STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED ------------B U T !!!
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Indy car president Randy Bernard is kicking these thoughts around in his head--- Randy is open to the idea of having suspended ex-NASCAR drivers join his open-wheel racing series. Hearing what Bernard had to say about Hmiel, I cant help but think that Jeremy Mayfield in IRL would be an even better story than Hmiel.Think about it. Heres a guy who just went through an epic mid-life crisis. For all we know, the guy was framed by one of Americas largest corporations: NASCAR. He fought tooth-and-nail to win, but unfortunately came up short due to financial problems.Simply put, NASCAR had a lot more money than Mayfield.He had to sell his house, sell his team, sell almost everything he owns, and hes still in debt.We know Hmiel was guilty of doing drugs at least three times. We dont know that Mayfield truly was guilty. But once NASCAR brought him down, the world kicked him time and time again. Hes taken beatings from the media. Beatings from the fans. Beating from the other NASCAR drivers.Heres a guy who is literally going up against the world. And for all we know, he may be innocent.The odds of a Jeremy Mayfield comeback story are slim-to-none. Hes a middle-aged man with an irreparably damaged reputation.But if somebody in the IRL were to give Jeremy Mayfield a chance, like the chance Shane Hmiel may be getting ready to receive, that would potentially put a once-tarnished, but shining again middle-aged man with no hope of getting back into bigtime racing in the starting field for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Wow that would be a Donald Trump best of show right there.Now wouldnt that be a story?? What yall think?? hmmmm
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM