsor) on there, and I thought it might be him, but he definitely has some car control -- that’s for sure. That’s not lip service. That was pretty amazing. I might have seen smoke off the right-rear.”

Fonte: aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/Dica: Sleenster

Eu responderia, ele é O cara rapidinho para o Carl Edwards se fosse para mim que ele tivesse perguntado isto?! rsrsrs... Eu sei que ele ficou impressionado com o controle do carro e o talento de Kimi, mas imagino o que ele não teria xingado se fosse um piloto menos famoso, ou menos talentoso, por assim dizer! rsrs...

Beijinhos, Ludy