5 Minutes with Lee Beard

For those of you that don't get National Dragster, here's a question in the
"5 Minutes with Lee Beard" that helps explain why Whit isn't around:

Q: "After Hot Rod Fuller and Whit Bazemore, this is your third straight
season teaching someone how to drive a Top Fueler. What kind of challenge
has that presented?"

LB: "It was exciting to work with Hot Rod, who had come from Super Comp
where driving is extremely critical. He caught on fast and listened
carefully to everything that we as a team had to say. Today, I think he's
one of the better drivers out there. He's definitely in the top five.
Teaching Whit how to drive a Top Fueler was a little more challenging.
Whit was pretty set about the way that he wanted to drive. Having been a
crew chief in Top Fuel for the majority of my career, I've had some of the
sport's absolute best dragster drivers, so I know what it takes to be a
successful dragster driver. Whit wanted to drive it the way he thought it
needed to be driven. Because of my experience, guys like Hot Rod and Antron
believe that I have the ability to teach them to be great drivers, and
they're all ears."

So, it sounds like Whit "Didn't listen" his way out of the job. Or, at
least it didn't help him keep it.

"RoadShow" <1932spamEGGSandSPAMcoupe RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> So, it sounds like Whit "Didn't listen" his way out of the job. Or, at
> least it didn't help him keep it.
>

I guess the statistics speak for themselves on that one.

Hot Rod Fuller: Last year lead the pack until the very last run and missed
being the Powerade Champ. Runner up is not too bad a spot to finish your
year off.

Antron Brown: Top qualifies in his first ever TF event. That's pretty
awesome in itself.

Whit Basemore: Out of a job and not driving!

I wonder which driver had the wrong attitude??????

Garry