Brad Keselowski has been accused of being too agressive on the track Photo/Getty Images
A lot has been said about Brad Keselowski and his aggressive driving over the 2009 Nationwide season. After repeated runs ins with one Denny Hamlin, many have come out and said that he is far too aggressive.
There is a quote coming to mind, “Rubbing is racing.”
Guys getting together on the track in NASCAR is a lot like fighting in Hockey. The old school fans love it, but the newer generation of fans seem to frown on it.
If Keselowski gets to aggressive on the track there are 42 other guys on Saturday, and 42 other guys on Sunday who can straighten that out for him. In fact Denny Hamlin has vowed to do just that.
As a sport are we really at a place where we expect 43 cars to go around the track for three or more hours, without getting into one another. More than that, isn’t this a sport that needs a rivalry? Is this a sport lacking a Dale Earnhardt Sr. versus Darrell Waltrip feud that keeps its fans engaged?
It seems that one of NASCAR’s biggest problems is that Jimmie Johnson and his #48 team are so much better than everyone else that no natural rivalry can emerge. However this may be a sign of the times.
Every week we see a driver get into another driver and, then talk about how they squared it talking on their cell phones during the week. Frankly that doesn’t do anything for the fans of NASCAR. In the old days, before cell phones feuds were settled on the track.
Remember this is a sport that came to national prominence in large part to do with a feud that ended in a fist fight in turn three at Daytona. Frankly many of today’s NASCAR drivers are really big babies when it comes to other bumping into them.
NASCAR fans have become a lot softer over the years as well. IT use to be a guy like Kyle Busch who hates to lose, or a guy like Keselowski who is unafraid to put the bumper to someone would be celebrated.
In today’s NASCAR drivers like this are pulled into the NASCAR hauler to get yelled at, for stepping over the line. This seems to be one of the problems with today’s NASCAR.
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