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October 24, 2005
open mic
By Krista Voda
Live TV is a wonderful thing. With it, comes honest words. And with honest words, sometimes come hard feelings and regret.
But that's what a true moment is about. Uninhibited thoughts and un-sterilized comments.
And nobody does it better than Tony Stewart.
As soon as the question was posed, "What about the incident with Greg Biffle?", I knew we were in for a treat. As a fan, you sit on your couch in eager anticipation to hear exactly how Stewart will phrase, describe, define the "moment" this time.
He's an idiot.
No wonder, all those times, Kevin Harvick wanted to kill him.
They name streets after guys like him...One Way and Dead End.
I play poker with him. I like the guy, but if he was here right now I'd have to strangle him.
I'm not here to place blame, to tell you the truth, I don't really care which driver was at fault.
I just appreciate the honest entertainment.
And I'm not saying I always agree with the way Tony Stewart expresses himself. (I thought his bad-mouthing of Darrell Waltrip last year was out of line).
But he has a right to say whatever he wants. Especially in this sport where instant TV access, with immediate interviews of the athletes, is a part of the game.
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Of course, live TV also means the chance to screw up royally!
Tony's teammate, rookie driver Denny Hamlin, found that out during an interview on "NASCAR This Morning." Hamlin, a Busch series regular, was driving the third Gibbs car at Martinsville. He'd been fast all weekend in practice, and was eager to start the race. So eager, perhaps, that when thanking those who gave him the opportunity, he mentioned the hard-working employees at UPS. Too bad his sponsor is Fed Ex.
Hamlin immediately recognized his mistake and recovered as best he could. Remember, it's not a sponsor he's used to carrying. I say don't sweat it, Denny. Keep putting your car up front and the executives will surely go easy on you.
And take it from someone who has had her share of flubs on live TV, there will always be a better interview...and a worse one...down the road.
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Comments
But that's why we love Tony! He tells it like it is as opposed to the honey-dripped drivel that comes from most of the drivers.
And why are you sitting on the fence when it comes to judging those incidents on Sunday. If you look at the replays, Biffle clearly gave the other cars that passed him plenty of room but twice he tried to re-arrange Tony's sheet metal. He should have been penalized just like his teammate. If you are a lap down and not racing someone for position you move over, period!
Posted by: Peter Zanutto | Oct 24, 2005 9:48:05 AM
I don't blame Greg Biffle but instead I blame NASCAR for the way that they handle lapped traffic. Other series penalize the lapped cars if they don't immediately move out of the way of the leaders. NASCAR, on the other hand, doesn't care one way or the other how the lapped cars race the leaders. This isn't the first time that a lapped car has potentially messed up the race for one of the leaders(well in this case two, Stewart and Johnson), and it won't be the last unless NASCAR decides to do something about it. Biffle had no business holding up Johnson and Stewart but if NASCAR isn't going to tell him to move out of the way then he and other lapped cars are just going to keep racing the leaders that way. NASCAR needs to start penalizing the lapped cars if they continue to hold up the leaders during races.
Posted by: Ken | Oct 24, 2005 10:01:17 AM
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