Like any big business, NASCAR not immune from big problems
- June
- 16
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will focus on drivers standing next to their wives or girlfriends on pit road prior to Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Some drivers, like four-time champion Jeff Gordon, may be holding a child.
You can’t blame NASCAR when an employee or employees get out of line anymore than you can blame the NBA for having a renegade referee.
“All I can say is, it’s a different time and different world,” team owner Richard Childress said. “It is a family sport. But the thing about it is, you can’t always be responsible for your family members.”
That some drivers in the garage say they are shocked by Grant’s allegations is like a crew chief saying he is shocked when NASCAR catches him for a rules infraction.
“How can they be shocked?” Petty said. “What world do they live in? What world did you live in to be shocked, where it wasn’t that long ago we didn’t even allow women in the garage area?
But as much as NASCAR wants to portray itself as a family sport, it’s no more family-oriented than an R-rated movie that includes violence, bad language and sexual content.
“The world has changed,” Kevin Harvick said. “There are a lot of things that you wish wouldn’t go on in the world, but is just part of our day-to-day procedure. Some people see that a little bit differently than others.”
Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer agreed.
“Just like anything else in the world, there’s bad things that happen,” he said. “Bad things happen in the world in any sport. We have to live with that fact and make the best of it and do what we can to make it a better place.”
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