I am going to try and say this as nice as I can, you need another hobby. Enjoying a sport is one thing, living it and breathing it from your living room is a step up from enjoyment. Honestly had Tony Stewart had not been in the race, I do not believe we would have even seen 25% of the media attention given. For cripes sake they are driving dune buggy like vehicles with some odd looking wind flaps. Personally I don't like it when Big Star drivers race in any other events other than Indy Races (because the cars are so different) because I thinks it takes away from the young ones with talent being seen, earning their dues and moving up. Yeah it may bring in a bunch of money for the track but if I was a young buck working my way up I would be pretty peeved that this middle aged dude feels the need to race in anything he can. To me that seems like a stupid and pathetic way to stroke Tony's ego.
All this debate back and forth reminded me of a race I saw years ago that was Black Flagged. Everyone was told to cut their engines and stay in their cars, But Jimmy Stewart felt those rules did not apply to him and got out twice not just once to pull out the sheet metal that was rubbing his tire while racing. How knew the rules, chose to break them anyway and I believe he was red flagged for it. I feel about the same about both of them, hot heads who are way too old to act like teenagers.
