Someone Give This Guy A Clue
Jeff Burton took over the points lead this weekend, but he didn’t win the race. One of the new kids on the block was racing hard when he should have been making sure he didn’t screw up the end of the race. He honestly didn’t have a clue.
“I thought we were going to be in pretty good shape, but that kid in the double zero car [McDowell], he needs to learn some manners or he is going to get taught,” Burton said. “He can choose to do it the way he wants to — the hard way or the easy way. But one way or another, he’ll get taught.”
Here’s what the kid said. What’s wrong with his statement?
“I was just focusing on trying to get around the 28 [Travis Kvapil] and trying to stay on the lead lap,” said McDowell, who finished three laps down. “The 11 [Hamlin] got by, and we were able to run with him and the 31. When he [Burton] got to us, when he finally got underneath us, I tried to give him as much [room] as I can, but at the same time the 11 is racing the 28 — and you don’t hear the 11 complaining about the 28 right now.”
When you find yourself racing against the race leaders “trying to stay on the lead lap”, and finish three laps down, you have a problem with reality. My recommendation for next time? Stay out of the way if you are more than one lap down.
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