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Date Posted: Thursday, September 27, 05:39:47pm
wrote a rather nasty column entitled... well, just read it...
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/07/092507Baldeck.asp
then read his follow-up.
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/07/092707Baldeck.asp
then read the letter that I just wrote to him:
Sir:
Hi
After you wrote that column about Kyle Petty, I wrote a letter to you. I deleted it. Then I wrote another, and deleted it too. Then I decided to just wait and see what happens. There was no possible way anyone, even a staunch Denny Hamlin fan could possibly believe that Kyle Petty is anything less than he really is.
I knew without a doubt that, while you might not write a retraction, there would at least be a follow-up.
Thank you for doing that.
Was I angry when Petty swore on tv? No. Just go to a race and listen to his scanner sometime. He says himself that if he didn't have a temper he wouldn't go through so many employees. Was I angry when he broke his hand? I was upset because he was going to fall back in driver points but I was happy too... because he wasn't taking a blown engine sitting down. That means he still wants to be competitive every weekend. Was I upset that he reacted the way he did last Sunday? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'd have been upset if he'd said it was a racing deal because it wasn't. Hamlin's crew chief had just been on the radio a few minutes earlier telling Hamlin to calm down. That wasn't an accident and it wasn't the first time. What Petty did was absolutely imperative. For two reasons. First, to show Hamlin that he wasn't freakin happy. And second, to show these snotty nosed kids that there are other people on the race track. Remember at Bristol or Martinsville when Robby Gordon wrecked Mike Skinner? Over the radio, Gordon said, and I quote, "I thought we needed a caution so I got us one." After that race, Richard Childress had a word with Gordon and that never happened again. Sometimes these young guys need to be taken out behind the woodshed and thats just what Kyle did.
Richard Petty told a story after Adam died. First, Adam had said to Richard, "I'm going to be rich someday. We have to decide what I'm going to do with the money." I think Richard suggested real estate. Adam said, "No. I mean, we have to decide how I'm going to help people with it." Then Adam went to a bank and asked to borrow a million dollars to start his camp. The banker asked him what he had for collateral. Adam said, "Nothing, but I'll give you all of my winnings until its paid back."
Let me tell you about the Pettys....
No matter how long Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart drive race cars, they will never be as good as Richard Petty was. No one, even on their best day, will ever be the man that Kyle Petty is. And Adam Petty didn't just show up. He made a difference and you can see it every time you log onto www.victoryjunction.org.
Thank you for writing that second column. And I apologize for writing the two you will never see.
Rick
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