What's your take on the Kevin Harvick / Amber Cope feud?

Just in case you have missed this I will attach the details below according to Examiner.com's Greg Engle titled "Girls shouldn’t race in NASCAR."

Well, I was hoping that the only moron in Cup racing that enjoyed putting down Women was that idiot Kasey Kayne with his remarks about a Mother breastfeeding her baby in public. But, I was wrong, way way wrong and Kevin Harvick crossed a line that a gentleman would never cross. I will get back to this in a moment.

Amber Cope was making her second Nationwide start last Saturday. She has just enough experience to be allowed on the track, but not enough to really know what to do while out there. Harvick had a hard time passing her and he blames that for him not winning the race. She was dozens of laps down after being in the garage for repairs, but even without the car problems she wasn't going to be very fast. This level of racing is new to her and the team is very under funded. As Harvick came up on her she wasn't sure what to do and ended up keeping him behind her for a while. There are other drivers that can be hard to pass when they are already a lap down like Robby Gordon. But, no one has ever unloaded on RG like Harvick did on Cope. If they did they would be wondering WTF when they came to. Harvick unloaded on her because he knew she wouldn't kick his lowlife ass like Robby would.

Cope is a rookie. Long before Harvick caught her he knew he had to deal with someone brand new out there. I'm pretty sure that rookies still have to run the road sign yellow rear bumper in NASCAR, so he knew that she might be squirley and she was for a bit. That's racing Kevin, get over it..... He was a rookie at one time himself and probably made some bonehead moves. We all did. My first night in a NASCAR Sportsman was pretty interesting, trust me. I did glean a third place in the fast heat that paid me $5.00, my first race. After the heat race I was informed that if I ever made my rear bumper that wide again the $5.00 I won wouldn't go far to fix my teeth..... Very true story.

There is a lot of press today on this as it is a slow week for Cup news without a race this weekend. In most of the reports he is quoted as referring to her as an "it" rather than by her name. And the line everyone is quoting of Kevin's is that "the only pole she will ever win is at a strip club." This is pretty low and I hope that NASCAR or his sponsors have a serious talk with him. I'm not defending Cope because I think she is a hottie and honestly she and her twin Sister are totally not what I find attractive in Women. I wouldn't give either of them a second look. But, I will defend her for being a rookie and because she is a Woman. Harvick seems to be taking on the role of the totally domineering Male in this and that really makes me dislike him even more. People have joked about Delana being the one in control of their partnership, but I don't see that now. No, Kevin Harvick has no respect for Women and it really shows this week.

I mentioned he had seriously crossed a line with his tweets. Most of the "news agencies" reporting on this have cleaned up his remarks some. But, a few have quoted Harvick as saying Cope was a "c_nt." This is not good for NASCAR as it tries to open up to both Female and minority drivers. Danica will win races and who knows five years down the road maybe the Cope Sisters will too.

Any comments? Slow news week.

"Girls shouldn’t race in NASCAR"

Unlike his nickname, Kevin Harvick wasn’t very ‘Happy’ Saturday. With 22 laps to go in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race, Harvick was large and in charge having taken the lead from Brad Keselowski on lap 155 of the 200 lap race.

With a 1.5 second lead Harvick looked to have a great chance for the win. It was not to be however as he was held up by a car laps down from the field. Keselowski was able to catch Harvick, pass him and go on to victory.

The No. 24 car was piloted by Amber Cope, one of twin nieces of former Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope. On the cool down lap Saturday, Harvick let his displeasure known by giving Cope’s car a bump. Later he voiced his irritation with Cope.

"The 24, every time you'd come to her, she didn't know whether she was going high or low," Harvick said. "It looked like she went up, so I committed to the bottom, and she came down."

"It's not one of those deals. It's somebody who shouldn't be on the race track and has no clue what they're doing in a race car. She wants to be Danica Patrick, but she can't hold her helmet."

The war of words set off by Harvick continued on Twitter as Harvick fans bashed the twins on their joint Twitter account. The most notable Tweet was “Sorry, #NASCAR, but the only pole @AmberAngelaCope will take is in a strip club”

Cope fired back actually demanding that Harvick apologize.

 

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Permalink Reply by JD LEES on July 17, 2012 at 10:19pm

You still have my vote then !!

Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on July 17, 2012 at 10:29pm

Does anybody know why she was so slow ? That's the real question. As far as Harvick goes, I'm sure he was pissed. Shit happens, he will get over it and talk with her at later date when no media is paying attention. IMO

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 17, 2012 at 10:53pm

@JR, I'd speculate turd for power and left field set-up wise.

All ya all, how many times have we (Robby fans) watched RGM show up and get lapped 20 laps in,Robby railing any and everyone on the radio?! Did the guys go watch the girls on the striper pole all week or did they miss the set up.They missed the set up, that can be shock/s,bar, camber,camber gain,bias,you name it.Not every car that lines up is a race winner waiting to win a race.(Carl Edwards, tied to the CUP Championship just last year,example) If merley showing up ment you have a 1 and 43 shot of winning a CUP,N/W race how come everyone doesn't win a race every 43 races? Not everybody shit is equal !

Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on July 18, 2012 at 12:06am

10-4 ...to bad

Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on July 18, 2012 at 11:06am

I don't blame Cope for the slow speed, I put that little present on the car and small crew. I don;t recall the officials for this last race telling the 24 to pick up their speed, but previous races with a male driver the official have told the 24 to pick up their speed.

It is one thing for happy harvick to indicate that he lost the race because of the 24, its another thing about making comments such as stripper pole, it and throwing danica's name in there.

If there is one thing that positively gets my panties in a wad its when a guy makes stupid thoughtless inappropriate sexist comments! Cope could have spun out Harvick (I wish) and after his comments I still would have sided with Cope! What I really find hard to comprehend is the lack of loyalty to crew family members, afterall Ernie Cope the crew chief is a distant cousin to the Cope's!

Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on July 17, 2012 at 10:57pm

Mike, was this at Tri City Raceway? That was a very fast track! I spent the 1984 Summer season working as a chassis fabricator for Dale Perry. We raced at most of the North West tracks and I remember all of them well.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 18, 2012 at 12:10am

@Bruce, No.But TriCities was a very different non oval track.I only raced there once,an open Mini-Stock show.I brought a pocket knife to a gun fight.Had a ton of fun,was treated like a King by the Staff.
Do you remember Harry Jefferson? His oldest son Jeff Jefferson is crew chiefing Dylan Kwasniewski's K&N West series.http://www.planetrobby.com/video/royal-purple-outperformers-series-...
Chuck Joiner is working on that deal also. Greg Biffle is a past Late Model Champion from Tri-Cities.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 18, 2012 at 12:27am

@Bruce , my bad Chuck Carruthers not Joiner.Joiner is providing Gomez with a LM for the Montana 200.Sorry had my Chuck's mix'd up.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on July 18, 2012 at 6:47pm

That tri-oval track at TriCities was really fast. I hope it opens back up again for all you guys up there. They also hosted at least one off-road race at the track that I went to.

Hey Mike. I knew of the Jeffersons and both Chucks, but never became friends with any of them. I was only up there for about a year. My ex-Wife was tired of beach living in Carlsbad and Encinitas. She talked me into moving to Cashmere Washington where her Sister lived. Beautiful place to live, but a really tough place to earn a living.

Dale Perry was in Spokane and I knew him from when he was in SoCal. He hired me as a fab guy and I rented an apartment over there to stay in during the week. Dale, Chuck Little, and some other guys were trying to get a limited engine modified series going and Dale planned on building most of the chassis. He built a few including one for Chuck's Son Chad. We crewed and supported cars at most of the Pacific Northwest tracks that summer. At the end of the season Mike Evans ask me to move back to SoCal and help him out at La Paz Racing and I did that. It just didn't look like the modified series was going anywhere at the time. That's when my Wife became my ex-Wife too. LOL She is still up there.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 18, 2012 at 9:25pm

@Bruce, you might enjoy some of the pic's -http://www.donhallracing.com/index.html
Now,Chad's kid is driving.Last year he ran the #44 L/M at SCR,Stateline,Montana.

Cashmere,back then.Processing Apples ,I don't think Cherries where big back then.My bro lives in Wenatchee and sells all the good stuff to Asia.

Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on July 18, 2012 at 11:19am

"So, I'm say'n either one of the Twins can beat all you all ! "

Well ya, I would certainly hope so... that doesnt mean they arent a danger to themselves or other drivers.

Local dirt track racing isnt big league NASCAR racing.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 18, 2012 at 9:25pm

who said local dirt track?

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