Aaron Fike Update...
 

The arrest of a NASCAR driver on drug charges may have at least temporarily tanked his promising career, but he says it probably saved his life

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I thought it was an interesting read. Hopefully Aaron will get his life turned in the right direction...

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It sounds like he has already started. FWIW, he has my support with this. Best of luck to him.

He has been soundly criticized on this board, and rightly so. Now I think we need to embrace what he is doing if he follows through with it.

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Rehabilatating a life is far more important than restarting a racing career. Good luck to him and his girlfriend.

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I seem to recall reading that his girlfriend is a first cousin to Derek Davidson.

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I'm pretty sure that you are right, Gregg.

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to me it all sounds like smoke and mirrors and a way for him to skip out of a felony conviction.......by the time this is all done i bet he wished he would have just taken the jail time so he wouldnt have to deal with all the hill-billies at the nascar races....and how many tv interviews do you think that he will get.....nobody will want to talk to a never was who threw whatever he did have away.

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While I wish him luck with his freedom to pursue whats left of his life. I respect him for admitting his problems and trying to do something to curb a problem.

However and this is more directed at Warren Co. Court system

This was a Bullcrap sentence IMHO in a state where I can get a hundred dollar fine for smoking a legal cigarette within 40ft of any buisness, this guy walks free while for probably years he contributed to Street Crime, Prostitution and NARCOTICS. (All involved with the illegal drug trade in which he was a participant and user)

Please alow me to start geeks for whatever next time I commit a felony and let me walk.
BTW, I live in Warren County.
Chuck

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well said chuck.........i understand your position!

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Chuck, I'll try not to hold it against you that you live in Warren County! You have my sympathies!:emote20:

You know we never have these kinds of drug problems in Hamilton county. Yeah, right.

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I am assuming the story here was taken from a newspaper article and not written by the poster. If that is the case, I would like to educate everyone on the legalities and common courtesy of posting other's work. I am a freelance writer and prior to a few years ago did not know these rules myself.

It is ok to post part or the full article (depending on a website's rules) on a website. Most sites are ok with posting part of an article without permission. They ask that you post the title of the article, who wrote it and where it came from (ex: the Indianapolis Star). Then they ask that you place a link to the full article to the origional web story. Most websites/ message boards would rather you do that anyway to not take up so much space on the board. This does two things to help the origional owner: 1. gives proper credit to whoever wrote it. 2. allows the origional website to count it as a hit. Every hit helps the website sell advertising. Assume all content on websites are copyrighted.

By doing this, you help keep the writers and reports that write the stories you read employed and allow them to keep writing stories you are interrested in.

Thanks for posting the article. By doing so you helped me get information on a story I am interrested in.

Blake

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Wait till Dwight reads this post!

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...from Jayski.com :)

You can check it out, but I think it was the Cincinnati Enquirer from which Jayski got the story...

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Hypocrisy at it's finest. Someone who admits to committing felonies, and then trashes someone for making a mistake and trying to atone for it.

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The original story is from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Aaron Fike Story

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The prior reply was a total missunderstanding on what Buzzilla had to say.
Sorry, Can I go now?
Chuck

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Here we go again.... :angry-smiley-007:

I realize we're bored with no racing going on around here, but way too many threads become one person bashing another. Relax people. Take a deep breath..... April will be here soon.

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I got no problem with Bub. Should have just left it.
Chuck, relaxing :)

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I agree with Rob on this situation. I'm getting tired of all these people who decide to take on the role of positive example, for all mankind, only after they are busted. When it involves a press release, you can bet your rear end, that the real purpose is only to save their own.

For every Aaron Fike, there are ten drivers like Dave Darland, Josh Spencer, Brady Bacon, Bryan Clauson, Ricky Stenhouse, etc. around any track to serve as an example to youngsters of how real winners conduct themselves. I wish Aaron the best of luck in his recovery. But, IMO, the only thing he can offer racing is to concentrate on that and show up at the track, someday, as a driver that has REALLY turned his life around.

