Posted 5/25/2011 09:23:00 PM by Douglas

Hey, Mike Barnhart, do you really want to know why people hate IndyCar racing and most race fans would rather listen to NASCAR race on the radio than see an Indy Race in person? It's because of this bush league bullshit like this.

This year, Junqueira qualified 19th for the race in A.J. Foyt Racing's No. 41 car, but Foyt and Andretti Autosport owner Michael Andretti made a deal Monday that put Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay into the car for Sunday's race.

Here's what happened. Hunter-Reay was sitting on the 33rd and final qualifying spot for the race with 3 minutes left to qualify this past Sunday, or Bump Day, as it's called. Marco Andretti went out and qualified, thus 'bumping' his teammate from the qualified drivers. I mean cars. Right, team owner Michael Andretti?

"I disagree with the idea that we are doing something to hurt the integrity of the Indy 500," he said in a statement. "We would never do that — ever. The rule is the fastest 33 cars make the race — not the 33 fastest drivers. And, that is what will be on track Sunday."

I wonder if he said that with a straight face. Your driver and his entire crew put together a car and everything that goes along with that. They don't make the cut. So you whip out your checkbook and buy a car from A.J. Foyt? What a load of crap. I hope A.J. got a lot of money, because they're both what's wrong with the entire event. It's bad enough they sold out their key sponsorship to some faggoty French T-shirt company.

Enjoy your slide, through the marbles, and into the wall of relevance, Indy.