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WHAT WAS HE THINKING ? ? ?
Brian Vickers suffered second degree burns to his feet when an exhaust pipe broke half way through the Food City 500 race at Bristol Motor Speedway last Sunday. Team officials say he will be ready to race this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. "We think that a piece of the tail pipe came off, so heat was blowing directly onto the floor board," Vickers said. "The guys tried to put some lining in the car to protect my feet, but it didn't really help that much. I basically had to run the whole race with my feet burning and that was painful." Vickers said.
I have an idea Brian, why didn't you get out of the car and call it a day, rather than suffering second degree burns? I know, I know to get a race car driver out of the race car during a race is tougher than pulling teeth out of his head at 200 miles per hour !
PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR OF TODAY/TOMORROW ?
NASCAR officials scrambling to solve a couple of potentially serious issues with the COT. Denny Hamlin and several others complained about the unusual amount of carbon monoxide in their system after Sunday's race. Some teams had issues with the protective foam on the right side door overheating, melting and producing toxic fumes. Some has springs that failed for no apparent reason, which may have been the reason for Biffle's car being too low during post-race inspection. There were no fines or penalties issued to the #16 machine this week. Yes, Larry McReynolds you were right, but I don't want to hear it a hundred times during the upcoming weekend at Martinsville, okay ?
NASCAR has already talked to Roush Fenway Racing about putting a heat shield over the pipe near the right door and notching the foam higher around the pipe to keep heat from compromising it. What a shock . . . NASCAR playing nice ??? Do they realize how many fans are steamed with their recent antics and all the mistakes they've made ??? Yeah, right ! ! !
The DuPont Dummy said they used more brakes than normal in last week's Car of Today/Tomorrow debut, Martinsville is harder on a stock car's brakes than Bristol so be expecting a lot more whinning. I guess I better buy some extra cheese. I wonder what he'll have to say after they repave the track at Bristol, he never seems to run out of items to complain about. Soon, he will be able to complain about getting up at 2 AM . . . . Right, DaddyO ???
What's up with the critical comments made by the Car of Tomorrow Inaugural Race Winner, "Shrub" Busch, after the race ??? I think that young man needs an attitude adjustment and a lesson in respect. Enough said.
As for Casey Mears starting off slow at Hendricks Motor Sports, I say what a surprise that is . . . I'm surprised that they even gave him a car to drive since everything worth anything goes to "The Golden Boys". I have said all along that Casey should not have gone there, why did he think Brian was leaving, he finally saw the handwriting on the wall, I say. Sorry Casey but obviously you made a bad decision moving to HMS.
GIVE IT UP ? ? ? . . . . .NOT A CHANCE ! ! !
There's an article written by one of these sports writers by the name of Tim Tuttle, he's with SI.com the article is dated today entitled "Give it up", in case you want to read it for yourself. Well, Mr. Tuttle believes that Michael Waltrip should "Fire Himself" as a driver. Where do these sports writers get off spewing this non-sense around all over the Internet ??? I think they are shooting themselves in the foot and causing a lot of fans to get angry. I am an AVID NASCAR fan, who just so happens to be Michael's Number 1 fan. Since when have I lost the right to support whomever I want and more importantly, when has Michael lost his right to compete??? I love all these sports writers and arm chair quarterbacks that try to say that Michael should "fire himself". I for one believe that Michael has just as much right to compete as the next guy (or gal) and I have the right and the privillege and the HONOR of supporting him . . . . .1000%. I am fully aware of where Michael is sitting in the Points Standings, I KNOW that we are having problems with being a BRAND NEW team with a NEW CAR MANUFACTURER in NASCAR, I know all of that, I don't need to be reminded every five seconds by some sports writer that just has to pounce on every little thing that goes wrong at Michael Waltrip Racing, why don't they run over to Hendricks Motor Sports and check on the latest cheating techniques from the crew chiefs over there ???
As far as who could Waltrip find in mid-season to take his place ??? First of all, when did it become "mid-season", already, really ??? Michael doesn't need Mike Wallace, John Andretti, Mike Skinner or Bill Elliott, EXCUSE me but Michael is not looking for a driver for the #55 NAPA Auto Parts TOYOTA Camry, much less a driver to "qualify" the above mentioned TOYOTA, thank you very much !!!
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