The truck race and Kyle...

Todd Bodine made a stupid comment and Kyle confronted him about it. No big deal here. I was hoping Todd would run out of gas and make the championship race somewhat close. This is as good as over now.

Todd also made an even dumber comment when they interviewed him the 2nd time. He said Kyle doesn't cut anyone a break. First off, why should he? Secondly Kyle wasn't even close to Todd. Todd is an idiot.
 
No love lost between these two. More Todd/Kyle stuff from Frontstretch.com.....

UPDATE: Bodine interview quotes from Frontstretch.com:

Q: What did Kyle say to you in victory lane?

Bodine: He was just upset I called him out on TV for the way he drives and things he did on the track. He doesn't have to do those things. He doesn't have to race that way. He's a hell of a race car driver, probably one of the best the sport's ever seen and for him to be driving like that -- he doesn't just do it in Trucks, he does it in every division he runs, so he doesn't discriminate. You don't have to do those things, you don't have to drive that way, but that's what he chooses to do. I finally called him out on it, nobody else will and I did.

Q: Do you regret saying it on television?

Bodine: Absolutely not. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of -- Bristol, perfect example. The kid should have been black flagged in Trucks and Nationwide and (NASCAR) didn't do a damn thing about it, so now he just thinks he's going to get away with it more. What he did to me, technically, was nothing wrong. That was racing, that's part of it, but you don't have to do it. We don't have a gentleman's agreement in the trucks, but we all know in the Truck Series you have to give more room alongside somebody because you're going to get pulled around. They are way more aero-sensitive than the cars are in side-drafting and if you don't give room you're going to suck somebody around. We all try to give room because we all have a lot [smaller] budgets. We don't race for the money they race for in the other two divisions. We can't afford to be wrecking trucks and tearing stuff up. We understand that and try to give each other room.

Q: Pennell: How frustrating is it being the points leader and being in the situation you are in -- running in this series and having to worry about Kyle Busch?

Bodine: That's the frustrating part. He has no respect. No respect for anybody else on that race track and that's wrong.

Full interview here
 
Someone get Bodine a box of Kleenex.

He's one of the dirtiest drivers out there, but when the roles are reversed......
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Someone get Bodine a box of Kleenex.

He's one of the dirtiest drivers out there, but when the roles are reversed......
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Exactly. HE ran into the side of Kyle a lap or two before he spun.

I think he's just pissed because he is the point leader but the buzz is still Kyle Busch.
 
zevious said:
Exactly. HE ran into the side of Kyle a lap or two before he spun.

I think he's just pissed because he is the point leader but the buzz is still Kyle Busch.
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Kyle Busch pisses away more talent everytime he uses the urinal than Todd Bodine will ever have.
 
Everyone seems to omit the part of Todd's interview where he called Bush "..a great kid" and that way from the race track he's a different person.
At any rate, Bush isn't racing for points so he can banzai through the field without worrying about tearing up his equipment. He's racing in a division where most of the regulars are having to scrape together enough money to race every week to stay in the hunt. Todd Bodine a dirty driver? Give me two examples, please.
 
PettyBlue said:
The same thing made Earnhardt a hero to millions.
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Oh, so Bodine crashes people and it's "the same thing made Earnhardt a hero to millions."

When Kyle Busch does it, he's a smartass little punk.

:rolleyes:

I think you're just jealous that (a) The 43 car hasn't visited victory lane in over 10 years and (b) Todd Bodine has never and will never visit victory lane in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Oh, so Bodine crashes people and it's "the same thing made Earnhardt a hero to millions."

When Kyle Busch does it, he's a smartass little punk.
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Agree 100%. Most people only look at as something wrong when Kyle does it.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Oh, so Bodine crashes people and it's "the same thing made Earnhardt a hero to millions."

When Kyle Busch does it, he's a smartass little punk.

:rolleyes:

I think you're just jealous that (a) The 43 car hasn't visited victory lane in over 10 years and (b) Todd Bodine has never and will never visit victory lane in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
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So do we sneer at everyone that races in lower divisions and your local tracksnow because they haven't won a 'Cup race?
 
Oh, and how many late model wins does Kyle Busch have across America?

Put Bodine and Kyle in evenly matched late model stock cars, Schrub would drive circles around Onion.
 
PettyBlue said:
So do we sneer at everyone that races in lower divisions and your local tracksnow because they haven't won a 'Cup race?
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mike honcho said:
Only when you are comparing them to Kyle Busch.
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PettyBlue said:
Oh. Kyle Bush is incomparable then. Got it.
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fergy1370 said:
Yeah, hypocrite.
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I see the Haterade tastes good tonight!

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I think you're jealous that Kyle doesn't have 200 'Cup wins. :D

Seriously, the 43 team doesn't have anything to prove. Richard never ran anything below the big league level so all the claims of multiple wins by the Bush fans don't hold water. I like Todd because he's gotten a lot of undue bad publicity over the years and he's shown that he can be just a tough a competitor as they come.
 
PettyBlue said:
I think you're jealous that Kyle doesn't have 200 'Cup wins. :D

Seriously, the 43 team doesn't have anything to prove. Richard never ran anything below the big league level so all the claims of multiple wins by the Bush fans don't hold water. I like Todd because he's gotten a lot of undue bad publicity over the years and he's shown that he can be just a tough a competitor as they come.
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They also raced several times a week when Richard Petty raked up 200 wins.
 
So? How come the second place driver on the win list has 105 then?
 
