FanHouse Steve Wallace

"If you don't have heartfelt sympathy for Rusty Wallace, you must be a robot."
~ Luke, Thunder Lounge

I must be a robot, because I don't feel this heartfelt sympathy for Rusty "I'll tell ya what" Wallace ... Not because "his heart has to be breaking inside as he watches his son grow on the track." At least not this week.

I snoozed through most of the Busch race Saturday, but I did manage to catch the first caution brought out by Steve Wallace ... And yes, my first thought was, what a surprise ... And by then, ESPN had already overdosed me on the Wallace family outing, so I figured I was going to be annoyed with just about anything Rusty was going to have to say about his son's crash. He did not disappoint.

Rusty's Getting Rusty

"The thing he doesn't understand is, when he was winning all those races, there weren't 43 cars that could win. There were, like, five."

-Steve Wallace, on father Rusty's expectations for him in the Busch Series [Valvoline Track Talk Newsletter, h/t MotorsportsNews.Net (work)

Elliott Less Than Awesome
Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is not feeling the awesomeness from Bill Elliott after he canceled a track appearance he made before committing to drive the #21 car:

"We don't want this type of driver...representing our facility, our sponsors or our race fans. If we had any idea Elliott was that kind of person, we would never have approached him, but instead chosen a Cup driver that understands a deal and the seriousness of his actions."

"I Wasn't Driving, Officer"
Recipe for 4th of July BWI and Reckless Boating, NASCAR Style

Ingredients:
Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch's boat
Greg Biffle's registration
One unidentified front tire changer
One unidentified girlfriend
Vats of alcohol

Mix all ingredients, nearly collide with a lake patrol officer, realize you're screwed, perform Chinese fire drill, wait for charges to be passed out ... wait awhile ... then find out that Busch wasn't actually on the boat that actually isn't his.