Jay Busbee at From The Marbles has reported that every driver’s friend, Pit Road Commitment Cone, has passed as a result of an off track incident. Cone was guarding his post when Kurt Busch left the racing surface and mowed down the Talledega employee, who has been on the job for years.
Busbee reports:
Cone had served faithfully at the track for many years, and was a visible and reliable presence at the superspeedway. “I don’t know anybody who didn’t respect Cone,” a visibly shaken Jimmie Johnson said afterward. Other drivers echoed the sentiment; Cone’s word was law around Talladega, but he was evenhanded. So to speak.
As one who has caused the demise of many of Cone’s distant relatives, my heart goes out to his family.
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Noooo!!!!
I wasn’t even aware Gary had been there!
No Gary wasn’t there, it’s just some young upstart looking to challenge his come killing record. What a fool, as if anyone is capable of that
I must say that Busch certainly seems to have shattered any “distance record” I may have held.
I love you guys humor, but damn, RIP Caution cone is the biggest story to come out of Talladega? How about a boring race or Ryan Newman and Mark Martin getting airborn? Ok maybe the caution cone was interesting, of course Jay also wrote RIP Talladega too.
Brian, the only reason I picked up on this one is because of a long standing joke about my own proclivity for crushing cones.