In a Facebook posting Sunday, Carl Edwards cited his code of ethics for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Now it's up to NASCAR to decide whether a renewed commitment to an unwritten code of frontier justice will absolve Edwards from a suspension for the incident, which sent Keselowski's Dodge airborne and into the wall.
The sanctioning body was mulling Monday whether Edwards, who was parked in the Kobalt Tools 500, deserved further punishment, and the penalty could be announced today.