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So, apparently, there's a new secret rule that you can't race Kyle Busch.
During the Nationwide race, Harvick and Busch were side-by-side racing for second and racing clean. Mike Helton gets on the radio and threatens to park Harvick for racing Busch too aggressively. Harvick backs out, then Stenhouse gives the lead to Busch and Busch cruises to his "100th win".
This was followed by ESPN telling us he is the greatest driver ever, of all time, in the history of NASCAR because he won 100 races (78 of those wins in support classes).
When they interviewed Harvick, he said he backed off because his hands were tied. The Charlotte Observer reported later that Harvick was told several weeks ago that he would be suspended if he raced Kyle too aggressively.
I'm sorry, I don't care what the history is, it's total BS to threaten to park a guy because they're racing too hard.
This goes right on top of Richmond, where Kyle was a full second ahead of Denny Hamlin before they got to the restart line... and the race at Kansas (or was it Pocono?) where he was "warned" about speeding on pit road. I've never heard of a driver being "warned" for speeding on pit road and I've never heard of side-by-side racing on opposite grooves of the racetrack being "aggressive".
I know NASCAR and the media are desperate for another Earnhardt (hence the reason they verbally suck his #### after each race), but jeez, let the drivers race.
Oh, and 78 wins in Nationwide/Trucks =/= 105 Cup wins.
Mark Martin has 96 NASCAR wins across three divisions -- I don't recall ESPN saying "Mark Martin gets win number 96" when he won at Vegas. It's like comparing Ladanian Tomlinson's stats (HS, NCAA and NFL) and comparing them to Jerry Rice (NFL only) and saying Tomlinson has more career touchdowns than Rice.
This verbal blow job they give him every time he wins a Truck or Nationwide race is getting old.
This is the one thing I'll miss about TNT, they don't go on the air and root for a single driver. How those people on ESPN could possibly say Kyle's 100 wins (majority in minor league competition) is a greater accomplishment than Pearson's 105 wins (in major league) is beyond me.
During the Nationwide race, Harvick and Busch were side-by-side racing for second and racing clean. Mike Helton gets on the radio and threatens to park Harvick for racing Busch too aggressively. Harvick backs out, then Stenhouse gives the lead to Busch and Busch cruises to his "100th win".
This was followed by ESPN telling us he is the greatest driver ever, of all time, in the history of NASCAR because he won 100 races (78 of those wins in support classes).
When they interviewed Harvick, he said he backed off because his hands were tied. The Charlotte Observer reported later that Harvick was told several weeks ago that he would be suspended if he raced Kyle too aggressively.
I'm sorry, I don't care what the history is, it's total BS to threaten to park a guy because they're racing too hard.
This goes right on top of Richmond, where Kyle was a full second ahead of Denny Hamlin before they got to the restart line... and the race at Kansas (or was it Pocono?) where he was "warned" about speeding on pit road. I've never heard of a driver being "warned" for speeding on pit road and I've never heard of side-by-side racing on opposite grooves of the racetrack being "aggressive".
I know NASCAR and the media are desperate for another Earnhardt (hence the reason they verbally suck his #### after each race), but jeez, let the drivers race.
Oh, and 78 wins in Nationwide/Trucks =/= 105 Cup wins.
Mark Martin has 96 NASCAR wins across three divisions -- I don't recall ESPN saying "Mark Martin gets win number 96" when he won at Vegas. It's like comparing Ladanian Tomlinson's stats (HS, NCAA and NFL) and comparing them to Jerry Rice (NFL only) and saying Tomlinson has more career touchdowns than Rice.
This verbal blow job they give him every time he wins a Truck or Nationwide race is getting old.
This is the one thing I'll miss about TNT, they don't go on the air and root for a single driver. How those people on ESPN could possibly say Kyle's 100 wins (majority in minor league competition) is a greater accomplishment than Pearson's 105 wins (in major league) is beyond me.
but you're OK with the National Association of Stock Car Racing not racing stock cars 
once they stopped racing stock cars (available for purchase by the public) and ended the competition between manufacturers they switched to emphasizing drivers in a sort of fender banging soap opera travelling show.