Marty Smith of ESPN talks the NASCAR talk with a southern accent.

Maybe it’s just me, but I often find a link between regional dialects and certain sports. Canadian and hockey. Blue collar northeast with boxing. Southern accents in college football (Its an SEC thing) and NASCAR.

So when Smith wished aloud today (I heard Smith’s drawl) that if there were more NASCAR tag behind the scenes in the garage, it might be better for the sport. Let’s face it folks, it’s hard to contemplate the NHL with fisticuffs.

Smith is onto something as many of NASCAR’s best images involve a couple of guys going nose-to-nose or throwing haymakers.

None of this bothers a guy like me who grew up with who understands that pitching inside, getting hit and occassionally emptying the bench is part of the game. Yes, there is unwritten etiquette like hockey fights.

I hope political correctness won’t prevail, but I’m doubtful that anyone will be trading punches with Danica Patrick next year.

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