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sappatoti -> RE: Attention Nascar Fans: Rant or brag! (5/3/2008 8:58:06 PM)
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To be honest, when both the 18 and 88 went shooting off into turn 3 side-by-side, I figured there would be a one-car or perhaps two-car wreck. I've yet to see two cars, running as hard as they were, enter a corner in Richmond like that and see both come out.
During the post-race interview, Earnhardt had mentioned that Eury told him on the radio that the #18 got loose underneath him. The video playback shows that's what happened. Kyle stated he got loose; Dale stated he was cutting the corners tight. That's a recipe for a collision.
Mark races cleanly because he's not pushing himself or equipment over the edge with each turn of the wheel. Kyle's advantage in racing is that he can consistently race over the edge and get away with it. Mark's 50 and not looking to spend his last year or two hobbling around with crash-related injuries. Kyle, being 23, races like he's "young and dumb," as Darryl points out. There's a big difference between the motivations behind the way Mark drives vs. Kyle, so no, Kyle will not race as "cleanly" as Mark does (though, I do remember one race a couple of years back where Mark went over the edge, knocked a couple of people out of the way, on his way to a win at Charlotte; he can do it if he chooses).
In short, it was a racing accident. If the situation happened earlier in the race, both driver's would have given the other a bit more room. But, with three laps to go, it's balls-to-the-wall, short-track style racin' for the win, and the hefty six-figure purse.
And yes, I'm more of a Dale fan than Kyle's, but I can't say Kyle pushed the bounds of decency in this incident.
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