Wednesday, March 9, 2011

How can you slap?!

Last Friday at the Las Vegas Speedway during preparations for the weekend NASCAR races, owner/driver Robby Gordon got ALLEGEDLY got into fisticuffs with 5th-tier level start-and-park-er Kevin Conway.
There's multiple versions (up to and including two) of who or what instigated the kerfuffle and who if anyone threw punches. I wasn't there so I'm not gonna force my opinion as fact, we'll just leave it at somebody hasn't gotten paid what they feel they are owed.
To understand Kevin Conway, you must first understand his sponsor....Extenze Male Enhancement Member Stiffener.
For whatever reason, this company finds a 31 year old has-never to be their ideal spokesman, so whatever 35th place team wants him gets to put their logo on the hood and their sponsorship $$$ in the owner's pocket. The truth is that there are plenty of drivers out there who don't have the skill to have a successful career driving in NASCAR, but only a select few with the combination of no talent AND a sponsor willing to shell out bucks to display the lack of talent every weekend.
Enter Kevin Conway and his statement regarding last Fridays incident “I don’t mind stiff competition, but I want to make sure the hard facts are told. First and foremost, I love being a part of NASCAR and have worked very hard to earn the privilege of competing in the Sprint Cup Series....."
I'm dissapointed that he couldn't figure out a way to shoehorn flaccid in there.
I'll say this....it's one way to get people talking about your performance at the track over the weekend, even if you didn't run the Sprint Cup race (he didn't) or failed to win the Busch Nationwide race (he finished a respectable 43rd out of 43).
I guess the privilege of competing in the Sprint Cup series wore off. I hope those pills hold out longer, I hear Morgan Shepard is looking for a driver to complete 10 laps.

p.s. I took the high road with the title of this entry, don't think I wasn't mulling over phallus related titles for over an hour because I was.

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