F1 Fanatic

People like Kyle Busch shouldn’t be allowed behind the wheel of a racing car. Deliberately causing an accident should never be allowed under any circumstances, especially when the red mist has descended and it’s about revenge.
Try using the “have at it” defense in court when you end someone’s career or life in an accident like that…

Stupidity is the word that comes in my mind.

Come on Keith, the reference to Piquet was uncalled for. No one knows for sure why he did what he did.

As for Kyle Busch, well that’s another matter. This person is the biggest bully in Nascar. The little ban that he got was not enough in my opinion.

The problem with self-policing, though is that it’s an almost anarchic state until someone goes too far. While I like that they let them speak out and be human, they DO need some clearly defined lines set down such as absolutely positively no retaliation. That’s poor sportsmanship and if this is a professional level, then these guys ought to be able to act so. Not to mention there’s a high standard to be held for the number of kids who look up to these guys. This is hardly role-model behavior.

Even though it’s not my bag, I have a lot of respect for oval drivers because it’s not so easy to be fast as some like to claim. But this does nothing for the image of the sport when many see it as a bunch of fat, rowdy, redneck hooligans. Let them race hard, let them be emotional… but DO NOT let them take each other out intentionally or get into physical altercations. They don’t have to be sterile, but they’ve turned into the bad parent that says “whatever you want, sweety.” Then they only step in when to their horror they’ve found their little brat has run amok smashing jars and eating everything in the candy shop. And the response? Take them out, slap them on the wrist with a stern “no!” and then take them back in and say “whatever you want, sweety…”

Folks, please don’t misunderstand: NASCAR parked Kyle Busch for the weekend. This meant no Nationwide or Sprint Cup racing, either.

Anybody with a brain can see Hornaday got loose passing the slower truck, which got him into Busch. As usual, though, Busch didn’t care to wait for the explanation, choosing to act out on his anger with his 3,500-pound truck.

Although, if it were me, I would remove him from the property entirely. I would invited him to watch the race from home.

No it doesn’t, Doance. Not like this.

What Kyle Busch did was completely out of order and unacceptable, to ram into somebody with that closing speed is daft and dangerous. But, NASCAR’s “have at it boys” policy has no limitations or distinctions…until NASCAR themselves think an incident has gone too far. But it’s too late by then, the incident has happened – the vagueness of the policy has given the green light for such actions. This has exposed a flaw in a policy that I like, I like the “boys have at it” policy – but it can produce incidents like last weekend where drivers go overboard.

This incident reminds me of a NASCAR Nationwide race at Dover last year, Clint Boyer deliberately crashed into Denny Hamlin under caution. Boyer wasn’t suspended from any races for that. The speed at which retaliation was served were much lower than in Texas. NASCAR seemingly though that was acceptable – yet found such disgust with last weekend’s incident (which they should) and not the Dover crash.

As for the general sweeping statements about NASCAR, and those who find spinning somebody out on purpose so terrible – get real. This is NASCAR, not open wheel cars where contact between cars has terrible consequences. Payback is a regular occurrence in NASCAR and always be, but that’s what is so exciting – the rivalries that brew between drivers. For example, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch despise each other, so Kurt spun Johnson out at Richmond – only for Johnson to return the favour. It wasn’t dangerous, they just shoved each other around at short track speeds. Kyle took it way too far, however.

I thoroughly enjoy watching the races across all three National Series. The relaxed driving conduct is very appealing, the drivers have to handle themselves and not go and cry to some steward to try and get another driver penalised.