This is one of the many videos that is out there of Indy car driver Juan Montoya, I don't know why Indy car drivers want to race so bad in NASCAR but they shouldn't. Anyway this is one of the biggest events in Nascar, and probably one of the stupidest in a long time. The commentary by fellow drivers about Montoya was hilarious. Long story short, basically everyone called him a, "F*cking Idiot."
Anyway, the original story was that Danica Patrick confirmed the stereotype of women can't drive, as she crashed in lap two. But just as every women says, it apparently wasn't her fault. Yeah, OK. Did the car on the one lane circular track come out of nowhere?
Also, another interesting story that I think will get more recognition, is the twitter use of Brad Keselowski.
During the red flag caution lap he took a picture of the fire from his point of view, from the race car. It made him very famous. About 55k followers on twitter in less than an hour.
Most sports don't allow their athletes, and yes I use that term loosely for a NASCAR driver, to tweet during an event. Though, I thought it was a awesome way to interact with a Nascar driver. He will probably be fined and so on and so forth but to be fair, now I know the name Brad Keselowski which I didn't before. So in the end, I think he will take any fine.
Could this be the use of social media to help NASCAR gain popularity? Will it be the only sport that allows social media, in a safe way, no tweeting while driving, out of all the major sports?
Anyway, I don't want to make this longer than the race has been but just some interesting things that I noticed from the Daytona 500.
I will leave you with my favorite tweet about Brad Keselowski from tonight.
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