This weekend, there were 3 races and one fight. Guess which one was more interesting?
According to ESPN: The new Kyle Busch found himself back in old familiar territory: smack-dab at the center of controversy.
But he got a little help this time -- make that a lot of help -- from Richard Childress. The driver and team owner went at it in the Truck garage area after the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. Childress apparently took exception to Busch bumping one of his trucks, driven by Joey Coulter, on the cool-down lap.
It was reported that Childress had Busch in a headlock and didn't pull any punches. In old-school terms, it sounded like Childress dragged Busch to the woodshed, dropped his drawers and thrashed him silly. We don't know what actually happened between the two. We may never.
"Boys, have at it" apparently includes team owners, even when the owner is old enough to be the grandfather of the lad he's whoopin'. Some could argue that Childress was just protecting his driver and equipment. (Remember Busch's pit-road run-in with Kevin Harvick, another RCR driver, at Darlington last month?) It's no different than an offensive lineman going toe-to-toe with a linebacker for roughing up his quarterback, right?
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/storycolumnist=breeze_joe&id=6619016
Childress apparently punched Busch 3 times was in a headlock. Of course the questions begs: Why is Kyle Busch being picked on like a nerd in 7th grade? first Keven Harvick and then Richard Childress who is at least twice as old as Busch. It's kind like me going after LeBron James and I am the one who gets the punches in.
however this incident, even though it was not taped, was a lot more interesting than the 3 NASCAR races this weekend. The truck race was boring, the Nationwide race was boring except on the last lap when the two leaders ran out of gas and the Sprint race was just horribly boring. No crashes, no late lap excitement. Nothing. We have not had an exciting race since Tallegdega.
So, now, we are left with a grandfather fighting a driver who really isn't much of a fighter. So, this is what NASCAR has become? Pathetic.
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