Jerry

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Jerry's post right before this one really hits the nail on the head. Very well stated, Jerry.

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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...S01/711150371/

Link to more information and exactly what the punishment was. Im filing complaints with both the judge and the prosicutor on this one. Lets see how harrassed I get the next few months.

Two missdemenors for him and treatment and release for her.
Chuck

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I don't like the sentence because I know IF IT WAS ME OR YOU, WE WOULD BE DOING 10 TO 20 YEARS(I know you wouldn't put your self in that position yadayada)But I do like that he is now clean:thumb:allegedly

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SOme things I don't like and are a total cop out:

In Fike's proposal, he says he will:

Set up a Racing Against Drugs tent, including anti-drug displays and resources for addicts, at each NASCAR track.

He's indfinately banned from NASCAR meaning I doubt he will be ALLOWED to do what he proposes.


Give a motivational speech each day he is at the track, talking about the importance of remaining drug-free.

To WHO? his fellow competitors?

Display anti-drug logos or ads on his racing vehicle.

What vehicle? I highly doubt he drives a Nascar event again.

Mention the
program during every news media interview.

This will last six months tops.
Chuck

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Think all of you need to move on here. A lot of heresay/speculation about a newspaper/press release/whatever. I hate to ruin your day guys but the racing community is not drug free and all people are NOT created equal. Example: The courts in California/celebrity trials=high priced lawyers, free passes. Unfortunate for our society.

Don Moore

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I wish Fike the best of luck for his recovery, however it is going to be a real test because his body is fighting him every second for that next "High". Very few recover, most just say they are.

I agree with Jerry, Chuck, Aero, and POC Fan that think this "plea bargain" is B.S.!!

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Good luck to Aaron Fike.

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You do not have to be present at a race track to create a program that is presented at all NASCAR race tracks.

Anybody who wants to learn just a little about what recovering from an addiction to this drug is like should go see the new Halle Berry move, "Things We Lost in the Fire." It's about a lawyer who gets hooked and about a friend who never gave up on him.

Aaron Fike needs his racing friends now.
Jim Morrison


Jim Morrison

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Agree with Chuck and Aero. Since almost all of us haven't the high profile position we would be wearing prison duds for several years not to mention a lifelong record with felony convictions.

That said, I hope Aaron can go the rest of the way, can stay clean and in the process can help to turn other lives around. If this indeed comes to pass I will feel better about the judges decision.

Gregg, who has no axe to grind and gladly gets off the soapbox.

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It amazes me how "soft" people have become. Ive never understood how an addiction to drugs or alcohol can get sympathy from anyone. They call it a "sickness" B.S..B.S..B.S.......The first time they took the drug it was not a sickness it was a WEAKNESS. They were not "addicted". Appethy yes, sympathy HELL no. Now I dont know Aaron and don't care to, but whatever he gets he deserves.

Now all the weakkneed softies that cry "we need to cater to him and help him", when he has another weakness its just as much our fault as a society as it is his. Instead as a society we need to stand up and say listen you made mistake, pay the price, be a man, earn our respect. Setting up these programs is nothing but a kneejerk reaction to getting caught. If he really cared these programs would have been setup before he was handcuffed.

I dont care if he does jail time or not and neither should anyone else. IT DOESNT AFFECT YOU ONE BIT whether or not he goes to jail.

On the other hand everyone makes mistakes. You dont judge a mans character by his mistakes but rather how he reacts to these mistakes.

I guess the real judge in this case will be time.

I hope Mr. Fike does well but I dont fell sorry for him.

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I guess nobody on this message board drinks...and if some say no.. Thats fine..Alot of people get hurt and killed by drunk drivers, Aaron Fike did not hurt anybody but himself. Let's see if can pull out of this.

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How about his girlfriend ?
How about Don and his wife ?
How about A.J. ?
:headbang:
Blinders, anyone ??

