Take you in a negitive way I think NOT. Most times I do agree with you. I have found that with the right words we can get the view points going to the max which makes this group fun.
You know that I am a Kyle fan and not a Jr fan but I do follow him. I think it was asked, not too long ago, how one decides on there favorite driver. At the time I did not have an answer until your ( From a Jr fan to a Kyle fan.. ). I am a fan of severals drivers or cars. # 2 car, not so much for the driver but the car number. Why you may ask? I was the Crew Chief on the # 2 Thunderbird in 1993. Mark Martin when he drove the Valvoline Ford he almost lost me with the Viagra Ford. The latest and greatest I will now cheer on will be Brad Kaslowski no matter how he does. For the life of me I can't say why I really Like him. Maybe after all these years of watching NASCAR this rookie has sparked something for me. As for Kyle It's because of Jr. It started when Hendrick annouced Jr was comming to Hendrick Motor Sport and that Kyle was out. I felt then and still do today that Rick's House of Cheats has bought the best team money can buy. ( Just
like the Yankees ) With the terrible year Jr has had, Jr still has brought in more money to Rick then any other driver.
To coin a phrase " man..this is fun... "
Tim 68134
--- On Sat, 11/28/09, Michael Rush <poltergeist8@
From: Michael Rush <poltergeist8@
Subject: Re: [NASCAR-Group] Some Mayfield news...
To: NASCAR-Group@
Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 1:51 PM
Welp, when it comes to keep one's media credentials with Nascar, they know better than to ask the drivers anything concerning 'taboo' topics with Nascar. Tim, we are talking about the same Nascar that got a man fired from the Speedchannel for reporting on a story that was already on Nascar.com, and it was a vendetta. Your question about screwing over Mayfield, one could also ask the same as to why they did the same to Tim Richmond. I realize that Tim Richmond died from AIDS, and the whole thing was swept under as far as Bill France Jr and the 'tainted' drug test they ordered him to do. But what gain did Nascar have in going after one of theeee most popular drivers at that time? They found out the hard way that you don't go after that guy.. you go after a Mayfield, or a Carl Long, or a Robby Gordon.
With regards further to Mayfield's negative tests, just like when Nascar security stormed in to his home, and forced him to take a RANDOM drug test in front of them, why not take that sample and back up Aegis with another 'positive' from another, accredited lab, instead of relying on the same people that gave him his first positive to own up and say, 'uh, this one's negative'.. come on man, like that'd happen. Four of Mayfield's negative results were unscheduled tests that his then lawyer Diehl had ordered Jeremy to. They already turned in the time lines on cell phones, and time stamps on the other labs' negative results. Also, you can do a diminished hair follicle test to determine when a drug was done, and how long ago by how much of a presence of the drug is still lodged in the follicle itself. Just like by asking what Nascar would have to gain by such activity, do we not agree that they also put the screws to a driver that is very much liked by the
Nascar community in Carl Long and his .017 inches of extra motor? They threw this guy under the bus and ran it back and forth several times, over something that is naturally occurring in an engine that has been through repeated heat cycles. They take on the ones that can't financially fight back, to let Hendrick and the other top owners and drivers know that they could do that to them too.. Imagine if they had wrote up Jimmie Johnson for .017 inches of too much motor there, docked him a 100 owner/driver points. How long could Rick Hendrick sustain a lawsuit? As long as Nascar can, because he is defininely one of the richest of the brood. Imagine still further that this were Dale Jr, Kyle Bush or Jeff Gordon they tried to lay a drug use thing on. Wait a minute, that would actually HURT nascar in the long run, instead of looking all self policing. So, they do this by attacking the runts of the litter, instead of the fat ones closest to momma. Keeps things
like Congressional probes away..(see MLB/Roger Clements/Barry Bonds).. if you need something to color how attacking someone like Mayfield benefits them.
Sadder still is both sides being caught in major lies. Do I think Jeremy did meth? I dunno. Do I think he's a prick? Oh hell yeah.. him and Robby Gordon both. Do I think it fair that Nascar has long lumbered around like some role hungry cop, beating the jaywalkers within an inch of their life, while letting the ones with the power to fight back take a slap on the wrist? (rhetorical. ..LOL) More over, why will Nascar NOT supply anyone with a list of banned substances? Well, it would keep them from using that punch of "actions detremental to Nascar", for starters. Lastly, back to the media talking to the drivers. Dude, tell me which driver out there is ready to have Nascar inspectors climb up the tailpipes of those cars with a microscope, and send them back through the tech line about ten times in a week end? 900 bucks a pop, and believe me, if you want to hear someone talk about how that's happened, then all one need do is ask Robby. When he was taken
down
by the 'unapproved nose' thing in early 2007, he spent almost every practice after that, just trying to get his damned car out of tech...
man..this is fun...
and I pray you aren't taking me in any negative way at all. You are a friend of mine.. so please, know that we can always agree to disagree should it come to that, and it wouldn't change my view of you one bit. From a Jr fan to a Kyle fan..
moi
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