OK... so this isn't "exactly" new news. It's been a week ago. But, sometimes it takes us a few days to process things, especially if work interferes.
Been awhile since I started this blog and had ideas that I would come on here on a regular basis and throw out my insanity on the world of NASCAR. Well, obviously things didn't work out quite as I had anticipated.
However, the one bit of prolific commentary I threw out there last year pretty much came to pass just as I had expected. Denny Hamlin did not (much to the chagrin of the sports media as a whole) overcome the powerhouse that is Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knauss. Denny won some races. Good for yooooou. Jimmy won the championship.
That's why all you do is win... races, Denny. lol... except maybe this year, huh Denny-boy?
Now... about recent events. There has been in my lifetime many moments when my perspective of "things" was changed by the direct result of the actions of others. The love of my wife, the birth of my children, the death of a family member... and then there's always the times when I was PUNCHED IN THE FACE!
Certainly, there's really no need to discuss the first few events, we all understand their significance. I want to discuss the last... getting punched in the face. There are really not many more defining moments in the course of a man's life than this one pivotal moment. The actual receiving of the punch... you don't have much control over that. But the way in which you respond (both short & long term) may very well define the punchee for a LOOOOOONG time through the course of his life.
Take for example... oh, I don't know, hmmm.... ahh, Kyle Busch. Here's a guy that aside from his obviously profound skills in a race car is pretty much just a mark above 'douchebag' on the social skills metering stick of life. It must be a family inherited trait, as evidenced in the Older Brother Kurt / Jimmy Spencer interactions of the early 2000's NASCAR Seasons.
Oddly enough (or perhaps not so surprisingly) the Kurt / Jimmy scenario played itself out similarly to the end result of Kyle's situation this past week.
So basically, here's a guy racing TWO DIVISIONS down (Camping World Truck Series) from his primary ride. He gets passed on the last lap by an up and coming driver, cleanly passed no less. And as an 'Ambassador to the Sport' (lol.. what a joke) Kyle repays the pass by attempting to damage the equipment, owned by Richard Childress, by slamming into it on the COOL DOWN lap. Let's be clear, this was not a racing incident... this was a Smartass Kyle Busch post race incident.
Well... as we have all come to find out in the last week, as it turns out, Richard Childress and Kyle Busch have had past discussions about this type of excessive damage to equipment in post race incidents. See, it's not just as simple as Busch paying the guy a rub after the race as an initiation... it's damage to equipment... that someone has to pay for.
So, the man who pays the bills decided he has had enough of the man who costs him money. So he went to discuss this with him yet again.
Here's where this all gets a little bit fuzzy... because Kyle won't admit what he said, Richard was told by NASCAR that he COULD NOT discuss the event with the media and Kyle (the day following the event) was very elusive when he spoke to the media, basically claiming "something happened unfortunately".
Yeah, Kyle. "Something" happened. Your got your ass handed to you by an old man.
Words were exchanged (that we may never be privy to) and then Richard Childress grabbed Kyle Busch, placed him in a headlock, then proceeded to punch Kyle Busch in the face repeatedly until Kyle Busch fell to the ground.
OMG.... WHY DID NO ONE GET FILM OF THIS?!?!?!?
Look, going to a movie these days could run you an easy $25 by the time you buy a ticket, popcorn, drink, etc.
I'll go $15 for film of this. Ok, ok.... $20. Final offer.
Kyle got a message I don't think anyone previously in his young 20-something years has ever delivered to him in such a fashion. Good! It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
The question is, though... how does this effect him moving forward? His immediate reaction to this was to lay on the ground (in a fetal position in my mind's glorified vision of this scenario) and not move as Richard Childress walked away. Now I don't now about any of you... but some guy hits me in the face repeatedly there's gonna be a 65yr old man who's gonna take an ass-whippin' right there. I'm not laying on the ground. I'm getting up primed to fight. I would not just LAY THERE!
But Kyle did. That was the immediate reaction. He layed down. Period.
Yeah, he tried to look all cool the NEXT day in the media... acting like the sun was blinding him when he pulled the sun glasses down over his eyes.... oh aren't you just so clever, Kyle?
But you punked out, dude. We all know it. You know it, NASCAR knows it... and even more satisfyingly, Richard Childress knows it. You punked out... you worm.
So now Kyle has to think about long term. I don't think he's man enough to stand up and say, "I got my ass whipped and learned something." No, that won't happen. I also don't think he's smart enough to look at himself honestly... take a real honest inward look and ask why this happened. No, if he had that level of insight things about him might have changed after he was FIRED from Hendrick Motorsports.
No, I guess now he'll either continue his path of completely being unaware of the douchebag that others see him for, being the smart aleck little kid in school that keeps running his mouth, asking for a beating even after having received many... or he'll simply cower away having gotten the beating he deserved.
Lol... as much as I'd personally like to see him fade away as the coward... I think he's too F-ing stupid to do so.
So... run your mouth, Kyle. We all know you're going to, until the next time someone slams a fist into it... I for one will anxiously count the days.
-Name withheld, no kitchen pass issued.
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