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My mom passed away in a care center owend by the Fikes she had very good care and a good ending. And I will bet AJ has talked to Aaron and Aaron is probley lucky to be still alive.

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my my...how often do we look in the mirror.

I am an addict....to smoking....and nail biting....some would agree both can kill me.......

hope none of you are overweight.....food is an addiction.....
was it easy for you to lose weight?


hope none of you ever took a drink and drove a car....shame shame....
even if it was 1 or 2 beers, alcohol drinks....whatever...you should have never gotten behind a wheel.

Don't throw stones unless you live in that glass house, and if you do...tell me where....i may just want to throw a rock as i go by.

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Very well put! Most of these people always want to look and talk about other people. How about we bust on fat people for the rest of the month. I'm sure Chuck wouldn't like that but I forgot he along with 80% of the people on this board have never done a thing wrong they know it all!

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YEAH Bashthe Fat People they are jacking up my healthcare costs, it must be true I saw it on the news...

The people that arent upset about this are the same types that are responsioble for letting our country get this way. And they still want to bring up obsolete things as a food addiction.... I have never seen a 350lb man run into a Village Pantry put a gun in the clerks face and demand twinkies...but I have seen and caught strung out crackheads and other addicts for puttting guns in peoples faces for $27 out of a VP register to get a rock. SOme people really need to be shown what real life is all about, not just the good stuff they are used to seeing. Most only read about the "bad"!!

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Yeah, Thats the second time you've called me out Mr. Hunt. Let me just mention MIKE HUNT in every post I make from now on.

Again and for the last time. I wish Aaron well and if you read any of my post, I'm not happy with the court system. I'm not bashing Aaron at all. I am however seeking the removal of the judge and prosecutor

I never said I was perfect. I said I'm not a felon and never committed a felony that got reduced to misdemeanors.

Oh and Ty, Fat people and smokers actually reduce health care cost. They live shorter lives. But well said

Good luck Aaron,
Chuck

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Right on, Chuck.
You know, being fat is not against the law. But drug posession is.:)

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You all must feel real blessed...that none of this has ever happened to you or your family...the question I have, is that I pray, I believe in God, I go to church, occassionally, so why am I not as blessed as most of you? I consider myself a good person, and so are most of my family and friends...but some have had some troubled times...even if it is breaking the law....I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I CAN'T BE BLESSED AS MOST OF YOU SEEM TO BE? Why does GOD choose to bless some...and not all the same way when it comes to temptation.

are there pills, drinks, I need to take to be so blessed? tell me what to do...and tell all the other families out there who's lives are not so perfect? I sure don't go around praising the devil, but pehaps he found a way into our lives at one time or another....and now we have to over come such lives....how do you keep the devil out of yours?

Even adam and eve had a visit from the devil

clue me in....this outta be interesting.

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It seems like every time a topic like this comes up there is a large number of people that think this is acceptable. That excusses need to be made. That there needs to be exceptions. This has nothing to do with addictions. Being addicted to cigarettes is LEGAL. Being addicted to junk food is LEGAL. If you want to drink beer it is also LEGAL to a legal limit. So if you want to sit on your couch and feed your 300# face while chugging a beer and puffing a big fat cigar go for it. That is LEGAL. It is NOT LEGAL to do illegal drugs. I dont care what the reason is, its NOT LEGAL. NOT at home. NOT in public. And NOT in a race car. It was a CHOICE. The CHOICE that was made broke the law. Period.

Jason



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Stealing peoples life savings is not legal, but the head of Enron, not only got off with a slap of the wrist, but also got named to serve on bush's cabinet until he was indicted. Wonder if he or Aaron hurt more people? If you compare who's crime impacted more people, Mr Fike got a rough sentence. Just for the record America has a horrible, corrupt legal system that is totally based on money. That is why we need more and more jails. I have a friend who's family moved to America to flee Italy and Mussolini. He said in Italy the were very tough on crime, and executed many criminals. They still prefered freedom. Imagine that.