BSNews! NASCAR Defrocks Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace

“I think it’s OK for me to give my opinion. I don’t think NASCAR would get upset about that,” said Rusty Wallace.

So much for THAT line of thinking!

After a recent interview in which Wallace said that NASCAR should shorten their nearly 11-month schedule, the recent NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee soon found out that he was in fact, wrong. NASCAR does get upset when someone voices a different opinion.

“It’s the classic case of supply and demand,” Wallace said Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Too much supply and not enough demand. Personally, I wish the schedule were 32 [races] again.”

Although Wallace said he felt that the ‘product’ has become too ‘watered down’, he was quick to add the disclaimer that “… I love NASCAR. It’s been good to me, it’s made me a lot of money.”

Usually, when NASCAR doesn’t like what a driver says outside of the company line, they sock them with a stiff and usually secret, monetary fine. In this case, since Wallace is not technically a driver anymore, they could not reach out and touch him in their usual way, so they did the next best thing.

In the most unprecedented move in its long and storied history of three years, the NASCAR Hall of Fame announced that it would “un-induct” Rusty until such time as he “comes ‘round to his senses and buys me a drink as a sign of atonement,” as NASCAR CEO Brian France, put it when asked about the situation.

“This type of insubird … unsiburdon … uh, behavior will simply not be tolerated,” added France.

Replacing Rusty as an ‘alternate’ inductee for the class of 2013 will be “Fireball” Roberts. Roberts was the next-highest vote getter during the original voting session.

“You can bet ‘Fireball’ will be a bit more appreciative,” said France. “I don’t expect to hear any bad-mouthing from him!”

And now for some ‘not so BS observations’ (or is it?)

First it was 5-hour Energy shots, but apparently that just isn’t enough! Check out this bit from a Front Row Motorsports press release;

David Ragan will bring the colors of MHP to the 1-mile Dover International Speedway for this weekend’s 400-mile Sprint Cup Series event. Ragan will debut the company’s 8-Hour Alert product on the No. 34 Ford. Fans are aware of their X-Fit and Power Pak Pudding brands, used weekly by the Front Row Motorsports pit crew, and now will have an opportunity to learn more about 8-Hour Alert.

The featured brand on Ragan’s Ford this weekend is a dietary supplement available in tablet form. It is used to support feelings of energy, alertness and awareness for up to eight hours. (Front Row Motorsports/Breaking Limits)

Really? Hey America, here’s a freakin’ novel idea … why not try “a good night’s sleep” every night! Do we really need to become a nation of whacked out, wide-eyed sheep dependent on shots and pills to keep us alert? Just what we need for a populace that is more and more popularly diagnosed as ADD! I wonder what happens if I wash down an 8-Hour Alert pill with a 5-hour Energy shot?

I never thought I’d say this but, oh how I pine for the ‘old days’ of a Viagra sponsorship!

Stay off the wall (oh, and BSNews, your first thought is our first name!)

Jeff Meyer