http://www.catchfence.com/2009/sprintcup/11/08/the-credibility-gaps-of-nascars-drivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-credibility-gaps-of-nascars-drivers The Only Thing Between You and the Action! Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:59:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.catchfence.com/2009/sprintcup/11/08/the-credibility-gaps-of-nascars-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Dean Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:56:06 +0000 http://www.catchfence.com/?p=29200#comment-2169 Michael, I agree with your article and have to also add that there is a vast majority of 'prima donnas' in the sport today who I believe are no more than 'whinny baby-boomers' who cry uncle when things don't go their way. Tony has become a person what the Native-Americans call 'speaks with a forked-tongue' since his advancement to ownership in a race team. Jeff, since he is becoming a medical issue from year-to-year with back pain, also has turned out to be a sissy just like his teammate Jimmy Johnson. During that Talladega race he decided to ride out the race in the back seat figuring he'd be the last one to the wreck. But "NO", that was strategy. And Denny is no better. He was the first one hunting down Mike Helton in the coach lot, saying "Brad isn't playing fair." I know Dale Sr. must be turning over in his grave seeing how this sport has unfolded. What happened to the real men of the sport who went out week after week and raced their hearts out from the drop of the green flag to the checkers? This coddling of the drivers by NASCAR has made this sport what it is today. And the owners are just as much guilty as NASCAR themselves. Fans are no dummies and are not the pre-concieved Beverly Hillbillys. I'm sure Cale, Junior, Dale, Darrell, and so on just think this is not what we mortgaged everything to race on weekends for. It's nothing but a business and the ones with the most money wins. The ones that cry the most get coddled. The ones that kiss butt, well, they just get bad breath. Thanks for the article. Not many sports writers who speak the truth of the sport, but alot of them with 'bad breath.' Michael, I agree with your article and have to also add that there is a vast majority of ‘prima donnas’ in the sport today who I believe are no more than ‘whinny baby-boomers’ who cry uncle when things don’t go their way. Tony has become a person what the Native-Americans call ‘speaks with a forked-tongue’ since his advancement to ownership in a race team. Jeff, since he is becoming a medical issue from year-to-year with back pain, also has turned out to be a sissy just like his teammate Jimmy Johnson. During that Talladega race he decided to ride out the race in the back seat figuring he’d be the last one to the wreck. But “NO”, that was strategy. And Denny is no better. He was the first one hunting down Mike Helton in the coach lot, saying “Brad isn’t playing fair.” I know Dale Sr. must be turning over in his grave seeing how this sport has unfolded. What happened to the real men of the sport who went out week after week and raced their hearts out from the drop of the green flag to the checkers? This coddling of the drivers by NASCAR has made this sport what it is today. And the owners are just as much guilty as NASCAR themselves. Fans are no dummies and are not the pre-concieved Beverly Hillbillys. I’m sure Cale, Junior, Dale, Darrell, and so on just think this is not what we mortgaged everything to race on weekends for. It’s nothing but a business and the ones with the most money wins. The ones that cry the most get coddled. The ones that kiss butt, well, they just get bad breath. Thanks for the article. Not many sports writers who speak the truth of the sport, but alot of them with ‘bad breath.’

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