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October 27, 2006
David Ragan Trying To Earn Some Respect
By Mark Young
This is just a quicky but something that made feel the need to write. I read in a couple of places tonight that David Ragan, who caused a fairly large wreck at Martinsville last week that took out Schrader and Stewart, bought his chance to talk to Tony about it. It seems that he was the winning bidder in a charity auction that allowed the winner to ride around Atlanta Motor Speedway with Tony Stewart.
Not only did the 20 year old rookie of NEXTEL Cup buy the opportunity, he spent over $5,000 to do it. He mentioned that it would give him a chance to talk to Tony about the incident and ask him what he could have done differently. I tell you what, I don't know doodly squat about this kid but he has earned my respect....for now. It takes some big kahunas to pay to talk to someone about something that they know they did wrong. I don't know if this is unprecidented but it is something that I have never seen in my days as a fan and am sure it will carry a lot of clout in the garage area. Here is the link to the complete article from the Atlanta Motor Speedway. http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/media/pit_notes/513811.html
Tell me what you think.
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Comments
Tony Stewart is probably the best pure racer in the series. However using his lack of judgement in the past, he is not always the person that practice what he preaches. He has two teamates that I feel would be better to draw advice from, Kennseth and Martin. If I need financial advice, i'm not going to talk to the guy down the street who just filed bankruptcy.
Posted by: jeff | Oct 27, 2006 11:07:04 PM
I read that also and thought it was really cool.David is a fine young man from a very good family.I think,with time,we will see how good a racer he is.
Posted by: Short Lady | Oct 28, 2006 7:27:32 AM
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