Hate to tell you this, but other than being nothing more than a mascot/spokesman, Richard Petty has pretty much nothing to do with RPM.

And David Pearson, the guy with 105 wins, ran a fraction of the races that Petty did.

Just sayin.:D

Of course neither of these two guys have anything to do with this thread....
 
Well, I didn't bring it up, but there was absolutely nothing to keep anyone else from running as many races as The King did. Take away half his starts and he still had to beat drivers like Pearson, Yarborough, Jarrett, Lorenzen, Parsons Waltrip,Baker, the Allisons and and a dozen others that could whip the best in NASCAR today, without power steering and air conditioning (in case you haven't guessed, I've had this argument before). I don't pretend that the current #43 team has any of the glory of the Petty family teams that raced in the past, but when I first started hearing about big league NASCAR racing as a boy on the West coast in the 60's,i decided that Richard and his beautiful blue MoPars were just about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. No one has ever completely replaced him in my racing heart, so I follow the efforts of the 43 car today and hope for the best in results. If you can beef me for that go ahead, but I don't think that it disqualifies me from having an opinion on today's racing scene. Out.
 
VaDirt said:
Hate to tell you this, but other than being nothing more than a mascot/spokesman, Richard Petty has pretty much nothing to do with RPM.

And David Pearson, the guy with 105 wins, ran a fraction of the races that Petty did.

Just sayin.:D

Of course neither of these two guys have anything to do with this thread....
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Actually there is a relevant comparison. The Bush fans are trumpeting his feats for entering every race in NASCAR's top three divisions, but are slamming Richard for the number of times that he raced. ;)
 
PettyBlue said:
Actually there is a relevant comparison. The Bush fans are trumpeting his feats for entering every race in NASCAR's top three divisions, but are slamming Richard for the number of times that he raced. ;)
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i agree. personally, i discount the aggregate of bush's wins when people start talking about total wins he has. a cwts win is not equal to a nationwide win, and a nationwide win is not equal to a sprint cup win. while impressive, the talent he's racing against isn't the same.
 
Bucky Badger said:
WOW, the haterd here
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I never get this. Why do you find it necessary that everyone bow down to Kyle? I think many, including myself, have stated that the guy is a good driver and his accomplishments are many but at the same time that doesn't mean that we have to admire the guy. I couldn't go as far to say that I hate the guy but I sure don't see anything about him that I like. The guy has never done anything to me personally that could make me hate him. When he first entered the Cup ranks I felt a little sorry for the guy. I felt he was getting a bad rap because of his older brother. I thought he was already at a disadvantage. Heck, fans booed him in his rookie year. Over the years I watched/witnessed his immaturity that never seemed to waver unlike his older brother. Label it what you like but some of us simply aren't Kyle fans.
 
SlowNeasy said:
get over the if you don't hold a particular driver/politician/whatever on a pedestal then you hate him. i'm a kyle bush fan. i also recognize all wins aren't created equal.
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He's a good driver and VERY competitive and races EVERYONE HARD in EVERY race he races. He shows his emotion win or lose, that's my friend is why he is hated
 
I attribute some of the disdain for Kyle to the fact that a lot of fans are tired of Kyle kicking their driver's butt week in and week out.
 
Speaking as a Petty fan, I look at his contribution to the sport of stock car racing as it's most well-known goodwill ambassador. The stories of his remaining at the track, win or lose, until every autograph was signed are a part of NASCAR lore and his respect for the fans that came out and made racing possible is genuine and undeniable. Then I see someone like Kyle Bush that has obvious talent but stomps off in a huff if things don't go his way or stands on the roof of his car to taunt the fans that paid to see him race if he does win. It takes a lot more than piling up wins to earn my respect.
 
PettyBlue said:
Speaking as a Petty fan, I look at his contribution to the sport of stock car racing as it's most well-known goodwill ambassador. The stories of his remaining at the track, win or lose, until every autograph was signed are a part of NASCAR lore and his respect for the fans that came out and made racing possible is genuine and undeniable. Then I see someone like Kyle Bush that has obvious talent but stomps off in a huff if things don't go his way or stands on the roof of his car to taunt the fans that paid to see him race if he does win. It takes a lot more than piling up wins to earn my respect.
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:beerbang::beerbang:
 
BobbyFord said:
I attribute some of the disdain for Kyle to the fact that a lot of fans are tired of Kyle kicking their driver's butt week in and week out.
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That is just silly talk. Of course Kyle is a great driver , maybe one of the greatest.But likeable ? Not really. You don't have to be a fan of any other driver to dislike a driver that would crash another driver to gain a position or who would wreck another driver on purpose for any reason. I'm not saying that it isn't done by other drivers, I'm saying that you don't have to like them either. If you want to defend a driver like that , then "have at it" .
 
A very non-likable guy, is Kyle. Which is neither here nor there for me.

He's also whiny, smarmy, ****y, drives roughly.

But still, he is a pure and absolute driver's driver. The guys drive, not his style or personality, is why I like him. In my opinion, behind that wheel he is what most of those boys wish they were.
 
ted@economy said:
That is just silly talk. Of course Kyle is a great driver , maybe one of the greatest.But likeable ? Not really. You don't have to be a fan of any other driver to dislike a driver that would crash another driver to gain a position or who would wreck another driver on purpose for any reason. I'm not saying that it isn't done by other drivers, I'm saying that you don't have to like them either. If you want to defend a driver like that , then "have at it" .
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...silly me.
 
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