Daytona 500

Yes I know, this is the second post in as many days and your right that's unusual for me. I have some extra free time this week which lends me time to write.

Now let me get to the topic here. If you watched Daytona 500 on Sunday like I did, I hope that you were enraged as much as I was with the performance of Tony Stewart. I thought that maybe he had changed some from his performance in years past were he just seemed to be incapable of controlling his anger and vengeance. Last year he seemed to be more in control of himself but I see that it was because he was winning a lot last year. On Sunday the old Tony came out with a vengeance.

Earlier in the week Tony complained about the aggressive driving that had taken place in the last couple of years and that if something wasn't done someone was going to get killed. Nascar officials reacted and agreed with Tony. They made it very clear at the drivers meetings that they were not going to tolerate over aggressive driving and penalize those who did so.

I guess Tony thought that the Nascar warnings applied to everyone but him. By lap 20 he was crashing people into the wall and blaming the other drivers for his actions. It started with Jeff Gordon on lap 20. Jeff got in front of Tony by sliding up the track in front of him. Jeffs' move did pinch Tony a little. Well Tony was not going to have any of that and instead of tapping his breaks and giving Jeff some room he clipped the rear of Jeffs' car and sent them both into the wall. It damaged Jeff's car more than Tonys' and Jeff admitted to some fault for the incident but Tony would not assume any blame at all. In a word...Classless.

The worst incident was with Matt Kenseth. I have no idea what Matt did toTony as Tony claimed but what ever it was it wasn't as bad as whatTony did to Matt. The man who claimed that aggressive driving was going to kill someone needs to heed his own words because that's exactly what could have happened as he shoved Matt off the race track at almost 200 miles an hour and caused Matt to spin out in the grass and then slam into the wall.

If you ask me I think Tony needs to be suspended for several races if not band from racing altogether and he needs to go back to spoiled brat angry management classes to learn how to act like a man.

Ultimate Fighting

One of my favorite things to do for entertainment is watch Ultimate Fighting. For those of you who don't know what Ultimate fighting is, I'll explain. It's basically every different type of martial artist competing against each other in hand to hand combat. It's very exciting and exhilarating and I will admit very brutal at times.

Like boxing opponents can be knocked out but unlike boxing, once an opponent has been knocked out or the referee decides that the opponent can't go on the fight is stopped, there is no 8 count and they only wear 4 oz gloves. Boxers use 14 oz gloves. They can kick too and there is no padding on there feet so if someone connects with a kick it's usually over.

Along with boxing there is grappling or wrestling too. Most of the men who are grapplers' are well versed in different types of pins, holds and arm bars or locks. This can easily result in a broken arm or an opponent being choked out from behind if the grappler gets behind their opponent and puts enough pressure on there neck they pass out... game over.

These Men who compete in Ultimate Fighting know very well what they are getting into. They are aware of the dangers and the consequences. Despite the facts I think these men are drawn to this because of the mental and physical challenges that it offers. One on one and the man who uses his brawn with his brains the best, will win.