Bent Corner

Evidently there is now talk in Washington D.C. of giving around $50 billion to the American auto industry.  I think before either General Motors or Ford is given any tax dollars, someone needs to find out how much of that money will be trickle down to NASCAR. Both companies spend millions and millions of dollars every year on NASCAR.

Instead of spending millions helping Jeff Gordon turn left really, really fast, they should be investing in developing technology to make cars more fuel efficient.

They of course wont be doing that.

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Former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs liked to make a big deal about “personal character” when it came to Redskins players.  How ironic then that NASCAR is coming down with sanctions against his racing team because they attempted to alter the outcome of a chassis dyno test.

They cheated.

When Redskins safety Sean Taylor (since deceased) was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, Gibbs immediately jumped at the chance to grandstand.  He immediately suspended Taylor for one game and spoke to reporters saying that character was important to the team and that “you don’t ever want this on the team”.

I never was sure what “this” he was referring to.  An innocent man?

Taylor was later cleared of all charges. A judge ruled after viewing the video of the traffic stop and the field sobriety test that Taylor showed no signs of intoxication and in fact passed the test.

Sean Taylor was innocent.

Joe Gibbs suspended an innocent man. Instead of allowing the judicial system decide Taylor’s guilt or innocence, Gibbs immediately suspended him and then grandstanded about it to reporters.

The only thing worse then a cheater is a hypocrite.  In Gibbs’ case, he’s both.

Former IRL IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti (also known as Mr. Ashley Judd) has lost his job as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver.  Team owner Chip Ganassi decided to scale back the three-car team to a two-car team leaving Franchitti the odd man out.

Franchitti’s #40 team had had an awful start to the season.   His best finish came with 22nd place at Martinsville.  He also had a dificult time finding permanent major sponsorship.  The team had to resort to using single-race sponsorship with different companies.

Evidently a 35-year old Scotsman doesn’t appeal to key NASCAR demographics.  Maybe he would have had more NASCAR appeal if he had started dressing like General Robert E. Lee or maybe learned to play the banjo.

A NASCAR driver can never go wrong learning to play the banjo.

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