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Tom Jensen  |  Posted July 18, 2009   Charlotte NC
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Here is some food for thought and a possible topic. In my humble opinion, it is a travesty that Wendell Scott was not included in the initial 25 nominees to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I think that the 21-member nominating committee should be made to get a copy of Pulitzer Prize winning author Brian Donovan's book, “The Wendell Scott Story" and READ IT! Also, they should watch John W. Warner's 2003 documentary, which told the Wendell Scott story and was narrated by Warner’s father, Sen. John Warner.

As a side note, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, which was founded by Big Bill France Sr., inducted Wendell Scott in 1999. Eight members of the inaugural NASCAR HoF class were inducted in the Hall AFTER Wendell and two nominees aren't even in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame! How do you justify overlooking Wendell Scott in the initial class? — Stan Welsh
Stan: Great letter. I couldn’t have said it better myself. For what it’s worth, I am in complete, 100 percent agreement with you on this. Wendell Scott absolutely should have been in the first group of HoF nominees. For what it’s worth, I think there were some other deserving individuals who were left off as well, most notably Dale Inman of Petty Enterprises.

If NASCAR truly is serious about diversity, it needs to recognize Scott, who fought courageously and tenaciously to overcome pervasive racism. He was NASCAR’s Jackie Robinson and should be treated as such.

Clearly, though, on any list, worthy people are going to be left off. I’m not excusing or justifying the omission of Scott or Inman — both clearly should be in — but the nature of lists is that they will provoke disagreement over who’s in and who’s not in.

NASCAR is acting in typical Republican fashion — “Guilty until proven innocent.” Great unless you are on the receiving end of it.

Airing out as much dirty laundry on all parts is probably great for everyone and the sport will continue on in a better fashion for fans and participants. — Albert Sequeda
Albert: I can only assume you are referring to the Jeremy Mayfield case. And to that I will respond that politics has absolutely nothing to do with this. This case is about maintaining a safe environment on the racetrack and NASCAR’s right to drug-test people to ensure that happens.

And I can promise you, there is nothing “great” about this case for anyone — not NASCAR, not Mayfield, not race fans. It has been an ugly blemish on the season. I hope it is resolved swiftly.

Tom: What is your opinion, regarding the recent report saying that Kevin Harvick has asked for out of contract at Richard Childress Racing), at season's end? Will Childress release him from the contract? Finally, will Harvick really go SHR? — A confused Harvick Fan in N.H.
As I wrote here, http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-shr-keeps-hands-off-harvick/, the folks at SHR insist that as long as Harvick is under contract with RCR they have no place for him.

But we’ve seen this before, when Kurt Busch left Roush Fenway Racing for Penske in 2006.

Childress has said publicly that both Harvick and Shell-Pennzoil are under contract for 2010. If Harvick is released, though, it certainly would make sense that he’d try to align himself with SHR. But at this point, it’s too early to say with any certainty what’s going to happen. All we have to go on are what Childress and SHR are saying, and that’s that Harvick is still under contract at RCR next year.


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