{"id":320,"date":"2002-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/archive-314-sofa-sideline-another-way-to-look-at-dutton-s-dozen\/"},"modified":"2002-02-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-02-07T00:00:00","slug":"archive-314-sofa-sideline-another-way-to-look-at-dutton-s-dozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/archive-314-sofa-sideline-another-way-to-look-at-dutton-s-dozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofa Sideline \u2013 Another Way to Look at Dutton\u2019s Dozen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twelve things we know won\u2019t happen during Speedweeks (but
\nwill or should be considered):<\/p>\n

\n

1. Angry sportswriter, who disregards speedway announcers,
\n gets a clue that it\u2019s not all about him\/her.<\/p>\n

2. Driver conducts entire interview without any
\n sportswriter\u2019s perceived expectations.<\/p>\n

3. Teams run the restrictor plate rules with no complaints.<\/p>\n

4. Professional ballplayer gets an opportunity to
\n "carry on" like the rest of us crazy fans.<\/p>\n

5. Driver goes through the entire press conference
\n answering every question with the question, "Do you really know what you
\n are talking about?"<\/p>\n

6. Sterling Marlin and Ward Burton get to interview every
\n sportswriter who has mocked them on national television to see how they would
\n fare.<\/p>\n

7. At the end of the day, NASCAR really reveals anything at
\n all.<\/p>\n

8. Under pressure, Robert Yates reveals the words he would
\n really like to say to certain reporters. ("Bite me" comes to mind.)<\/p>\n

9. Someone realizes that race fans<\/u><\/b> remember
\n who won the Budweiser Shootout.<\/p>\n

10. Jeff Gordon lets his real personality "shine
\n through" without thinking about it and gains more fans as a result.<\/p>\n

11. Mark Martin stops being proud of his son and what he
\n has and will accomplish.<\/p>\n

12. With time and the wisdom of age, Tony Stewart will not
\n realize that opinions of sportswriters do not matter in the greater scheme of
\n things \u2013 his ability behind the wheel and the kind of person he really is,
\n is what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s it for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twelve things we know won\u2019t happen during Speedweeks (but will or should be considered): 1. Angry sportswriter, who disregards speedway announcers, gets a clue that it\u2019s not all about him\/her. 2. Driver conducts entire interview without any sportswriter\u2019s perceived expectations. 3. Teams run the restrictor plate rules with no complaints. 4. Professional ballplayer gets an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}