Bad Monkey. Bad, Bad Monkey.
Friday, April 27th, 2007 6:46pm CDT
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
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NASCAR isn’t like “Pro” Wrestling. NASCAR is like a woman. Free to change its mind at any time, for any reason. Oh, and they’re always right.
NASCAR had a change of heart, for the better, today when they called Mr. Flip-Flop Stewart to the hauler at 6am sharp this lovely Friday morning at Talladega. For the record, it wasn’t for Frosted Flakes, Cheerios, or my famous 6am Bloody Mary starter either. The conversation left Tony Stewart saying, “It’s a little tender for me to sit down right now.”
As well it should be. It should still be felt when you are fulling your obligations on the track Sunday as well.
Stewart, again, has also lived up to his [well deserved] Thunder Lounge nickname as well.
From Stewart…
Tuesday:
“The thing with the media is they think it’s our obligation to do those things,” Stewart said. “It’s a privilege that they get to (talk to us). That’s the way it’s always been. Maybe it is in some of these other guys’ contracts, but it is not in my contract that says I have to go do any interviews after the race is over.”
Friday:
“It is in my contract.”
Tuesday:
He said skipping the press conference was his way of getting even with NASCAR over what he considered unfair officiating.
“NASCAR is the ones that always ask us to go to the media center, so instead of doing what they wanted, they don’t do what we want to do and run the race fair,” he said. “So why would I go to the media center and make them happy?”
Friday:
“I didn’t realize it was a requirement that I had to go to the Media Center.”
OK, we’ll leave it at that. Either way, no matter the driver, the right thing was done by NASCAR.
The only remaining question is why Juan Pablo Montoya got the reminder through the wallet, for “greeting” someone he thought was a friend but it was live TV, yet Flip-Flop here did it to Johnson at Atlanta in March and Carl Edwards last summer at Pocono. Both were televised as well.
Hmmm. I wonder what’s up with that?
Sources, since someone will wonder:
NASCAR, NASCAR, ESPN, NASCAR, SPEED TV’s NASCAR Live.
Filed Under: Drivers, Joe Gibbs Racing #20, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Phoenix, Talladega, Teams, Tony Stewart, Tracks
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I love the Pul Fiction picture. Man!
4ever3 said this on April 30th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Yep. I’m a freak with a sense of humor.
I thought it was pretty fitting though.