Man. Heart goes out to Fort Worth Stars fans, because this makes it almost impossible to go to games.
Also, I get that staying at AAC wasn't as desirable, but with the Stars to Plano, 1/4 of the "Dallas" area teams aren't actually in Dallas. Bummer.
And here's another thing:
I think Florida trying to hit Mia Williams was not malice, but mind games. Chess, if you will. They weren't aiming to hurt, but to get in heads. Get Texas Tech upset.
And. Tech. Didn't. Flinch.
Championship mindset if you ask me.
Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.
Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.