Okay, okay, okay. Tony Stewart IS NASCAR. Is that what you want to hear? I’ve been thinking of this all morning. I read all of your comments. Then I thought back to when I was in New Hampshire in June.

Bear with me while I work through some of my thoughts.

Up until I attended that race in June, I was not much of a Jeff Gordon fan. Well actually, I’m still not. But I saw him in a different light while I was down there. He was visible. He walked around. But I noticed something as he walked down pit road to get in his car for qualifying…

He walked like a robot. He looked straight ahead and never even looked with his eyes in any direction other than straight ahead. It was eerie.

I actually felt a little bad for the guy as I was snapping the pictures of him for all of you. I almost felt like I was violating him. It didn't stop me because I had to take them for you guys.

Do you remember this picture? This is how he walked everywhere whenever I saw him. No emotion, no looking around... hands at his side, looking straight ahead. Earlier in the weekend, there was a press conference and he looked the same exact way:

Did anyone of you notice pictures of Stewart while I was in Loudon? No. He was no where to be seen. I guess he cannot control his anger about having people watching his every move like some drivers can.

So it makes sense that when he is in victory lane (a supposed place to be happy) that he let's it out and verbally abuses anyone from the media, because that's his only chance to do so. It must be a sort of purge for him.

So okay, I forgive him. It happens. It was just a slip of the tongue. Who cares that there were many thousands of young kids watching.

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