Full Throttle

How can this be?!

Aside from ISC’s loss of control during its Staten Island Folly® (and paying the price for not keeping the upper hand politically) when was the last time NASCAR or its evil twin ISC lose control of any situation?

But there it is, in digital black & white, they have “surrendered editorial control” over a multi-part ABC News series that will detail “the grueling competition and its effect on the drivers.”

Gee, wonder how much dirt they can dig up?

With a bit of journalistic integrity (an oxymoron at times) they won’t be using any Muslim stunt doubles in their report as MSNBC attempted.

They should, with very little digging, discover why NASCAR is so skiddish about providing a specialized safety unit that would travel the circuit, provide trained medical professionals, and a unified and consistent response to an emergency, not one reliant on each tracks resources.

They could launch an all out assault on the loonbats, haters, the disingenuous and fruity fruitcakes that claim with all certainty that race car drivers aren’t athletes.

They provide no documentation for their stance other than they just know and visions of dancing Sugar Plum Ferrys. But that’s where ABC could step to the plate. A report highlighting why NASCAR teams hire “real” athletes vice Joe Six Pack would help.

So would contacting Christa Dickey of the American College of Sports Medicine and discuss the findings of their study “Racecar Drivers’ Physical Demands Comparable to Elite Athletes.”

And while on the related subject of driver health, ABC should discover if Mike Helton ever sought a resolution or acted in any way to this letter from W.J. “Billy” Tauzin, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Rep. Tauzin was very concerned about reports NASCAR’s was allowing “the use of ephedra products” (A USA Today report claimed 80% of NASCAR crewmembers may have tried ephedra-containing products) by some in the sport.

(Ed NOTE - If anyone has updated knowledge on any response from NASCAR to this letter please pass it along)

ABC could also do the unthinkable. They could ask (while taking aim at their own foot) why HWSBO and ISC has relinquished all editorial control over this project. (a good thing for the record)

They could ask why they held very tight editorial control over the detestable Talladega Nights and its content. They pimped “Nights” from coast-to-coast and border-to-border and by doing so did nothing but increase the box office that in turn perpetuated the “rednecks are NASCAR” myth. And oh, BTW added un-needed fuel to the “race driver athlete deniers.”

ABC could ask why NASCAR insulted the sensibilities of the overwhelming majority of fans and all but ignored the best ever NASCAR themed movie on screens during the same time frame, Cars.

They could ask why it took someone outside the NASCAR clique to promote Cars. Lowe