Darwin Award Nominee, Kevin LePage

I know, I know, the vast majority of the readers of my blog could care less about NASCAR, but I can’t help myself. I have to say something about the dumbest thing I have ever seen in sports. Yesterday at Talladega during the Nationwide Series race (used to be called Busch Series) a driver who is old enough to know better took out $3 million worth of racecars in one fail swoop. Kevin LePage, #61 was coming out of the pits with 71 laps to go. He was down on the apron with the pack coming from behind at a MUCH faster pace.

LePage’s spotter (his eyes and ears on the track) was telling him to stay low (off the track) because the pack was coming fast. For no apparent reason, LePage started pulling out on the track going a heck of a lot slower than the traffic he was pulling into. The first car he pulled out in front of managed to get out of the way but the next in line, Carl Edwards, absolutely drove through LePage’s car. This was a wreck where the cars invloved were going over 200 mph, extreme danger.

What kind of moron simply pulls out into traffic that is going MUCH faster than you are? Now, let me add to that, what kind of moron pulls out in front of traffic that is going 70 to 100 mph faster than you are driving? Apparently that moron is Kevin LePage.

I had never heard of the aforementioned moron before yesterday, and when they said his name in the broadcast, I figured he was some young 20-something who was just learning the sport through the school of hard knocks. I was wrong. LePage is mid-forties, maybe fifties (I am not sure cause I don’t care enough about this doofus to be sure). I think he’s been racing since the 80’s. At any rate, he should know better. He should know better.

Can NASCAR fine a man for being stupid? I sure hope so! They fined Carl Edwards $100,000 for an infraction in the first race of the year and lost his pit boss for 6 races. All of that for a loose oil lid. LePage destroyed $3 Million worth of equipment…his racing license should be revoked.

Response…Where’s the Response?

I got online today to try and find the response for this titanic blunder, and for all intents and purposes, the web is fairly silently about this so I thought I would say something.

One last thing, if you aren’t a fan of NASCAR, I have something for you to try. It probably won’t convert you, but it was what got me watching. Watch a race in HD on a big screen and with surround sound and a sub. Any man would be hard-pressed to say that isn’t a little cool. Loud engines and cars going fast… I mean come on… that is pretty cool.