The Barney Fife of NASCAR

This dude looks ultra cool behind his shades.  Or so some say.

He looks like a total doofus when he takes them off.

Our super hero of the day is Kyle Busch.

Weak chin, a skull doomed to eventual baldness, this is the Barney Fife of NASCAR.

Kyle Busch looks like this strange frat kid you met in college.  Often stupid, and engages his mouth about 2 months before his brain kicks into gear.

I bet if you look in all the pockets of his driver's suit, you will find a bullet, all shined up.

Way to go, Barney.

It's Official: Kyle Busch is the Best Driver EVER, and Dale Jr. sucks.

I know that because his fans say so.  What other proof do any of you or I need?

Recent comments I've read on various boards and in reply to articles written include:

"Kile is the bestest.  he cn run rings arund sweet boy [Dale Earnhardt Jr] all f****** day i luv him."

"Kyle Bush is better than dale ernhard SR because hes drivin better then dale ever did!!!!!"

"I like KB he is so much of a pasionat driver he can not be stoped i know i saw him at newhampshirea nd he was the best driver out ther and he got wreked and colndnt finish the race because bich boy JUUUUUNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIRRRRRR sucks and cant drive and only had his job becus hes daddys rich boy and he cant drive and he sucks donky ***** !!!!!!!"

"I would have Kyle b's babies, and im a MAN!"

"Junior sucks and wines and crys and isa BABie!  KYLE is a MAN!!!!?"

And my personal favorite:

"i seen junor sucking jefys **** and he is a GAY!"

Obviously, Kyle Busch's fan's are passionate, and they are a very diverse group.  It's good for a NASCAR driver to have passionate fans.  It's also good for NASCAR to have a diverse group of fans.  (Right?)

One common thread that I've found among Kyle's legion of fans is that they are apparently all illiterate.  Or possibly under the age of thirteen. 

Or both.

Latka Gravas

For no particular reason, I choose this evening to remember the passing of Andy Kaufman, who played the character of Latka on the TV series TAXI.

Andy was by no means a one hit wonder.  He was a great entertainer in his own right.  His sense of humor sometimes puzzled even his closest friends, but it was real.  It made people wonder whether he was actually sane or not, but I think he was.  He knew what he was doing.  It might take the rest of the world 200 years to figure it out though.

Andy supposedly died in 1984 or thereabouts from renal failure due to cancer.  There have been many who have said that Andy staged his own death, and that he's still alive and well somewhere, but I doubt that it's true.  I wish it were, but it's probably not true at all.  Andy Kaufman died, and is gone forever.

From the song that inspired the movie that bears his legacy:

Andy did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?

Hey, baby, are you having fun?

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.

By the Athens, Georgia band REM.

Like I said before, it's probably going to take all of our combined lifetimes to figure out exactly what Andy Kaufman was trying to say to us.  

God rest people like Andy and John Belushi and George Carlin.  The world needs more funny men like them.

Go in peace, or I will wreck you!

Spenser

Want to know what I think?

I don't do this very often, but tonight, I'm going to pour my heart out about a favorite driver of mine.

His name is Dale Earnhardt Jr., and unless you don't know anything about Nascar, you know who he is.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., obviously is the son of 7 time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.  Dale, besides winning 7 championships, also won 76 races in his career, before his death at Daytona International Speedway in 2001.

Dale Jr.'s career has had a lot of ups and downs.  Junior won 2 consecutive Busch series championships in 1998 and 1999.  He began racing full time for his father's team, Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2000.  As of now, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won 18 races and no championships in the Cup series.  

Dale Jr. is the most popular driver in the sport, and has been since the year after his father's death.  Thus, Dale Jr. gets a lot of hatred from fans of other drivers.  A recent post on a message board devoted mostly to Kevin Harvick fans stated: "I hope Junior hits the wall and dies."

I think that's a bit harsh, considering that Kevin basically only has his job because Dale Jr.'s father did die.  I certainly don't think that Kevin endorses or condones that position in the least.  But it's disturbing to me that a Harvick fan has that amount of hatred for the son of the man who made Kevin Harvick's career possible.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is often called "over rated,"  Meaning that even though he has 18 Cup wins in his career, that he somehow came by them by either cheating or because Nascar officials gave him the win, just because of his last name.

Most of his detractors eventually turn out to be fans of drivers with far less victories than Dale Jr. has accumulated.  Many of the detractors are fans of drivers whom have exhibited less than gentlemanly driving skills, such as Kyle Busch.  On a personal note, the only "true" fans of Kyle Busch are fans who have exhibited a total hatred for Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Most of them are also under the age of 18.  All are encouraged to debate me, but make sure your Mommy is standing by to change your diapers.

For those of you who are Harvick fans, shame on you.  You disrespect the very man who made your guy famous by dumping on his son.  If not for Earnhardt, Harvick would probably still be running late models in California somewhere.  To be honest with you, he's had some lucky wins, and he's shown he's good in the Nationwide Series, but he has yet to prove his true worth in the Cup series, in my most humble opinion.  He lucked up and won the Daytona 500.  He was really lucky there.  He did Dale proud and won at Atlanta in 2001.  But is he really that good a race driver?

Want to fight about it? Comment here and we will.  Otherwise, shut up!

Sincerely,

Spenser