03-27-2006, 02:17 PM
Yeah I thought it was pretty crappy and erroneous of Robin Miller to say that.
It would be one thing if this guy raced gokarts then all of a sudden got an IRL ride but this guy had come up through all steps of the IRL ladder and done fairly well. Even if he was a pay driver there are plenty of those at every goddamned level of motorsport. That was tasteless, unprofessional, and idiotic of Robin Miller to say that about this guy who just lost his life.
Putting "With all due respect to the deceased..." in front of his hogwash doesn't make it any less wrong or disrespectful.
Tony Renna lost his life, I didn't see anyone saying shit like that about him. Kenny Brack almost got killed a few years ago I didn't hear him talk shit about him. Alex Zanardi lost both of his legs but he wasn't a rookie pay driver.
Countless others have gotten maimed or killed in the history of open wheeled oval racing in the United States. Its dangerous and it gets the best of even the best of them.
It would be one thing if this guy raced gokarts then all of a sudden got an IRL ride but this guy had come up through all steps of the IRL ladder and done fairly well. Even if he was a pay driver there are plenty of those at every goddamned level of motorsport. That was tasteless, unprofessional, and idiotic of Robin Miller to say that about this guy who just lost his life.
Putting "With all due respect to the deceased..." in front of his hogwash doesn't make it any less wrong or disrespectful.
Tony Renna lost his life, I didn't see anyone saying shit like that about him. Kenny Brack almost got killed a few years ago I didn't hear him talk shit about him. Alex Zanardi lost both of his legs but he wasn't a rookie pay driver.
Countless others have gotten maimed or killed in the history of open wheeled oval racing in the United States. Its dangerous and it gets the best of even the best of them.
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