OK, now we’ve gone and done it. We have reached the point — and it’s a low one, make no mistake about that — where we show disapproval and disrespect for racing success.
Of course, I’m talking about Kyle Busch. He surely is making a lot of people ornery these days.
In the realm of professional sports, we tend to use the word “hero†a lot. A hero doesn’t have to be someone who rips his suit off in a public phone booth, then flies off to save the world from certain destruction. Anyone who can even FIND a public phone booth in this day and age qualifies as a hero in my book.
A hero can simply be a person you admire, look up to, or…Â Details
Jeff Gordon will start from the pole position in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway after steady rain washed out qualifying Friday.
Being the points leader also earned Gordon the prime stall on the cramped pit road of NASCAR’s tricky, 0.526-mile oval. He will be seeking his eighth victory at Martinsville, tops among active drivers, and his first in 47 races.
The qualifying rainout, he figures, only helps his chances.
“I think because of the pit road situation here, this is probably the most important place to start on the pole because you get that No. 1 pit stall,†said Gordon, who has … Details
NASCAR is no different than the corporate world. Prime parking is a sure sign of success.
Tony Stewart has won two races on NASCAR’s shortest, trickiest oval, but when the first-year team owner pulled into Martinsville Speedway on Friday, the place where he saw his team’s hauler parked meant more to him than it probably ever had.
It was, he said, “a proud moment,†and one earned on the track by his seventh-place position in the points standings with a new team that needed to start with some success…. Details
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t living up to expectations. His fans know it, his competitors know it and Earnhardt himself knows it.
We haven’t run well, and it is obvious,†he said before posting yet another sub-par effort, this one a 14th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend.
“It’s OK for people to point that out because it’s a fact. I put myself in this position. I’m willing to accept the ups and downs and the goods and bads that come with it. We haven’t run like we want to, like I think we should. It’s alright for everyone to point that out.â€
Everyone but Kyle Busch, that is…. Details