Thank you Justin Bieber...

REALLY!!!!   Here we go again. Another friggin’ knucklehead going out being stupid, getting caught by the cops and it is reported in the news that he was involved in “drag racing”.

Justin Bieber last night (1/22/14) was caught in Florida participating  an illegal street acceleration contest, while being under the influence of alcohol and illegal drugs. All the while driving a” yellow Lamborghini at the time cops spotted him in a residential neighborhood” according to TMZ.com. TMZ also states “Justin's people (including his father) actually blocked the street off so Bieber could drag race.”

So not only did dear old dad take his 19 year old to the strip club, he let him get high, get drunk and drive a rented Lamborghini. In addition to he helped his son get involved in an illegal street acceleration contest. No wonder this kid is screwed up.

So of course, the Main Stream Media reports it as “Justin Bieber arrested for Drag Racing and DUI.”

Well hell, this is a boost to our sport. It is bad enough to have the two terms DUI and Drag Racing linked together, let’s just pile on and throw this bozo’s name in there too for good measure.

It is just super cool to see a mug shot of this kid who looks like an anorexic q-tip with a pair of oversized sunglasses on and below the photo the words “Charged with DUI and Drag Racing.”  AWESOME!!!!!

I have written about this before, cops and MSM using the term drag racing cause it is “simple and concise”.  In fact a local newspaper photojournalist Joe Jaszewski responded to one of my tweets by saying, “@nitrophoto Drag race definition: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dra… makes no mention of legality.” I will have to site that Mr. Jaszewski is correct that in Websters there is no mention of legality, however, I replied to him by stating that Websters does not state the legality of war, either. Moreover, if I were to kill someone in war there is a big difference over if I murdered someone.

I would have to say that my outrage is still at the MSM, but it is also starting to grow with the two major sanctioning bodies, the NHRA and the IHRA. Where in the world are your people in legal and communications on this. Why are these two sanctioning bodies not pounding down the doors of the MSM outlets?

The NHRA put out one tweet and I have not seen anything on the IHRA twitter feed concerning the Bieber deal.  

Conversely, many fans of the sport have taken to social media to voice their opinion, and support for the sport.

It appears from this perspective that the fans are more concern about the branding of the sport than the sanctioning bodies are. Come on drag racing leaders, it is time to let you voices be heard long and loud on this issue. You are the ones who are entrusted with protecting the brand but the sport as a whole. Do your jobs.

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