Hey, Marty!
Next time you do a soft-focus, mushy-mouthed story on a driver returning from a drug suspension, make sure to ask him what exactly he got busted for.
When you ask Kevin Grubb to give you his reaction to failing a drug test and he tells you "I just couldn't believe it," you're required by all of the laws of journalism to ask:
Why? Was it a false positive?
And when he hems and haws and says no, then you ask:
So what did you get busted for?
The AP story at least mentioned that Grubb declined to talk about what he was on or how bad his problem (drug? alcohol?) really was. Fine. He doesn't have to answer questions.
But as a reporter you'd obliged to ask them. That's your job - not trying to be their best friend.
We'll see if Grubb learned anything in his two years away from the track. He's going to try to qualify for tonight's Busch race.
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