Back Off Junior’s Sack, Flacks…
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 1:31pm EDT
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
You know, some people out there are just plain idiots. We’re talking major, or wish they were major, media outlets and their ridiculous love affair with Dale Junior. They love to write about him, at times they love to hate him, then there are the times they want to bring out the big guns to pop a fly on the wall. It’s no wonder that half the crap you folks write is a distant memory by the time the ink dries on the worthless rags you write for.
You’ll be hard pressed to find a one-sided opinion on the Lounge, but every now and then a driver gets beat up in the press over something so stupid that we need to take a stance. Not to back away from a neutral position, but when something isn’t right, someone should say so. So we’ll continue.
What is the damn deal here with beating up Dale Earnhardt Jr. for hopping into the #5 of Kyle Busch to finish out the race at Texas last Sunday? It’s nothing but selfishly trying to grab a few readers, and smells worse than a rotten jar of Jay-Bee’s. Granted that jar of Jay-Bee’s still works, and maybe even better. Granted your readers ain’t biting on the stench you’re slinging out, unlike ol’ Mr. Whiskers that’ll snatch up the mouthful of Jay-Bee’s quicker than a Texas twister snatchin’ up some poor guy’s trailer.
Then there’s the folks that think Junior’s going to head to Hendrick just from jumpin’ in that seat. Come on people. Did common sense just walk out the door for a vacation? Hello, there’s no room there.
Here’s the plain and simple truth. Nothing more, nothing less.
A) Team Chevy. With a new kid on the block, every point counts. Granted it wasn’t a teammate by owner, but it sure was by manufacturer.
B) Junior’s got friends everywhere. You think they refer to the garage area as a big family for nothing? When someone needs help back there, and you can help, you do it.
C) Hello, Junior’s in a big contract negotiation if you haven’t heard already. Why pass up the opportunity to hop into someone else’s stuff, and see what it’s got? OK, so it was torn up. That’s OK though. Junior’s driven his stuff in a similar condition, and there are some comparisons which can be made. One of which that he commented on was how smooth the steering was, and he said he could tell it was a pretty hot car before the accident. There you have it. Now he knows a little bit, granted not a lot but a little bit, about some of the quality of equipment which isn’t from his current provider in DEI. Not talking teams and their effort, but the equipment results from having the backing, additional equipment, and R & D to put into the effort. By the way, Jr., I hear Cal Wells has got a Chassis Dyno up for grabs.
D) He’s a racer, and Ken Schrader always sums it up best when he tells the story about how you could put wheels on a popsicle stick (or hot dog) and these guys would be out there to race it.
That’s all there is to it, really. No need to whine, cry, or call Junior stupid because of “What if he misses the chase by 3 points behind Kyle Busch”, or “What if he misses the title by 3 points to Kyle Busch”, or any of that crap. And it is crap.
So next time you want to pick on someone, do for them screwing up. Don’t just sit there and jump all over someone for doing not only what was a favor and helping hand, but for doing what was right.
/rant
Filed Under: Dale Earnhardt Inc #8, Dale Earnhardt Junior, Drivers, Hendrick Motorsports #5, Kyle Busch, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Teams, Texas, The Soapbox, Tracks
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Amen…
However, how else will any ink stained wretch gain traffic, I mean it’s a given isn’t it.
They make stuff up. Just ask that Dillner fella.
“By the way, Jr., I hear Cal Wells has got a Chassis Dyno up for grabs.”
Nah…there’s a bigger and better Monster out there as you know when reading about the Haas Racing Dyno/wind tunnel.
marc said this on April 18th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Yeah, there is a bigger and better coming along but Jr was mentioning dyno’s and stuff DEI was lacking the other day. Might as well help Cal out and grab it up for a good home.
Hendrick stable is full, however youall fail to see that Hass
has a vacancy and they are a satelite race team to Hendrick! Also what about that ginn group, they are also satelite team to Hendrick.
Mark Martin raced years for Roush, had up and down years, but in his first year with ginn he was leading the points, went on vacation for two weeks and still is about 14. Jr should look for greener pastures, away from family
Wyatt said this on May 3rd, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Very true Wyatt. All things considered though, it isn’t a big secret as to where he would call home if not at DEI. To be honest, I don’t think he can win a Championship unless he does make that move.