I won’t be posting tonight. I’m not an analyst tonight. I’m a fan.
Throughout the entirety of my adult life, when I joined the military I got so many questions
“Why do you like the Canes? They suck.”
“You live in Virginia. You could/should like the caps.”
“They’ll relocate.”
This is why. I’ve waited twenty years. Twenty fucking years for this. To see them play meaningful games in June.
Shayne Gostisbehere was asked at Media Day what it's like seeing the city come alive for the #Canes during the playoffs.
Fans will love his response.
“The city’s always alive for us, to be honest. It’s not just the playoffs. Throughout the whole season, they’ve been behind us. They’re called the Caniacs for a reason.
It’s definitely cool to see the extra boost, for sure, and all the watch parties around town, and what you see on social media. It’s to be expected here, because I know they love hockey, and people from here know that. I don’t know if people from outside [of here] do, but people from here get it.”
.@DaleCoyneRacing will run its No. 18 car in tomorrow's Indy 500 with the same font that Kyle Busch used for years @JoeGibbsRacing to pay respect to the NASCAR legend.
➡️ DCR said that @TownsendBell had the idea and that @FOXSports and JGR helped assist on the effort.
I made him earn every victory and stole a few from him along the way. We took our shots at each other, in the media and on the track. But I’d like to think that somewhere deep down there was an appreciation that we pushed each other to perform at the highest level, even if neither of us would’ve admitted it.
Tonight, I feel a little like the coyote with no more roadrunner to chase. His loss is all of our loss, but none more so than his family’s. Thinking of Samantha, and Brexton and Lennix who lost their father today.
every day is a privilege and today is a truly sad reminder of that.
this little boy in this picture hated you on sunday’s. but he loved to hate you, and you made it very difficult to hate and not become a fan when your passion for racing showed, when you would show up to his home town to race at his home tracks. he will be forever grateful for that.
from a fan, to a hater, to a competitor, to a teammate, and to even maybe a friend. i share that story because this little kid in the picture was not anywhere near the true number that you impacted for the better just through racing.
you will be deeply missed. both on the race track, but certainly off.
RIP. 🕊️
To KFB…
Someday MY son and I will watch YOUR son in the NASCAR cup series.
I’ll tell my son how fucking awesome Brexton’s dad was at racing.
Fucking awesome.
RIP wheelman RIP