Running behind...

Wow, been a busy couple of weeks! I had been meaning to come out and make a few posts along the way... Not so much about the racing action, ok, well, maybe on Jimmie stretching out the fuel to take the win last week. It was funny listening to Chad tell him "slow down, you're ahead by 20 seconds", LOL! The lead was about 10 seconds, I think. But after running balls out who in their right mind could slow down! I was curious about the minimum speed issue. That was brought up on Sirius Morning Drive one day, but I made it to work before I could ever hear anymore talk about that.

That truck driver, Fike... WOW! Shooting up smack on race day and then running a race while all jacked up on the junk. A serious admission! I applaud his honesty! It does make you wonder... If him? Then who else? Mind you, I know literally nothing of the man, but wow, what an admission. I for one think that drivers should be required to subject themselves to more drug testing. Sure, if a football player is jacked up, what is the worse that could happen to a fan watching the chiva laden fooballer? He throws the ball in the stands and hurts ya... Now a race car driver could cause a wreck that could cause parts and debris, or worse yet, a car to go into the stands and potentially kill a number of fans. I think for the sheer speed of the game and the lethal potential of wrecks, drivers need to be held to a higher standard than typical stick and ball guys. Now, to make things fair... Extend random testing to all drivers, crew members, officials, and even owners... if you are at the track, you are subject to testing. Plain and simple. You could easily create test groups and the drivers group could have a higher number of tests.

Looking forward to Dega!