Sunday’s Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway sounded the opening bell with Round One going to Carl Edwards as he put Brad Keselowski on the canvas with a quick right. Who will throw the next ‘punch ’ remains to be seen, but you can be sure what happened at Atlanta is just a precursor to what is sure to be a recurring theme throughout the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

We’re not even going to get in the middle of the Edwards-Keselowski feud here. Both drivers are culpable. Edwards has had a dubious past getting into rumbles with several drivers and Keselowski has been steamrolling his way over the competition since he came on the scene full-time three years ago.

As my dad used to say, “it was a horse apiece.”

Here, Kenseth is shown in his Late Model racer at Jefferson (WI) Speedway in a 1992 Close Finishes photo.

Happy Birthday, buddy. Many happy returns.