I can honestly say I am not a fan of the Kevin as a driver. I haven't had many encounters with him but every time he has come off as arrogant. Maybe its just his personality. As far as I'm concerned the only difference between him and Walters is Walters has been doing it for longer and much more successfully. I'm sure Taylor Holdaway and several other drivers near the end of the season who were door slammed by Kevin would agree. If Kevin was maliciously forced into a concrete retaining wall my instant reaction would be safety first no matter how much i like or dislike the guy behind the wheel. The 17 won a bunch of races this year and looked dominant at the beginning but the facts are that is came down to one points night and it was not you guys that prevailed it was the stupidity of another driver not even in the game. I wouldn't plan on holding on the the "clean racer" title for too long you will find that as you keep winning people will find things to complain about. Walters is living proof of this.

P.S. "You live by the sword, You die by the sword"   You will find out how hard it is to stay on top soon enough

I can assure everyone here that this comment is entirely false of Kevin. Many if not all the Late Model drivers in the pits like kevin as a competitor and as a person. Nice try though!

Mike Bentley 51 LM

i also just saw today in the pics about a fellow team cheering. When kevin hit the wall a few weeks ago. Team 47 or 29 didnt cheer and clap. Cause u just dont do that. I lost respect too today and I made it a point when the racing was over to stop kevin when he was driving down pit lane and say congradulations, even though my driver was on his way to the hospital. That was just i thought the sportsmen thing to do. But if i had of known his team was cheering for our driver being wrecked. I would not have done so.

Again what about everyone else cheering? It wasnt only KDR

i get your point and understand that. i think the point being made is the fact that its only your team that you can see in the pics cheering. I dont mean to single out your team.

Wow guys, really, you're going to drag the 17 team into this????

They had nothing to do with the 47 & 48 ordeal, they ran a clean hard season and earned the championship. The last I knew, they were leading the points going in Saturday night and were in contention all year, it was just as much theirs to lose. The pictures don't show seconds before, when they were watching their car and didn't see the full impact, the cheers that you're speaking of, were certainly not for what you're trying to imply. I've watched many cheer, at the misfortune of others in the heat of the moment, it's nothing more then a spontaneous emotion. This was their FIRST, championship, that in itself carried a lot of weight. They (17 Team) gathered it up real quick when they realized the severity of what actually took place. Even the Walters non fans were concerned after the fact.

Sportsmanship goes along way!! 😉

Congrats to the 17 team.

Get well soon Tom!