NASCAR running thread

Joe Gibbs has been almost perfect with his driver hires but Joey Logano has to be the worst, even worse than Jason Leffler.

 

You say this as Logano moves into ninth in points. I can't even fathom how you could argue Leffler as a better hire than Logano.

Drivers are supposed to drive. Logano drove his way into third place this week. Roger Penske should be fine with that.

 

My god. As if Tony Fucking Stewart getting pissed at someone else for blocking wasn't rich enough ... Patricia Driscoll, girlfriend of noted bootstrap-puller Kurt Busch, rails against Logano on Twitter as #TrustFundRacer?

SERIOUSLY?

Jesus Christ. Is she unaware of how much of daddy's money Kurt used to get through the ranks?

 

Any word on Hamlin's injuries?

 

Kurt's had it rough. Everyone else has been out to ruin his career, after all.

 

Compression fracture in his lower back:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/03/25/denny-hamlin-injured-joey-logano-nascar-sprint-cup/2018153/

 

Aside: When did Gluck join USAT?

 

Maybe I'm just not looking at it the right way, but I didn't see much wrong with Logano's block move on Stewart. I only saw it on SportsCenter, but it was under 20 laps to go and they were racing for the lead, right? To me, it's hard to get mad at Logano for wanting to try and block Stewart. Am I missing something?

 

Logano blocked after mucking up the restart and spinning his tires. And Stewart gets pissed at those who block anywhere other than the restrictor-plate tracks, especially someone like Logano, who gets all pissy if you move him out of the way. Stewart was clear that that was Logano's right, but Stewart was also clear that next time that goes down Logano won't be racing for the lead when they come back around.

 

Yeah, after listening to Stewart's remarks, I get the impression that Logano will be in the wall if he does something like that again.

 

I saw the wreck this morning. Pretty blatant that Logano did just enough to wreck Hamlin.