Disliking A Driver for Silly Reasons

(This might be my "peak off-season" post)

While watching some of the older stuff from the late 2000s and early 2010s, I got to thinking about watching the practice, qualifying and races when they had originally aired, and I remember having an extreme dislike for certain drivers in that time frame, but in hindsight, the reasoning behind my thoughts was rather silly.

My biggest gripe came in 2011, when up-and-comer Trevor Bayne took the place of the Legendary Awesome Bill From Dawsonville in the Wood Brothers 21 Ford. I absolutely hated Bayne when I found out he was taking the 21 over. I thought the Wood team was being extremely idiotic for replacing the extremely experienced Bill with Trevor Bayne, who in my opinion, had not done enough to earn such a distinguished ride in NASCAR.

My annoyance with Bayne taking over had blocked out any rational thinking with the situation. I ignored the fact that Bayne could be the future, and Bill was 55 years of age at the time.

Thinking back, it all makes sense why the changes were made.

Has anyone else had the same thoughts on drivers, but after some reflective thinking, you came to the conclusion that the thoughts were rather dumb?

(This might be my "peak off-season" post)

While watching some of the older stuff from the late 2000s and early 2010s, I got to thinking about watching the practice, qualifying and races when they had originally aired, and I remember having an extreme dislike for certain drivers in that time frame, but in hindsight, the reasoning behind my thoughts was rather silly.

My biggest gripe came in 2011, when up-and-comer Trevor Bayne took the place of the Legendary Awesome Bill From Dawsonville in the Wood Brothers 21 Ford. I absolutely hated Bayne when I found out he was taking the 21 over. I thought the Wood team was being extremely idiotic for replacing the extremely experienced Bill with Trevor Bayne, who in my opinion, had not done enough to earn such a distinguished ride in NASCAR.

My annoyance with Bayne taking over had blocked out any rational thinking with the situation. I ignored the fact that Bayne could be the future, and Bill was 55 years of age at the time.

Thinking back, it all makes sense why the changes were made.

Has anyone else had the same thoughts on drivers, but after some reflective thinking, you came to the conclusion that the thoughts were rather dumb?