shutupandfish

I didn't say he's completely lost his ability to drive but anyone that would win a clean race then proceed to tear up his brand new ride to take out a competitor in line for the scales is not right. He may still be fast but he is also desperate. He used to be the smoothest driver there and now he is just barely in control. On top of that his actions last week were not only unacceptable and irresponsible but completely unprovoked.

Ed has been driving like an idiot all year. Yes he was once great but his time has passed and he is having difficulty accepting that. It's only a matter of time before it goes very wrong. It was obvious that he felt slighted by AJ exiting in front of him and tried to give him a stiff bump to show him before he fell on the gas and escalated his bone head move to a more serious level. At that point he got embarrassed and continued to escalate the situation rather than deal with admitting he was wrong. He has convinced himself that AJ was at fault.

Twitter:

" @EdLynchJr1 Great race! Congrats...car looked awesome...what happened in the infield? "

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"  @Trustsecshaun aj flick bent my front both sides of my front wing and bent my guard rail on the side and bent my top wing just a little "

He's completely lost it. All we can do now is hope that when his luck gives out he doesn't hurt anyone else.

As for the Black Flag there has been a clear trend established over the last 4 races or so. I noticed the one week in the stock car race the 66 clearly dumped the 20 for the win and they let it slide. I thought maybe it wasn't as clear from other vantage points so they left it go. The next Friday though it became clear at least a few late model drivers noticed they weren't being as picky because the heats and feature was full of questionable behavior. Then 48vs1 the week before last with no black flag and last week was the Lynch infield debacle. It's clear that they are trending towards a loose stance on rough driving. Maybe it's coincidence or maybe it's just the economy picking up so these big teams have more parts money to waste on tearing up the little guys. Whatever the reason it does seem like whoever is making the calls at the track is not as worried about rough driving as they were last year. I recall a few DQ's last year for much less and one of them the driver who got "taken out" was even telling the official it was his fault but the other guy was penalized anyway. Now all of the sudden there doesn't seem to be a way to get a DQ. Something changed and the situation will escalate until someone finds the new limit.

Maybe everyone is just trying to win favor with the new owners by making lot's of scrap metal lol.