Comments on: Speed May Be In For Rude Awakening

By: Speed Demon

Speed Demon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:15:26 +0000

You got to be kidding me all the A-holes upset about what Speed did. Nice to see the blind eye to the dirty racing by Stenhouse, do you honestly think he didn’t deserve retaliation. Oh yeah I forgot your not a Speed fan, so your glad he lost the Championship.
Now do you honestly think any Cup driver would drive that dirty like Stenhouse, hell no because they know their better than that and honestly your a retard to think duh Speed going to do that in Cup. Cut the crap use your brains, “You live by the sword, sometimes you die by that sword”. Speed’s done nothing I haven’t seen in Cup before and his only crime was he’s an outsider. Half of you morons before 2009 over with will be wearing No. 84 Red Bull Gear.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:04:14 +0000

Justin Allgaier will outperform Scott Speed in the long run.

By: Neon

Neon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:56:05 +0000

I love it when we talk about the “respect of the other drivers”! Hmmm, Regan Smith showed “respect” for Smoke at Talladega in the tri-oval? Smith had every right to spin him out after Smoke made his 2nd block move. He didn’t dump Smoke, made the clean pass and NASCAR “gave” the win to Smoke. Ask Regan about “respect” now and I’m sure he’ll tell ya it’s everyman for himself.
As far as Speed vs Stenhouse goes, there is not one fan here that would be OK w/ your closest competitor driving you into the fence, taking the pt lead and you just simply say “oh well”. Come on people.

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:17:09 +0000

First off, I dont like Speed. He IS a punk. I am a Dinger fan and have stopped drinking RedBull and banned it on my construction sites. With that said, He was VERY justified in doing what he did. stinkhouse spent 20 laps trying to wreck him, even when Speed slowed and pulled up so he could go by, he wouldnt and kept hitting. It doesnt say much for stinkhouse’s ability that it took him 20 laps or so to wreck him. No brakes my butt. There is no way stinkhouse could have run that good with brake problems. arca got what it deserved for not parking stinkhouse immediately after it happened. Heck they should have blackflagged him WAY before he wrecked Speed.

By: midasmicah

midasmicah — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:03:40 +0000

What happened to the days when drivers had to pay their dues before they came to na$car. By the time they got there, they had a good idea what to expect. My favorite driver is Jeff Burton. I’ve followed him since he nineties. He paid his dues. By the time he got a full time cup ride he was in his mid to late twenties. That was the norm. Now I see very young drivers being pushed to the cup side. Most of them find they’re in for a rude awakening(Casey Atwood). Of the newer drivers in cup I like Brian Vickers. He was pushed iinto cup after a brief stint in the Busch series. It took awhile. Joey Logano is in for the same rude awakening. You can only hope it doesn’t ruin his confidence if he fails at first. Damn, he’s only in his late teens. Speed is quite a bit older than Logano, but it’s still a big step. He should have spent at least a year in the Nationwide series. Anyway this is just my opinion. Thanks for listening

By: Steve C

Steve C — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:38:30 +0000

Carrie, I have been around this sport for 35 plus years as a owner, driver and a fan. Speed will need to earn the respect of the entire Cup feild, pulling the bone head move he pulled the other day is going to make it much harder for this to happen. regardless of what you think about Stewart and Harvick, Speed needs to gain the trust of these driver and 40 others. If he dosent he will be running 43 for quite some time to come. I’t's called respect. If he does not gain the respect of the Cup feild, he will become just another open wheeler who disapears.

By: Neon

Neon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:42:12 +0000

I’ve only seen the video clip in the link and haven’t too watchful of an eye on the ARCA point standings, but I have to say that your on dish Scott Speed is wrong. The only thing Speed will have to learn in Cup is how to use the the chrome horn and not wreck himself. How many times have you heard Cup veterans claim “what goes around, comes around”? Hmmm…Smoke tried a payback move at Kansas, only to miss and spin himself thru the grass. Happens all the time.
As far as F1, Speed actually was somewhat sucessful for Scuderia Torro Rosso. F1 silly season antics, just like Cup, shortened his stay. F1=fighter jet…Stock Cars=bumper cars. Ask Gordon from trading paint.
Shoot, if Stenhouse got into Speed prior to (intentional or not) to take the point lead at that stage…Speed did right. He’ll learn soon enough to perfect the “bump & run”!
It’s all in good fun. Great website, by the way!!!

By: JT

JT — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:42:20 +0000

I just hope that Jay Frye has ordered enough spare cars and extra fab guys for the 84 team – he’s going to need them to keep Speed on the track!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:27:31 +0000

Carrie: I’m not saying he doesn’t have the attitude down pat, and I think to some degree he might be good for the sport. But nobody has gotten away with driving like Speed did on Sunday, in NASCAR in a long time (see Kurt Busch v. Tony Stewart). NASCAR and the other competitors won’t put up with him using his car as a weapon.

Unfortunately for some fans, NASCAR isn’t the same sport it was 15 or 20 years ago. While the top brass might want drivers to more “expressive,” they won’t allow them to become a danger to themselves and others.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:06:59 +0000

Are we really going to take Scott to task for a so-called punk move by threatening him with bigger punks like Harvick & Edwards? Seriously? Are we really saying that his move in an ARCA race wouldn’t fly in Cup when it’s been something the Cup guys have been doing for years? Seriously? Are we really saying he wouldn’t get away with what he did if he tried it in Cup? Seriously?

Give me a break. Don’t act like Scott is in over his head with “the big boys” in Cup when the Cup guys have been pulling the same move Scott did for years. Frankly, I think with his attitude, he’ll fit right in with those guys.

The only problem he might face is NASCAR deciding he’s not one of their boys so he’ll get in trouble for doing the same things guys like Stewart & Edwards have gotten away with for years.

Maybe he is being tossed into the deep end skill-wise by TRB but he’s got the NASCAR attitude down pat.