Sunday, July 8, 2018

That's racin'

And now a brief moment to check in with NASCAR, which is still racing all these months after Daytona, and this weekend went back to Daytona for what used to be called the Firecracker 400, but now is called the Coke Zero Sugar 400 or the Coke Lite 400 or the Coke That Won't Make You Fat 400 or some such thing.

Anyway, they had a big ol' crash Saturday night in the Won't Make You Fat 400, same as ever at NASCAR's two restrictor plate tracks. Later, Brad Keselowski, who triggered it by lifting in the middle of the customary freight train, complained afterward it was because the kid who was leading, William Byron, moved over to block Keselowski in an inappropriate way.

Apparently there are appropriate ways and inappropriate ways to keep a guy from trying to pass you for the lead, which most normal people would regard as the whole point of auto racing. Byron, according to Keselowski, blocked him the wrong way. Or waited too late. Or ... something.

In any case, it set off that big ol' crash. Which, again, always happens at Daytona and Talladega no matter what, so why it was a bigger deal this time than any other time is beyond the Blob's comprehension.

Best guess from trying to decipher Keselowski's complaint is that Byron should have moved over and let Keselowski go by. Maybe thrown in a friendly wave, just for etiquette's sake.

After all, that's racin'.

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