I'm sick of hearing all these stories of drivers getting in trouble off the track. In the midst of the whole John Wes Townley incident (again...), I feel that NASCAR should be doing more about disciplining those who get involved in legal issues, especially involving motor vehicles. Just because you can drive 190+ miles per hour on the track, doesn't mean you can get away with 128 on a back road in Mooresville (:cough: Kyle Busch :cough:). These drivers are role models for everyone who watches the sport, whether they realize it or not.
When Michael Annett was charged with DUI (or OUI or DWI... whatever it is these days) and blew a 0.32, he should have been suspended from NASCAR immediately. It doesn't matter whether or not a team takes initiative into penalizing said drivers; the sanctioning body needs to be doing something about it. If you lose your license off the track, you should lose it on the track as well.
Last I checked, we have had drivers booted for testing positive for drugs (and isn't alcohol a drug of sorts?), so why should someone get off the hook for smashing their car into a tree while drunk off of their ass? I don't get it.
Checkers go out to RAB Racing for removing John Wes Townley from the No. 09 truck indefinitely. I don't know if we'll see the Chicken Man hop into another ride, but at least the team took a stand against his actions.
Wreckers go to JWT... and his smashed up BMW. I have no tolerance for driving drunk, and I hope he will learn something from this incident. Considering this isn't his first alcohol-related run in with the law, I highly doubt it. I wonder what his daddy thinks about all of this...
You are right on when you call out NASCAR to take action for off track issues. I am pretty sure you must have a license to drive a race car at this level. If you lose that license off track that should also mean you lose it on the track. No exceptions. I hope you continue to raise this issue on your blog.
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