Brad Who? Feud Escalates Between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick

Just when you thought the Bristol weekend would be all about the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski feud – after all, it is the first race since Edwards spun Keselowski and sent him airborne at Atlanta – apparently the real rivalry is with someone else.

Kevin Harvick was interviewed on a radio show this week in which he said Edwards was “fake.”

He reiterated his comments Friday morning at Bristol, saying Edwards was fake because “you can’t be the nice guy, you can’t be the bad guy and you can’t be the bully” all at the same time.

Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press caught up with Edwards coming into the track shortly thereafter and asked Edwards about Harvick’s comments.

Edwards told her:

“I have absolutely no respect for (Harvick). I think he’s a bad person. That’s my opinion. I’ve told him that. We’ve had our deal before and his actions through that … were so devious and underhanded and cowardly that I just have no respect for him.

“When people like that question me, it makes me feel better because if those people were lined up patting me on the back, I’d be on the wrong side of what’s right and wrong. And I truly believe that. I am not trying to be a good guy or a bad guy.

“That’s just who I am. All those people that say whatever they say, know that if I have an issue with them, I go speak to them. I don’t go talk behind their back like little girls, that’s what a lot of them do. I learned that wasn’t cool in about fifth grade.’’

For those who aren’t familiar with the Edwards/Harvick history, check out this story from their altercation in October 2008.

Obviously, we’ll keep watching to see how this story develops.