GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     YOU FOLKS KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN AS BIG A CRITIC OF THE TWIG AS ANYONE ON THIS SITE, AND MAYBE BIGGER THEN SOME.  BUT YOU  KNOW WHAT, I AM SEEING AND READING THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO MAKE ME THINK THAT BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER HE MAY BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN NASCAR.

     LET'S TAKE A SHORT LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT WE FIND.  CALE, THE ALLISON BOYS, D.W., DALE AND EVEN SWEETMEAT JEFFY GORDON.  ALL OF THESE GUYS WERE MOUTHY, LOUD, BRASH, WRECKLESS, AND GREATLY DISLIKED BY THE FANS AT ONE POINT IN THEIR CAREERS.  ACCORDING TO THE BOOK THAT I JUST FINISHED, NOT ONLY WAS D.W. BOO'D BY THE FANS, THE BIGGEST PORTION OF HIS PIT CREW DIDN'T EVEN LIKE HIM.  BUT ALL OF THEM WERE AND ARE TOTALLY WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN, AND THAT IS WHAT FINALLY WON THE HEARTS OF THE FANS.

     NOW BEFORE ANY OF YOU BLOW A CASKET, I AM NOT SAYING THAT TWIG WILL TAKE THE PLACE IN RACING HISTORY OF DALE, PETTY, OR D.W., BUT I AM SAYING THAT IT APPEARS THAT HE SHARES MAY OF THE ACTIONS AND REACTIONS OF MANY OF THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST NAMES IN NASCAR HISTORY.

     WE KNOW THAT ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS RACE AND WIN, HE IS GOOD AND WILL TELL YOU THAT HE IS, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES HE PUSHES TO WIN, IF THAT MEANS TAKING SOMEONE OUT, THEN SO BE IT.  WE KNOW THE FANS DON'T LIKE HIM, BEGINNING TO WONDER IF HIS TEAMMATES LIKE HIM OR HIS PIT CREW, WE KNOW THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE NOT REALLY FOND OF EACH OTHER, SOMETIMES I WONDER IF EVEN HIS MOM LIKES HIM.  BUT IT APPEARS THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT ATTITUDE IS WHAT WILL MOST LIKELY PUT HIM AT THE TOP FOR YEARS TO COME.

      THERE IS A TIME TO BE NICE AND THERE IS A TIME TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, AND THE TIME BETWEEN " GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES" AND "THE WINNER IS" IS NOT THE TIME TO BE NICE.  THERE ARE 6 DAYS IN THE WEEK TO BE NICE, DO GOOD DEEDS AND TO GIVE BACK, BUT RACE DAY IS NOT ONE OF THEM AND TWIG HAS LEARNED THAT LESSON EXTREMELY WELL.  I STILL DON'T LIKE HIM BUT I RESPECT HIS ABLITIY AND TALENT AND I HOPE THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT