Full Throttle

For no other reason except a lack of more “important” issues to write about the Half-Vast Staff™ of Full Throttle presents this list of NASCAR related stories that have crossed our desks (orange crates with an ink blotter fashioned from Bounty Towels) in the last few hours.

Some are good, some are not so. And a few some would argue are just space fillers. (We invoke our Fifth Amendment rights!)

Hit: If anyone had doubts about the effect Juan Montoya’s assimilation into NASCAR Nation would have here’s your definitive answer:

Montoya cracks NASCAR top five. The title ledes a Montoya story printed in the Borneo Bulletin. Is there a single NASCAR fan on the South-East Asian island? Must be, either that or the editor had nothing else to print and pulled the story from the AP wire.

Miss: NASCAR Granddaughter Poses As Police Officer.

Rachel Otto, granddaughter of NASCAR’s Edgar Otto, was arrested in connection with posing as a Palm Beach police officer. Authorities said when a driver cut her off, Otto decided to pull him over, WESH 2 News reported.

A community service officer stopped to see what the commotion was, and while Otto asked for backup, the officer demanded identification.

Otto’s excuse? She said she was making a “citizens arrest.”

D’oh! (Here’s a quick primer on who Otto is.)

Hit: NASCAR’s Diversity drive, not withstanding