Full Throttle

The title says it all about this weeks lead item in the NASCAR Cesspool and as noted previously John Darby, Director of Competition should be given a Darwin Award for his “13.5 gallon solution” that contributed in large part to making the Coca-Cola 600 the “PitStop 600″ at Lowes Motor Speedway. Last time I checked Lowes already had a PitStop competition (Won by Martin Truex’s Crew), there was no need to have a second event wrapped inside what allegedly was a motor race.

And BTW, can’t we shitcan the “13.5 gallon solution” for Daytona and Talladega as well. It has never produced the results advertised - to break-up the field and eliminate The Big One - so why bother?

With that rant out of the way let’s talk RYR. Lets talk [lame duck] Dale Jarrett “(What’s Japanese for ” lameduck?”). Lets talk about the “Yates family reasserting themselves as the managers of their family-owned business.” As we all know that hands-on management style led to the firing of General Manager Eddie D’Hondt as the Yates Family first edict. Then the Law of Unintended Consequences kicked in.

The small print on D’Hondt’s r