After reading this thread, I have a couple of thoughts.

I did not know that there were so many people on IOW living in glass houses. People on this board speak like they do not have a family member/friend/schoolmate that has never been to jail, never been on drugs, or never been called an alcoholic. Tyler is an extreme example of someone having a bad time, but if we look in our inner circles we all probably can find someone we know that has a similiar type issue.

People bash Danica all of the time because many people think that she is all marketing and no talent. Yet, many of those same people are now bashing Tyler, who is the other end of the extreme. No (bad) marketing but a lot of talent. Are we going to reward talent or not? Are we going to hate on the marketing or is it no big deal.

Finally, many people on this board have accepted Shane Hmeil as one of our own. Shane's story is very similiar to Tyler's. The number of drivers kicked out of NASCAR for drug use is a very small club.