This story has been hashed and rehashed over and over again by the media since the recent meltdown in Nashville but it�s something that just won�t go away, sort of like a trick birthday candle that refuses to be blown out. And why is that? It�s because a person of prominence in the NASCAR world continues to demonstrate an inability to recognize that the course of behavior he�s chosen doesn�t make him the hip �happening� leading edge bon vivant he considers himself to be. His boorish and tiresome behavior doesn�t seem to bother Gibb�s Racing, his Mars Candy sponsor or Toyota, either. If they�ve said something, it doesn�t seem to matter. After all, why squeeze a winner? They couldn�t bear the thought of him jumping ship. Think of all the money involved. Think of the lost revenue.

So the ship continues to sail along, undaunted and never wavering with �K the Younger� at the helm, completely oblivious and unaware of the fact that he won�t be able to steer clear of each and every iceberg that looms before him. Convinced that he�s unstoppable and unable to sink why slow down, who cares about the warnings of the navigator? Full speed ahead!!