Maybe that's what Pat wanted to do and why he was trying to get to Gilliam so fast. He just wanted to give him a big warm hug.
NASCAR had a good bit of its success because Cale whipped both of the Allison’s on national TV. They think the current bunch of Nancy’s slapping each other will help retain that. There was a time fighting was common place at local dirt tracks but now for the most part that is a thing of the past. It still happens though even at the upper levels at times. Racing is a sport where emotions can run high and things happen. Most of the time a little intervention can stop things from happening though and cooler heads prevail. You can’t always know what others are thinking though. JMO I feel bad for all parties involved in that deal.
And then the water bottle toss was because he thought he looked a little over heated, and he was worried about heat exhaustion. He was just trying to help!
Our local dirt track eventually had to have two deputies in attendance on Friday nights. It just adds to the ambience.
I came pretty close to taking a swing at a race dad at a wera event. I restrained myself for my kid's sake. Racing puts a bunch of people with similar personality types into a high pressure environment. Some conflict is inevitable..
If it's your kids out there racing then YOU are not in a high pressure environment. If you make it one you need to take a step back and look at what you're doing wrong...
Put your kid on a race track and tell me you don't feel any pressure. Anyhow, I was able to take a step back before things escalated. No beverages became airborne. And, as I said, Pat Kelly was always pleasant while our kids were racing at close quarters. I'm not excusing what he did, but sometimes emotions get the better of you.
Cuz I'm so damn pretty? So get Brad to sponsor WERA with an Expedition Max with the two speed 4x4 - holy shit those are nice looking now!
I put thousands of racers a year on tracks and feel more pressure than you can imagine every second of every lap. I've yet to consider hitting someone because of it. I get feeling emotions, it's the acting on them that isn't acceptable.
Oh I understand totally feeling like that. It's going from there to acting on it I don't accept. Wanting to hit people happens all the time...