“I’m a Cup Driver and I Deserve Better Than You”
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
During a late caution in Saturday’s Nationwide race Denny Hamlin deliberately drove up the track into Brad Keselowski’s car crushing in the front left corner of Brad’s car and wrecked the car’s aerodynamics in the process.
Just before Denny did this move Brad did bump him from behind to let him know he didn’t like the way he was racing him just before the caution flag. There was no damage done to Denny’s car as a result of the bump though, it was more of a “Hey, smarten up” kind of bump.
The two drivers had been racing each other pretty hard for the position before the caution and I guess they didn’t like the way the other one was racing them.
This all eventually led to a confrontation on pit road between crews after the race.
As far as I’m concerned Denny’s arrogant display of unearned self-entitlement on the track lacks respect for the sport and his fellow competitors.
Denny’s “I’m a Cup driver, and you’re not” attitude shows just how big his self-inflated head really is.
Hey Goodyear, need another blimp?
Denny has to remember Brad is competing for the Nationwide Championship and he is going to race anyone hard that late in the race to get the points. Being a Cup driver does not give Denny the sense of entitlement that he feels he deserves, in fact, it should be the opposite as he is a poacher on the series regulars. That position he occupied not only represented 3 - 5 points, but also a larger paycheck. Cup drivers are both point poachers as well as purse poachers.
Now sure Denny can come back and say that he is racing for the Owner’s Championship and that is fine but so is Brad.
My message to Denny is that you are on the track to race your fellow competitors not pull some prima donna crap because they are actually challenging you for the position you are only entitled too if you can keep it, not because you are a Cup driver.
Your actions on the track, and in your post race interview Saturday were arrogant and selfish.
As my son says, “Why don’t you act your age and not your shoe size?”
If you want to earn the respect you think you greatly deserve for being ‘a Cup driver’ then you need to start showing some of it too.
Photo by: AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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