AMERICA STRIKES BACK<\/b>: I’m not sure
\nwhat to make of the fact that, at least in Nashville, CBS had not one word about
\nthe attacks on Afghanistan, and continued to show the Titan$ football game,
\nwhile NBC basically moved the race to TBS. I don’t know if the decision to
\ncontinue broadcasting the football game was made by the local affiliate, since
\nthe Nashville pro football team was playing, or of CBS couldn’t get Dan Rather
\nout of bed an in front of a microphone.<\/p>\n
Regardless, NBC (and ABC and CNN and FOX)
\nall broadcast more stuff than they had news for. When NBC broke to Tom Brokaw,
\nhis report should have been "US and British forces have begun attacks on
\nAfghanistan," and then they should have gone back to the race on NBC.<\/p>\n
Our enemies don’t need to have
\nintelligence operations over here; our news media does a good enough job for
\nthem. I daresay Bin Laden, like Saddam, has access to a satellite dish to watch
\nCNN to see what’s happening.<\/p>\n
LOWE DOWN<\/b>: I like this quote from
\nHumpy Wheeler: "The dispute over the name of the speedway is
\nchildish." I couldn’t have said it better myself. But where Humpy is
\nreferring to NBC\/TNT, it more aptly refers to him. His actions with the tow
\ntrucks are inexcusable. He has nothing to do with the TV contract, and if I were
\nNBC, I’d sue him for interfering with it. <\/p>\n
But the "issue" was resolved
\nbefore the race, and NBC’s graphics and talent referred to the race track under
\nit’s bought-and-paid-for name. And then, the war hit. I wonder how Humpy felt
\nabout his stupid dispute in light of that?<\/p>\n
The fact is, nothing changed. The same
\ncontract that was in place for Bristol in August was in place for Charlotte
\nMotor Speedway. Perhaps Wheeler could have gotten Bruton Smith to clue him in on
\nthe details.<\/p>\n
Now, NBC needs to follow this same
\npractice with their stick and ball sports coverage. <\/p>\n
CHARITY GIMMICKS II<\/b>: Why did it
\ntake from five months for Tony Stewart to deliver the quarter million dollars he
\n"raised" during his runs at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Indianapolis
\nMotor Speedway in May?<\/p>\n
SAFETY<\/b>: ARCA is not NASCAR. NASCAR
\nis not responsible for ARCA’s safety practices. I don’t know what’s so hard to
\nunderstand about that.<\/p>\n
RESTRAINT NEEDED<\/b>: Dale Jarrett
\nthinks NASCAR should mandate the use of a head restraint device. With all but
\none Winston Cup driver currently wearing one, what that boils down to is that
\nDale Jarrett wants to force Tony Stewart to do something that Tony apparently
\ndoesn’t want to do.<\/p>\n
What would Jarrett think if NASCAR made
\nhim use something that made him uncomfortable? Or annoyed him while driving the
\ncar? Can a driver really afford to be annoyed while driving at those speeds? Or
\ntugging at something to keep it from wearing into your shoulder?<\/p>\n
NASCAR certainly has the ability to
\nmandate some sort of head restraint. But if they do it, then anyone who drives
\nwith a NASCAR license, from the local street stock weekly racer to Winston Cup,
\nshould be made to wear it. After all, the life of Dale Jarrett isn’t more
\nimportant than the off-duty cop who drives a race car on Saturday nights, is it?\n<\/p>\n
VICTORY CELEBRATION<\/b>: NASCAR is
\ntaking a lot of heat for not letting Sterling Marlin take the U.S. flag around
\nthe track for a victory lap. I think it’s undeserved heat.<\/p>\n
NASCAR has a responsibility to make sure
\nthat the cars that race are legal before and after the race. They do countless
\ninspections before the race, but after the race the top three or four and a
\nrandom car are inspected very thoroughly. Once Marlin stopped and was mobbed by
\nall the people, the situation was out of control. It would have been very easy
\nfor someone to put something into the car to make it fail inspection.<\/p>\n
If one of Marlin’s crew members had simply
\nhanded him the flag and he then took off on his victory lap, I don’t think there
\nwould have been a problem. NASCAR should be applauded for what it did, not
\nripped.<\/p>\n
MAYFIELD IN Y2K2<\/b>: Hmm, should he go
\nto RCR and continue to be second banana like he was at Penske? Or should he take
\nover the #9 car when Elliott retires and become a top banana for an R&D
\norganization?<\/p>\n
PROVISIONALLY SPEAKING<\/b>: I remember
\na few years ago, Darrell Waltrip was blasted by "fans" and media for
\n"taking" so many provisionals. NASCAR even modified the provisional
\nrules to prevent it from happening again.<\/p>\n
So, where’s the same outrage for Elliott
\nSadler? Sadler took his 13th provisional of the year for this weekend’s race at
\nMartinsville, but no one is complaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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