Brief update, because I'm tired. The title of this post is a quote from Michael Waltrip in today's race. T and I were listening on a scanner to his conversations with his pit crew during a caution for a different wreck. He reported to them that he had no brakes and when he came in, he needed them to look at the problem and see how severe it was. He also told them that because he had no brakes, he'd need them to be ready to catch him (already going slow under caution, and having to slow down further on entering pit road, this wasn't as dangerous or silly as it might sound at first).
So, he enters pit road, and manages to (presumably by downshifting) get down to pit speed. As he pulls up to his pit, the crew did not seem to take his request to catch him seriously. As T and I watched his car roll into, and then out of, his pit, we suddenly heard Waltrip yell, "what part of 'catch me' didn't you understand?!?!" We both just burst out laughing, and ended up having to explain to some of the fans around us. They seemed to get the brake problem fixed, because he was able to finish the race fine, but I imagine there will be some discussions before tomorrow's Nextel Cup race...
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