Very nice article about passionate competitors.

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By David Caraviello

Stewart said. "When we get to the race track, you want to win a race. You're competitive, your adrenaline is going. You're not always thinking of the right thing to say. You guys [in the media] know as well as anybody, you want to get that raw emotion when we get out of the car. But raw emotion doesn't always equate to the smartest thing to say or the politically correct thing to say. But it is the honest emotion at the time. Some guys are better at masking that and saying the politically correct answer that doesn't get them in trouble, and others give you the answer that you all love that gets us in trouble."

Waltrip, long known for his outspoken ways, has been there, too. The helmet comes off, the firesuit gets unzipped, and the world begins to spin at a slower rate. "I tell people all the time -- the guy that you pull for, the guy you like, is the guy you hear on that radio," he said. "That's the guy you like. And most of them get out of the car and put their helmet up, and that's a different guy that gets out of the car."

 

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Tony is right on the money . Part of 'boys have at it ' was easing up on silly fines for bad language and stuff . But it really wasn't needed because the competitors have had so much media training that (except for the Busch Bros ) the guys aren't letting loose much any more . I wish that Tony and Harvick and Carl were still as firery as they used to be ,but it's a new era.

 

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If have at it grabs hold and the ratings rise, the sponsors will probably back off and let the boys be boys. We can only hope the crappy gentlemens agreement dies a quick death from here on out.