Junior Did What? Why?

By Mark Young

WOW what a weekend in Texas!!  Tornadoes, loud mouths, cry-babies, wrecks,thrilling victories, and a driver finishing the race in a different car made for a lot to talk about on Monday at the water cooler.  Jimmie Spencer was my leading candidate to Just Shut Up after hearing him rant about stuff that he should stay out of.  Then Tony Stewart showed us that it's all take and no give in his world, I reserve comment on that for a rainy day because this won't be his last rant.  Jeff Burton pulled off a great victory over Matt Kenseth and made all of us old-school racers smile because it was so cleanly done.  But the thing that has everyone talking is Junior finishing the race in the very car that knocked him out.

U WANT SOME?

By now we all know that Kyle Busch, whether he could see it or not, wrecked Dale Junior when Stewart spun.  I will not debate if he could have lifted or not because I don't drive cars at 180+ mph.  What I want to talk about, and hear from you is what you think about Junior getting into the #5 when Kyle was nowhere to be found.

I will start things off by giving you my two-cents-worth.  Junior said it was an old-school gentlemanly thing to do, OK I can go along with that.  He was also quoted as saying that he couldn't pass up a chance to drive a car other than a DEI car, again I can't deny that, but I think there was subliminal things behind it.

1. We all know about the contract talks between him and DEI.  Will he stay or will he go?  I think he got into that car to defy DEI and make a point that he can get into any owner's car at any time he wants.  Call it a job interview?  Call it NASCAR's version of Monster.com?

2. Kyle Busch wrecked by hitting Junior who was slowing down to avoid a wreck, and upon looking at the car either thought it was totaled or someone told him it was so he went home.  The team got it ready to run and upon not finding Kyle asked Junior.  Surely Junior (in my opinion) used this as a chance to get a shot at Kyle.  "You wrecked me and left the track?  I will gladly finish the race in your car."

Possibly I am way off base here but Junior created a stir, what do you think?