THIS WEEK'S TAKE - by Judy Kay
Talk about
enabling! Not only is Brad Keselowski's father threatening to get on the track
to avenge his son's honor, but he is allowing Brad no accountability for his
actions. It seems to me that when most of the garage (both Cup and Nationwide)
are plotting their revenge against you, maybe it's you! I was disappointed
in the commentators, also, at the race at Gateway, and in the media in general
in the aftermath. The line was blurred between what Brad did to Carl in the
last lap, and what Carl did to Brad. To hear them tell it, when Brad got Carl
squirrely, that was "boys just going after it". When Carl retaliated, and
went for the win, that was above and beyond what NASCAR allows. That's not
what I saw. Granted, my perspective is a little skewed. (Ya' think?) Hell,
Carl probably deserves being called "reckless" and "intimidating". His scuffles
throughout his career justify those adjectives. But for Brad, and his family,
to act all innocent and sensitive, is either incredibly naive, or incredibly
arrogant. I believe it is the latter. Brad's like a bully who just got a taste
of his own medicine. By a bigger, badder bully. In racing, just like life,
karma is a bitch! I haven't watched the Nationwide race yet, I'm anxious to
see if there was any fallout from the fines and probation that NASCAR imposed.
I'm also excited about the Brickyard 400 sponsored by Golden Corral today.
Dane, Kathy and I toured the track and museum on our way back from Eldora.
It would be a great place to watch a race, especially from the Pagoda. The
races themselves tend to get a little stretched out, and it's very hard to
pass on that track with no banking. But it's a very prestigious race, and
it's not for the faint of heart, or muscle. It takes alot of strength to turn
those heavy stock cars with no help from banking. An interesting note we learned
from the tour at Indianapolis: the track was originally built to test cars,
not for racing them. Back then, say 1904, 1905; there were no roads. No infrastructure
to speak of, so they built a track to test all their new prototypes. The track
was built of stones and tar at first, then bricks were laid in 1909. Stock
cars came there in 1994, and Jeff Gordon won the inaugural event. Jimmie Johnson
has won the last three, so obviously Chevy and Rick Hendrick got it going
on at Indy! Hopefully that trend continues today.
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