Edwards, Harvick get into altercation at LMS garage (cont'd)

His anxiety has yet to subside. Refocused maybe, but not gone.

"After that race I wish we could've started this race as fast as we could get here. That's how racing goes. When it's not going so well you just want to go race and get back on top so I'm excited about this race," he said.

While Harvick was less than forgiving, criticizing Edwards for hanging in the back all day during the AMP Energy 500, playing it too safe and calling him a "pansy," Biffle said he understands.

"All we can do is learn from it and go on and move forward. There's nothing I'm going to do about it now, I've lost the points, we've wrecked the cars and it's going to do no good to point fingers," Biffle said. "I'm not mad at Carl. Carl made a mistake. I watched the tape -- he was over-anxious or over-excited ... I'm not mad at him."

Edwards said he has a lot of intensity on the track, evident by his banzai move on Johnson in Kansas two weeks ago, another incident for which the driver was criticized.

"I go out there and race as hard as I can and sometimes it doesn't work out," Edwards said. "This is me and how I do things and it's been a good year."

Still, Edwards is regretful.

"The first thing you think, man, I lost all these points, but then the worst part of it is what happened to Travis [Kvapil] and Greg and Harvick and Dale [Earnhardt Jr.] and Matt [Kenseth]," Edwards said. "It ended up costing a lot of people. I've been got up in wrecks and I can tell you that starting them is the only thing worse than getting caught in one, that's for sure."

Edwards is ready for the dust to settle and get back to business, winning his first Cup championship, a feat that seemingly was within reach in 2005 but the first-year driver lacked experience.

"I was real naïve in 2005 as far as points are concerned. I didn't even know what we had there, you know?" he said. "I think now I'm more grateful for sure and I think I'm in a better position now."

Some racing veterans say you have to lose a championship before you can win one but Edwards isn't conceding this year.

"You can't count Jimmie out," Edwards said, before adding, "He's an unbelievable competitor but we are not far enough back yet."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.