[NASCAR] I am sorry. I have a blister that prevents me from driving today. This note from my mom explains it all

Bigmouth Darrell Waltrip informs us that NASCAR is considering some sort of exception to granting points for substitutes driving in place of championship contenders. What a load of crap. According to Waltrip he has been in favor of this for a long time because an injured driver hurts the chances of the rest of the team. Well, no duh. It is just like any other team sport. The difference is that the driver gets his name put on the Nextel trophy at the end of the year. The NFL awards the Lombardi Trophy to the best team in the NFL, not Troy Aikman. While I'm not belittling what the crews do, the sport of auto racing is and, for the foreseeable future, will be more about the drivers and the cars than about the crew. The crews and the owners still collect owners points and monies for racing. Meanwhile, guys like Sterling Marlin and Terry Labonte have had to sit out races in the past few years due to medical injuries and taken their respective hits in the points.