97forever
Team Owner
It would be hard,if not impossible, for a guy like me to add much more to this entire Kurt Busch theme than old brains like Whiz or Hardscrabble.But here goes nothin'....
In truth---(and the chat room(not the one with you guys Maj)they jeered ME in last night SURE didnt know)---most folks naturally assume the #97 part of my handle is in reference to NASCAR's current most notorious driver.But it really isnt.Or at least wasnt originally.It was/is Red Farmer's old number.One particularly close to me personally.
And after my memorable experience from that chat-room,it dawned on me that Red's old number is now clearly and absolutely being marked as a number to be reckoned with again.In short...a once proud number driven by a gritty wheel man is once AGAIN being done proud by a gritty wheel man.
Yeah,driven by my 'adopted' driver.One who caught my eye a long time before Nascar WC ever caught him.One Mr.Kurt Busch from Las Vegas Nevada.
Kurt Busch.Red Farmer.Not a lot in common except for one simple thing:Like 'em or not they dont really care,love 'em or hate 'em,they show up at the track for one thing and one thing only.To race to win.To bump,smack,move or just outdrive the other guys.Red once said he never went to a track to lose.Bet the marbles Busch hasn't either.
Remember Dale Earnhardt giving Kurt the finger at Daytona?Remember Jeff Gordon saying Busch was 'driving like a wild man'?Does anybody remember Jack Roush saying the kid has 'ice water in his veins' after the son of the intimidator found Kurt Busch apparently COULDN'T BE intimidated?Each of those guys could see it,maybe feel it.
Pretty damned sure old Red might be a little proud of the kid who has taken the venerable # 97 to the top of the charts.A lot of fans and posters dont seem to like Kurt...dont seem to want to recognize the same qualities in Kurt that ALL the very, very best have possesed.Selective blindness.Kurt bumps someone at BRISTOL!Damn---off with his head.Kurt is the youngest full time WC driver out there,younger than Newman,younger than Harvick.21 full years younger than Jimmy Spencer(Just for those interested a driver I once admired.)
So to all those 'Free Jimmy' t-shirts and caps flying around I say great!To all those who want to argue 'right and wrong' of this or that I say throw your hat into the political ring and solve world hunger.These guys are doing what none of us on here are,after all.It's damned easy to posses an obvious attention seeking need to HATE someone anyway.Anybody can do that.
But in the end this is the fact:Busch is good---very good.Any fan with a first grade education can see it.Kurt Busch is without doubt the only driver out there that approaches Jeff Gordon's skill level.And I am by no stretch of the imagination a Jeff Gordon fan either.But to argue Jeff isnt the best is a waste of good time.He clearly is.If I can admit that about my least 'favorite' driver then why in the hell can't anyone see it in Kurt?Weird.
Oh well.Busch is here to stay.If you hate him now just wait.I guarantee it wont be long till you hate him even more.
Hang tough Kurt...a REAL old school driver would be damned proud of you!
In truth---(and the chat room(not the one with you guys Maj)they jeered ME in last night SURE didnt know)---most folks naturally assume the #97 part of my handle is in reference to NASCAR's current most notorious driver.But it really isnt.Or at least wasnt originally.It was/is Red Farmer's old number.One particularly close to me personally.
And after my memorable experience from that chat-room,it dawned on me that Red's old number is now clearly and absolutely being marked as a number to be reckoned with again.In short...a once proud number driven by a gritty wheel man is once AGAIN being done proud by a gritty wheel man.
Yeah,driven by my 'adopted' driver.One who caught my eye a long time before Nascar WC ever caught him.One Mr.Kurt Busch from Las Vegas Nevada.
Kurt Busch.Red Farmer.Not a lot in common except for one simple thing:Like 'em or not they dont really care,love 'em or hate 'em,they show up at the track for one thing and one thing only.To race to win.To bump,smack,move or just outdrive the other guys.Red once said he never went to a track to lose.Bet the marbles Busch hasn't either.
Remember Dale Earnhardt giving Kurt the finger at Daytona?Remember Jeff Gordon saying Busch was 'driving like a wild man'?Does anybody remember Jack Roush saying the kid has 'ice water in his veins' after the son of the intimidator found Kurt Busch apparently COULDN'T BE intimidated?Each of those guys could see it,maybe feel it.
Pretty damned sure old Red might be a little proud of the kid who has taken the venerable # 97 to the top of the charts.A lot of fans and posters dont seem to like Kurt...dont seem to want to recognize the same qualities in Kurt that ALL the very, very best have possesed.Selective blindness.Kurt bumps someone at BRISTOL!Damn---off with his head.Kurt is the youngest full time WC driver out there,younger than Newman,younger than Harvick.21 full years younger than Jimmy Spencer(Just for those interested a driver I once admired.)
So to all those 'Free Jimmy' t-shirts and caps flying around I say great!To all those who want to argue 'right and wrong' of this or that I say throw your hat into the political ring and solve world hunger.These guys are doing what none of us on here are,after all.It's damned easy to posses an obvious attention seeking need to HATE someone anyway.Anybody can do that.
But in the end this is the fact:Busch is good---very good.Any fan with a first grade education can see it.Kurt Busch is without doubt the only driver out there that approaches Jeff Gordon's skill level.And I am by no stretch of the imagination a Jeff Gordon fan either.But to argue Jeff isnt the best is a waste of good time.He clearly is.If I can admit that about my least 'favorite' driver then why in the hell can't anyone see it in Kurt?Weird.
Oh well.Busch is here to stay.If you hate him now just wait.I guarantee it wont be long till you hate him even more.
Hang tough Kurt...a REAL old school driver would be damned proud of you!