Right on about the rules. I think one of the dumbest ones is the "Lucky Dog" pass on a caution! The guy forked up and got lapped, so what do they do? Give it back to him!!!! Of course, I always thought it was stupid for the leader to slow down and let people get their laps back, too. You spend all the time and energy putting someone a lap down, then let them have it back. I can recall more than once when the guy that got his lap back that way won the race, or at least finished ahead of the idiot that let him have it back. Stupid.....Now, I do agree with not racing back to the line after the caution comes out, that's a safety thing that's always bothered me. Most of the safety rules I can go along with, but yeah, getting fined and losing points for saying something is stupid! Sure, punch someone out in the infield (Allison and Yarborough), or intentionally wreck someone in the pits after the race, go ahead and fine them and take points away, but not for saying a simple word that any kid hears by the time he's in kindergarten and can spell by the time he's outta 1st grade! Come on, like you said, it's racing for Cripes sake!!!
True about Martin. He's always been one of my favorites. I like that interview they had with him when he was asked about never winning the Daytona 500. He said he's been blessed with so many wins, it's pretty much ok with him. Now that's the attitude I admire. Not like some of these younger racers, to whom winning is everything. Jeff Gordon, for example, said Sunday that winning was all he was in it for. That's sad. Sure, winning is nice, but what about the fans? Think they are there just to see one guy take a trophy home? NO!! They're there to watch competition, to see a race, to contemplate the strategies involved. Only one guy is gonna win each race, but the fans are there for so much more than seeing some jerk shaking Pepsi all over his crew in victory lane. Jeffy, bud, it's not all about winning, and it's not all about you. It's about the thrill of watching a race. Get over yourself, you'll never be a Mark Martin, or a Rusty Wallace, or a Dale Earnhardt, or a Bobby Allison, or a Benny Parsons, or a Ned Jarrett, or.....you get my point. You just have no class, Gordon. And that 's nothing against the Gordon fans here, nothing at all. He's talented, and a good driver, but he's had a lot of breaks other drivers haven't had as far as money and sponsorship. He just doesn't have the class to be a hall-of-famer.
