Daytona 500, plus fire, plus tweeting = AWESOME

I know most people don't like NASCAR, except for the millions that follow it, but I like it and I want to write about it.

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.

Haha @firefly911: I wonder if @keselowski 's Siri sits there all race saying "Left. Left. Left. Left. Left. Pass. Left. Left."

Headlines are evil

This is a bit old but for those that don't know, a ESPN editor was fired for using the headline, "Chink in the armor" which is a term that shouldn't have been used in general since it didn't make sense to the story, but it was and it's kinda funny.

The editor who used it apparently didn't know that it is a derogatory saying to use toward the Asian population, I don't know how you don't know, but maybe that's why I don't work at ESPN.

Since the incident, we had to have a talk at our paper about headlines. I love it, we don't make a mistake and they treat us like little children who don't know how to write headlines. I guess since ESPN is suppose to be "the best of the best" it is a mistake we would make too.

Since that incident, Danica Patrick won the poll at the Nationwide series in Nascar, yes I watch Nascar and screw you too.

The term that would be used for someone who won the poll would be, "Danica Patrick sits on the poll."

Now, obviously we can't use that anymore. I think it's rather funny and I think editors should be able to use it but now that we live in this over the top political correctness society, we can't say something that may or may not be construed the wrong way. Honestly, I am sick of it all. People need to stop being so sensitive and take some humor in life.

I don't think you should be racist or sexist, but the term, "Chink in the armor" or "Danica Patrick sits on the poll" should be allowed to be used regardless of race and sex.

Oh and speaking of stereotypes, Danica crashes in the race and they say it wasn't her fault. Sounds like every women I have ever heard after they get in an accident, "It wasn't my fault." Sure it wasn't.