Head games?

Not that any competitor would wish ill fortune on the Chase leader, but Carl Edwards doesn’t think it’s untoward to remind former teammate Matt Kenseth that there may be trouble on the horizon.

After all, the Joe Gibbs Racing cars have had several engine issues this year, and Edwards was simply making sure Kenseth remembers that. With wins in the first two Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races, Kenseth looks formidable indeed, but a blown engine could change that.

“I think if Matt and those guys can stay away from some of the equipment issues they’ve had, they’re going to be really, really tough to beat,” said Edwards, who finished ninth Sunday and is fourth in the standings, 36 points behind Kenseth. “He could run away with this thing, and he’s making it tough on the rest of us.

“But for me it’s kind of the tortoise and the hare. He’s out there going, but we know–we’ve seen it this year–those guys have had a couple of problems. I’m not wishing that upon them or anything…”

No, nothing like that. Right, Carl?