Mark Martin

[NavinRJohnson]

the point is that most people never have the CHANCE to drive a car that fast, so who knows if we even have the best drivers out there? 

Why do you suppose that is? I have kids I am encouraging to play basketball, baseball, etc...If they cam to me wanting to get behind the wheel of a race car, I would probably tell them to go shoot hoops in the driveway.

[Hards Alumni]

obviously the cost and safety.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

What is Bob Griese thinking?  Good thing Montoya is pretty level-headed.  Griese should be fired.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2009/10/montoya-diffuses-grieses-taco-remark-i-dont-really-care.html

Juan Pablo Montoya drove to a third-place finish Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. After the race, Montoya served to drive away some of the controversy surrounding Bob Griese's comment about him during Saturday's Ohio State-Minnesota college football broadcast on ABC.

 Griese had said Saturday that Montoya was absent from a graphic of the top-five drivers in NASCAR points because he was "out getting a taco." Griese apologized at the end of the telecast, then made another apology during halftime of the Florida-Mississippi State game.

Montoya answered a question about Griese at the end of his news conference with a smile and a joke.

"I don't even know who he is," Montoya said. "Somebody mentioned it to me. I don't really care to tell you the truth. I could say I spent the last three hours eating tacos, but I was actually driving the car."

After his remarks, Montoya then traded places in the news conference with second-place finisher Jimmie Johnson, the three-time Sprint Cup champ and current points leader. Johnson couldn't resist a dig.

Said Johnson: "Can you save some tacos for me? I love tacos."

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm just glad he didn't tell Jeff Gordon to go get a burger, can you imagine the outrage then.

[reinko]

Except for the small fact Montoya is from Columbia, not Mexico as that old fart Griese was implying.  But I'm sure to him they are all the same.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I didn't want to start a new thread so I did a search for any racing threads ad only found this and it was such entertaining reading I decided to post in here and bump it in case anyone else missed this.

The reason I searched ws to mention the Indy Fest street party tonight at the Milwaukee Hilton. Meet drivers, see the Eddie Butts Band in case you never had LOL etc.

Our HOG chapter is leading a parade of Harleys down there tonight and will do a lap on the Milwaukee Mile just before the race on Saturday as well. BTW, it's a blast doing a lap in front of the fans (even if we are only allowed to go 35 mph). To hear the roar of the fans in the grandstand when we come out of turn 4 always makes me grin ear-to-ear.