<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Journeyman:
Its becoming as predictable as a Nas-Car making a left turn...he runs RUSTY off the road then 'flips' him off...anyone see this?
[This message was edited by FISHHEAD on May 04, 2004 at 10:09 PM.]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, and quite frankly, RUSTY is a jag-off IMO and Stewart should flip him off every time he passes him.
Its time for old Rusty to hang up the driving gloves.
Rusty takes being OLD SCHOOL to a whole new level.
Its becoming as predictable as a Nas-Car making a left turn...he runs RUSTY off the road then 'flips' him off...anyone see this?
[This message was edited by FISHHEAD on May 04, 2004 at 10:09 PM.]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, and quite frankly, RUSTY is a jag-off IMO and Stewart should flip him off every time he passes him.
Its time for old Rusty to hang up the driving gloves.
Rusty takes being OLD SCHOOL to a whole new level.
I like Stewart also....Crusty Wallace is set in his old school ways THAT is for sure!
When Jeremy Mayfield was with him it was very obvious Rusty was being shown up by the new blood...finally admitted it after Jeremy was outdoing him race after race...
Rusty was talking like he would hand Tony his ass if he saw him lol...whatever Rusty!
When Jeremy Mayfield was with him it was very obvious Rusty was being shown up by the new blood...finally admitted it after Jeremy was outdoing him race after race...
Rusty was talking like he would hand Tony his ass if he saw him lol...whatever Rusty!
On an otherwise peaceful afternoon in wine country, leave it to Tony Stewart to stir things up, roughing up rookie Brian Vickers after Sunday's race at Sonoma.
Why isn't exactly clear.
Vickers says the two bumped a couple of times during the race, but that it was Stewart who knocked him off the course during the 85th lap.
Nevertheless, Stewart, who finished 15th, was furious about something and was in a hurry to let Vickers know about it.
Immediately after the race he jumped out of his car and hunted down Vickers, who was still sitting in his car. According to reports, the conversation seemed cordial at first and then Stewart went ballistic.
Vickers said it became physical when he began laughing at Stewart's rant.
"At first it was a discussion about why he hit me and I thought it was kind of funny," said Vickers, who finished 22nd. "I was trying to figure out why he was coming to me, mad at me, when he hit me. I was a little confused there and I thought it was kind of funny and that's when he came in the car after me.
"I was still strapped in my car with my helmet off. He reached for me and knocked the breath out of me ... He hit the armrest and he reached in the car and he grabbed me in the chest and when he did hit me, it was kind of open palm."
Stewart then tried to pull Vickers from the car before Vickers' crew intervened and pried the two apart.
Stewart had no comment.
So what will come of all this? Maybe probation. But is that really enough? How much longer is NASCAR going to let Stewart run amok?
Let's look at the rundown for this season: He has angered a number of drivers with his rough driving; he smashed into Terry Labonte making a dangerous U-turn onto pit road at Talladega; he walked out of a NASCAR pre-race meeting early because he felt it was going on for too long; and now he gets physical with a rookie driver for who knows what?
It's time to take off the kid gloves with the former champion. He keeps making promises that he'll keep himself composed, and then, sure enough, he goes off the deep end again and again.
At the very least, it's time to sit him for a race.
Don't take a few points away as they do from time to time. He didn't cheat, he earned what he earned in the race. Don't put him on probation -- that amounts to a slap on the wrist at best.
It's time to get tough. Suspend him and don't give him a chance to earn points in the next race. That might be the only way to get through to him, but even that's doubtful.
http://www.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/7458468
Why isn't exactly clear.
Vickers says the two bumped a couple of times during the race, but that it was Stewart who knocked him off the course during the 85th lap.
Nevertheless, Stewart, who finished 15th, was furious about something and was in a hurry to let Vickers know about it.
Immediately after the race he jumped out of his car and hunted down Vickers, who was still sitting in his car. According to reports, the conversation seemed cordial at first and then Stewart went ballistic.
Vickers said it became physical when he began laughing at Stewart's rant.
"At first it was a discussion about why he hit me and I thought it was kind of funny," said Vickers, who finished 22nd. "I was trying to figure out why he was coming to me, mad at me, when he hit me. I was a little confused there and I thought it was kind of funny and that's when he came in the car after me.
"I was still strapped in my car with my helmet off. He reached for me and knocked the breath out of me ... He hit the armrest and he reached in the car and he grabbed me in the chest and when he did hit me, it was kind of open palm."
Stewart then tried to pull Vickers from the car before Vickers' crew intervened and pried the two apart.
Stewart had no comment.
So what will come of all this? Maybe probation. But is that really enough? How much longer is NASCAR going to let Stewart run amok?
Let's look at the rundown for this season: He has angered a number of drivers with his rough driving; he smashed into Terry Labonte making a dangerous U-turn onto pit road at Talladega; he walked out of a NASCAR pre-race meeting early because he felt it was going on for too long; and now he gets physical with a rookie driver for who knows what?
It's time to take off the kid gloves with the former champion. He keeps making promises that he'll keep himself composed, and then, sure enough, he goes off the deep end again and again.
At the very least, it's time to sit him for a race.
Don't take a few points away as they do from time to time. He didn't cheat, he earned what he earned in the race. Don't put him on probation -- that amounts to a slap on the wrist at best.
It's time to get tough. Suspend him and don't give him a chance to earn points in the next race. That might be the only way to get through to him, but even that's doubtful.
http://www.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/7458468
