Originally Posted by ronaldo

I've never been a Waltrip fan but he earned my respect today. While I think it's totally bogus that he "came real close to not running" in the Daytona 500 (Either you will or you won't, I don't care that you ALMOST didn't), it's very rare for someone today to actually take responsibility for anything. Whether or not he actually had a direct hand in cheating, stepping up and accepting responsibility as opposed to just passing the buck, gets high marks in my book.