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Dear @dennyhamlin: From @ChurchGr8Oval in 140 or more.

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by Clance' McClannahan, Special To NASCAR commentary and pictures,2010 NASCAR schedule,NASCAR video, Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie

Clance' McClannahan, famous author behind The Church of The Great Oval and also one of the much appreciated Contributing Authors at Thunder Lounge.

July 30, 2010 10:21 pm CDT 2 Comments

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Dear Denny,

Hiya! I understand you had a rough day on the wallet, as well as has Ryan Newman.

Ryan Newman handled his disappointing fine with the grace and acceptance of The Rocketman. His Boss, tongue in cheek, ( I believe) felt the penalties were correct. As usual Mr. Smoke coming out of his ears blamed the media for the role they have played in blowing things out of proportion and encouraging the fans to believe negative things about NASCAR. I received a tweet from Ramsey Poston, regarding some of the negativity that you were complaining about.

I had sent a tweet/twit/twirp to Ramsey Poston that ”Protecting NASCAR & airing grievances privately is one thing, fining drivers just brings more negative light to the sport”. My opinion regarding both Ryan and yourself.

Then you began to go off about it being the fault of Twitter and Media and secret logs, etc….PUHLEEZE! Did you think things were confidential on Twitter?  Take some responsibility, whether you agree or not with the outcome.

Mr. Poston’s reply to me was “”He’s not frustrated w/ NASCAR-he’s frustrated that drivers have been so supportive of the policy - and have been since Jan.”  Hmmmm.

I retweeted his reply, and Lo and Behold!!!! It was amazing how many NASCAR Journalist’s and so called Journalist’s took credit for being the person that Ramsey Poston was referring too!

My advise? Listen to Tony Stewart…  Or blame each and every writer who has become a Twitter Cluck and gained their hours or days or seconds of fame there, instead of through good writing skills. Skills most of them have, had, or lost somewhere since they started writing in 140 characters or less.

Remember…Twitter has become the new “News Media”. There are a lot of fans who now read the tweets and twits as gospel truth from the people they see tweet the most. He who clucks loudest wins and becomes most influential. There are a lot of fans that don’t even take the time to read articles any longer. They read Twitter.

I did think it was pretty funny how many Clucks jumped to take credit as the person upset since January, to be so mentioned personally by the Master Ramsey Poston.

Too funny. Laugh it off.  Don’t stop tweeting. Your fans love it. Continue to engage in banter just don’t let certain people suck you in for their own fame. I know you know who I am talking about, but just in case there is confusion between those who are taking the most credit for your demise, DM me. Maybe they can split your fines.

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2 Responses to “Dear @dennyhamlin: From @ChurchGr8Oval in 140 or more.”

  1. User Avatar Clance' McClannahan on July 30th, 2010 11:10 pm

    Hey! Maybe the 140 character thing is the cause of my writer’s block! ( deep, heavy insight ) Or self deprecating brilliance?

  2. User Avatar Charlie Turner on July 31st, 2010 12:02 am

    Terrific post on a tough to nail down topic Clance’

    Fear not the 140. If you spend alot of time trying to be brilliant X-number of times a day at 140 characters per brilliance, it makes it real tough to work up to a full blown, thrashed out written opinion piece.

    But you did it. Tough you are.

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