75crew
#21
3/30/09 8:55 PM
Well if everyone had a wallet the size of Loyet's daddy then this wouldnt be a problem because everyone could drive like an idiot
Pat O'Connor Fan (Offline)
#28
3/30/09 9:31 PM
Why weren't there at least three of the Moms and Dads (whose sons and daughters were not in this event, of course) in the Judges' Stand to determine that one or both of the two Brads needed to go to "time out" ???
dirt midget (Offline)
#29
3/30/09 9:32 PM
Brad Loyet shows up to win races. Period!! And by all means, if Brad Loyet's dad worked his butt off and now has some money to provide a good life for his family, kudos to him! I think it is AWESOME to see how close the Loyet family is and how they all support each other! Some of you people get too personal and want to make rediculous comments about people! Are some of you people mad that Joe Loyet has money and has chosen to get into the sport of auto racing? We go from talking about a slide job someone did to making personal (maybe jealous?) comments about a person and his dad! ?????
psullivan
#30
3/30/09 9:34 PM
The great Pat O'Connor was passing Eddie Sachs at Winchester and made contact as he did - he slowed and motioned Eddie to go around him - which he did and Sachs won the race. In victory lane Eddie said "I hope you all saw what Pat did". Which is why Pat was as revered as he was by fans and peers alike, and why HARF's Pat O'Connor award is in so many ways the most important award bestowed on a driver. Looks what happens in NASCAR now days - there has been a dramatic drop in this level of civility and responsibility. in it is often excused as the "move he had to make" Had to? Really.
The ends justifies the means mentality (which has manifested itself at nearly every phase of the sport) is simply wrong, and when officials look the other way they aid and abet this culture. How it gets handled can take many forms - but it needs to be handled in some way.