Shane Hmiel's peers
The early verdict around the garage: See ya, Shane. It's been nice knowin' ya.
The Pleasant Garden native and current Busch Series driver violated NASCAR's substance abuse policy for the second time in two years. NASCAR has suspended him indefinitely, which is the same penalty he got in Sept. 2003 for failing his first test.
Here's Ryan Newman today at Dover:
Does Shane Hmiel deserve another chance?
"In my opinion, no. Does the court system work like that? No. Plenty of people are out there that are multiple offenders and are still carrying on doing what they’re doing and leading a normal life. I don’t think that's fair, but that's my opinion."
Veteran Busch driver David Green had this to say Thursday:
"I totally changed my view of Shane Hmiel after his first problem, because here was a young man who went out and knew he did something wrong, fixed it, then came back and aligned himself with good opportunities. He had the opportunity of the lifetime here. He now shows a total lack of respect toward the people that are making his livelihood what it is today. That's just totally unacceptable."
Ouch. I'll post more as I get 'em.
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Good for NASCAR for taking him right out of the track, this isn't the NBA or NFL.
He'd done, you can't take a chance with someone when he is going 180MPH around 42 other people.
Posted on June 3, 2005 3:50 PM