Looks like that age old saying is reliving again in the present.

Or am I seeing this through uncorrected lenses. Anyway enough of the as the world turns it seems like someone doesnt like another who wants to race at Bristol. You see he has raced there on so many occasions I bet he has probably over 9000 laps there but he didnt get out there in the heat and wear out a good motor taking a chance on hitting the wall before race time.

Did you see this? Was he just passed over or did he tic off someone? You know who he is?

A suggestion for Kryle's Bristol walk-in song...

Brad Teague is the driving about whom you are talking. I saw it, didn't believe it, but know this is a well rehearsed, although rarely used, NASCAR way of saying exactlywhat you stated about their ball and their yard. Or, as I think it was said by Bill France, it is "their circus and they get to choose the clowns".

Johnny... I had completely missed hearing about this and looked it up after Tim mentioned Brad Teague:

Jeff Birchfield

Press Sports Writer
jbirchfield@johnsoncitypress.comSports NASCAR/Racing

Teague denied entry into Food City 300

August 22nd, 2014 6:30 pm by Jeff Birchfield

BRISTOL Johnson City driver Brad Teague was denied the opportunity to compete in Friday nights Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in a decision that left him and several local sponsors fuming.

Teague went to sign in for practice Thursday and was notified by NASCAR officials they were still waiting the results of a mandatory drug test he took on Monday. While Teague and the team appealed to let the 66-year-old driver in the track, their requests were denied.

They wouldnt let me in the race track, period, Teague said. They started checking on the drug test and they saw part of it was negative, but they were still waiting on the complete results. The team asked if I could qualify the car and race it once the results came through, and NASCAR said not without practice.

NASCAR spokesperson Kerry Tharp said it was the decision of Nationwide Series director Wayne Auton whether or not let Teague qualify or race the car.

Per the entry blank, its the series directors discretion whether or not to approve a driver if that driver does not practice the car and get familar with the track prior to qualifying, said NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp. That was the case with Brad Teague. He was not here to practice the car and the decision was made to not let him drive this weekend.

Teague has 45 starts in NASCARs three national series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series) at Bristol. Tharp said the decision by the series director centered around the fact Teague hadnt been in a Nationwide Series race since September 2013 at Dover.

It was only half of the story.

Since Teague wasnt sure there would be an opportunity to race at Bristol until a few days ago, he hadnt taken the necessary steps with the mandatory drug test and physical.

According to Teague, it was only confirmed Monday by car owner Rick Ware he would be in a white No. 87 Chevrolet. Once he finally got inside the track after the practices were over, his name was on a white and red No. 23 Chevrolet which didnt match the logos made for several Johnson City companies.

The worst part, Teague said, was that many of those sponsors were asked to pay a fee to get in the track since they had been signed in with the No. 87 car.

You send in the list for people to get sponsors in, Teague said. My brother, they charged him over $100 to get in. He signed in on the 87 car, while evidently Rick Ware knew about the No. 23 the whole time and he hadnt told me about anything.

Teague added the local companies had put their names on the car to support him and they werent interested in sponsoring another driver. Obviously, some wanted refunds after finding out that Blake Koch would be replacing Teague in the car.

The sponsors were like, Brad, we gave that money to you to drive at Bristol, Teague said. Now, they want their money back.

I suspect that if Brad Teague had been at Bristol with his old car owner, Charlie Henderson, there'd have been no problem. The fact that he was associated with Rick Ware and a previously driven Carl Long entry had him on NASCAR's "special" radar.

Dave,thats what I saw on Brad but couldnt digest all the mumble jumble that Nascar was feeding the frenzy and then chasing the car number come up empty. I never seen the 23 number,guess I was miffed by then and gave up to easily. Its getting harder to follow the yellow ball or flag if you prefer.

Just one more dig that someone is starting.

Also thought I read where it was a sellout,if so a lot of seat holders were either buying hotdogs or using the other services per say.

After reading Brad Teague's comments, it kinda sounds to me like Rick Ware Racing pulled a fast one on ole Brad and his friends to secure some sponsorship dollars.

The original Bristol entry list for the race has Timmy Hill in the #87 that Brad thought he'd be driving and which Timmy did in fact drive.The entry list had Robert Richardson, Jr. in the #23 with sponsor TBA that Blake Koch wound up driving. There's something very, very fishy here besides NASCAR and I believe it is named Rick Ware Racing.