Waltrip tripped, spin rages Daytona fans
Daytona 500 car racer Michael Waltrip got some bashing for causing a car wreck on six other cars on Lap 29 at yesterday's race.
Waltrip's spinning accident that brought down six other drivers and their cars stirred some emotional bashing on Twitter and infield race track.
"Hey, Waltrip!" one fan yelled as Waltrip was doing postcrash interviews. "Tell me what time you're leaving so I can get out ahead of you!"
The 10th anniversary of the Daytona 500 would be unforgettable for Michael Waltrip in Dayton Beach, Florida.
Waltrip's spinning accident doingt Lap 29 made him push David Reutimann that also crashed to Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Brian Vickers, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose and Brian Kesolowski.
The other drivers were not so sympathetic to Waltrip like the fans because the new points system heavily penalizes drivers for poor finishes. Johnson and Biffle were the first out, while Gordon, Reutimann and Vickers, among many others, could only wait as their crews tried to get there cars into shape.
Waltrip told Associated Press: "What's this?' Damn! It's hard," he said. "You're just so focused. You're watching your temperature gauge. You're watching the car in front of you. You're wondering what's ahead. You're wondering what's coming up from behind. There are so many things happening mentally that it's almost impossible to keep up with."