A few days ago I caught this article on Foxsports.com. The headline read "The photo was troubling to even the most ardent Jeff Gordon fan: Just 12 hours after he was eliminated from championship contention, a smiling Gordon was caught enjoying himself at the men's U.S. Open final with a drink in his hand and a model on his arm."Are you people serious? First of all, the "model" isn't just some chick he picked up at a party at Hef's mansion. He's been dating Ingrid Vandebosch for a while now. Secondly...what SHOULD he be doing? Like he said, should he have been at Hendrick the next morning screaming at people? Or maybe he should've been in bed, curled up with his blanket and balling his eyes out.
Come on now, when all is said and done, it's a SPORT. Yeah, it's his job but it's still..a SPORT. It's not brain surgery, law or working for the military.
His not making the Chase hasn't hurt TV ratings, hasn't scared away the fans or stopped the arguments. We all woke up the next day and the world,..yup; it was still turning.
I remember back when he and his ex-wife split up the folks in the garage were saying how much more laid back he was. That they never knew he was so funny. So now he's having fun, being himself and he's getting screamed at for it?
Obviously he has a life outside NASCAR, I think it's about time some of the writers and fans got one as well!
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