NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger was arrested last night for Driving Under the Influence ... he stated in an interview that he thought he was "Alright" cuz he'd had a couple glasses of water after drinking. Not to make light of anything so serious, but does the irony of this strike anyone
else like it does me?
I mean, "I thought I was fine to drive" is
EXACTLY what
EVERY drunk driver thinks and says, and that's precisely
why they drive drunk! The ultimate irony is that NASCAR made him take a breath-a-lizer test today before practice at Talladega ... way to go, NASCAR ... good thinking!
They fined him $10,000 and put him on "probation" ... ooh!
(Seriously ... no suspension? They let this guy on the track the next day? Huh?)
http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/10/29/ajallmendinger.arrested/index.html