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You don't stop a horse in the middle of a race.......


Steve Park sidelined, muscle flexing, point's breakdown, and the Richmond race.





Steve Park Sidelined.........

The hit that Steve Park took in the eerie caution period crash at Darlington in the South Carolina 200 Busch Series race, has proven to be more devastating than was originally thought. After equilibrium and focus problems plagued his recovery, a second MRI showed bruising of the brain. Recent reports from Dale Earnhardt Incorporated have stated that Park will be out of the racecar for at least four to six weeks.

Kenny Wallace, who subbed for Park in the Winston Cup Darlington race will continue to drive the No. 1 Pennzoil car for DEI until Park is healthy enough to continue his duties. The 33 year old Park was tenth in driver's championship points at the time of his mishap, enjoying a streak of top ten finishes.

Park's injury is similar to the one that took Ricky Craven out of the driver's seat for several months. There are only ten races left in the season. If Park comes back after six weeks, he will be able to race at Phoenix, Rockingham, Homestead-Miami, and the season ending finale at Atlanta. Some of you may remember that he suffered a serious concussion during the wreck in 1998 that sidelined him for months with a broken leg. He was knocked unconscious when he hit the outside wall the first time during that wreck at Atlanta. His leg was broken when his car veered down across the track hitting the inside wall really hard afterwards, while he was still unconscious.





Flexing Their Muscle............

The sanctioning body has continued to draw criticism from teams who are angry at their decision to red flag the Southern 500 at Darlington. In recent years, NASCAR officials have deemed it necessary to stop the race after a large wreck late in the running, in order to give the race fans a green flag finish.

I have to agree with the angry teams. All this practice does, is to invite more wrecks during the so-called "shoot-out" in the few remaining laps to the checkered flag. I do not recall a clean finish to a race after a red flag condition. None of us like to see a race end under the yellow caution flag. On the other hand. even after the red flag stops the race, another caution is inevitable due to the hard driving for position, and the race ends under a caution flag anyway.
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