Sunday, November 6, 2011

Classy NASCAR Drivers

In most sports, there is trash talking all around, especially in football and basketball. They'll call an opponent names, celebrate a sack or making a 3 point shot by taunting. In baseball, they are a little bit calmer- they'll just throw at your head if you taunt someone.
Well, in NASCAR, they don't taunt or call names. They stay classy, like this: During the first of those two cautions in a span of only six laps, Edwards had taken his first lead in more than 150 laps when he got only two tires and jumped from third to first out of the pits. Stewart also took only two tires on that stop, but came out second.
When Stewart came down pit road after the race, Edwards stuck his head in and shared a few words with his closest competitor.
"I just told him, 'Good job.' He did a great job today. Those guys stepped it up," Edwards said. "I'm proud of my guys for hanging on and still having the points lead. It looks like it's truly going to come down to Tony and I, and that's going to be a lot of fun."

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/7200616/tony-stewart-wins-texas-pull-three-points-carl-edwards
Before the race, they were also joking around with each other and on the track, they raced hard but fair.
The driver also have class when they thank people who helped them to a good day. People like the engineers, pit crews, the people who wash the cars etc. In team sports, that is like thanking the coaches, the equipment managers and the custodians who clean up after the players who leave the dugout, clubhouse or locker room in a mess.
We have a great race for the championship in NASCAR and we have 2 classy drivers- Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart- still in the hunt. There are only 2 races left in the chase- Phoenix and Homestead, so may the best man win and in this competition, there are two classy guys can still win.

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