Some of you may remember my last blog which was pretty much just a conversation starter. It was about Tony and his seemingly out of character humbleness after the incident at Bristol. Well, I will now present the other side, many of which you agrued for.
Last night I was racing in an online NASCAR league I participate. I’m currently 4th in points, and we were racing at MIS. typically we run 50-100 laps depending on the track, MIS was a 75-lapper.
I run with a great group of guys, we race eachother hard but clean. We rub, bump and run, normal racing is what I’m getting at. Ok, ok, ok whats my point? Somewhere around lap 55 I was racing side by side for 2nd place with a good friend whom I’ve known for a few years now. I had him pinned along the bottom line in hopes of slowing him down to take the position away. His car wasn’t handling well and while I was completing the pass he crept up on my back quarter panel causing me to spin and wreck on the outside wall. Now, I wasn’t happy that this happened (it dropped me down to 6th in the overall standings). But at the same time I wasn’t furious or even angry at my competitor, heck, he even apologized as soon as it happened.
This guy is just a great racer, he knows when to push it and when to let the other guy go by. So, I know the wreck wasn’t intentional and I was ok with it. Darn it, where my point?!?
I guess I’m saying, now I understand that what happened between Smoke and Harvick was an accident. They are great buds and respect one another. However (and theres always a however), I wasn’t racing for some serious cash, jsut bragging rights… I think I’d be upset in Tony’s situation but I understand it a lil better now.
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8 Comments
Kit_Kat
Mar 27 2008 18:33
Another viewpoint is
that fact that they don’t deliberately try to wreck the cars. That’s an awful lot of money they take chances with.
bigChief2011
Mar 27 2008 15:44
Its all in good fun
in the name of competition!
dDrunkmonkey
Mar 27 2008 15:38
Wud up bC!
Thanks for the comments. Karbear, I always see the otherside, I’m quite open-minded.
Even in my online league if it would’ve been this other guy (we’ll call him kurt), you can bet your last dollar I would have been yelling obsenities (SP?) into my mic! lol
bigChief2011
Mar 27 2008 15:27
flip side
Most fans dont see it like the drivers do . Some of the guys hang out everyday,and are business partners. Sup monkey!
realist1961
Mar 27 2008 15:10
this is great
this is great insight on how drivers probably act towards each other. had it been kurt busch, we may have seen a different tony.
KarinB
Mar 27 2008 14:47
Good to see
you’re coming around to my way of thinking about that incident, Monkey. Friendship should always win out over everything. Serious cash? Well yeah, but neither one of them is hurting in that department.
dDrunkmonkey
Mar 27 2008 14:28
Marie
That is cool! And ur header “Friendship & Trust” was the theme I was looking for! Thanks
Marie3623
Mar 27 2008 13:53
Friendship and Trust
Bottom line is their friendship is more important then that one race. And that is cool