Sorry Boys, You’re Going Home
The bad boys of NASCAR are on the track going fast and turning left. So far this year, and the first points race isn’t until Sunday, there are three key stories taking place.
1) Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Apparently Junior likes his new digs in the Hendrick camp. He hadn’t been able to win for about two years with DEI and it seemed every time he was doing well in a DEI car, something would go wrong. Not so this year as he’s batting two for two! Junior won the Bud Shootout last weekend and he won the first Duel race on Thursday.
2) Michael Waltrip Racing – Last year Mikey couldn’t catch a break. At Daytona he was accused of putting jet fuel in his brand new Toyota, then it took him all year to dig out of a whole that many times saw one or more of this three car team going home on a weekly basis not making the race. Not so this year, all three cars in the race for Sunday and Mikey is on the outside pole!
3) It’s Time To Send Some Boys Home – During practice last week, and I blogged about this earlier, Tony Stewart decided to wreck Kurt Busch because of a long-standing fued the two have been embroiled in. Not only did Stewart wreck his car, but he wreck Busch, his own teammates and the Johnson and Gordon cars!
Both Stewart and Busch were called into the NASCAR trailer, which is like going to the office when you’ve been bad in school, and scolded. In the end, NASCAR decided to put them on a 6 race probation period. Give me a break. This will accomplish nothing. It’s like a slap on the hand. Don’t do that anymore boys. Now go back out and play nicely.
If NASCAR is serious about making sure such childish actions don’t happen they should have parked both drivers and said — “See you next week boys. You’re not racing in the Daytona 500.” Now that would send a loud and clear message. But, NASCAR is afraid of the drivers, and figure that would hurt ticket sales. After all, what would happen if their stars weren’t racing? Well, maybe it would send a message that says when you put someones life in danger, we won’t put up with it.
If the drivers can’t play nice, send him home for a weekend.
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
