Takes like this and your “throwing a bumper at racers on track and starting fights in parc ferme is no biggee” is why I rarely read Jalopnik anymore. After reading since Spinelli’s day-one, that says a LOT.

That’s like saying your first attempted murder should get a Mulligan because it’s a first offense.

F*ck this impossibly bad take. Racing safety is a goddamn serious thing and this idiotic article — that aspiring young racers will read and believe — throws that to the wind.

This is probably the single worst take you’ve ever had, and considering how often you put out abysmally bad racing takes, that means a hell of a lot.

You should be embarrassed that you ever wrote this article. All the crap you’re gonna get is well deserved. Even though it's 4/20 and you cool kids are sooo stoned this is just plain dumb. 

Here is Bradley Brownell’s next blog:

Imagine someone works at Jalopnik, they get mad at you for taking the last breakfast bagel in the break room. They then proceed to grab the toaster, take it to your desk and throw it directly at your head.

Would you say firing that person would be a little “harsh?” 

I’m convinced that you’re just an intentional troll. Not sure if it’s for the clicks or what. But man, everything about your take is just wrong.

The ban is not only because he ignored instructions from the FIA official multiple times, crossed a live track multiple times, and threw a piece of his kart and hit an innocent bystander, but also because he (and his dad) attacked a competitor in parc ferme after the race.

He (and his dad) also attacked the competitor in parc ferme after. His 13-year old competitor.

He’s 23. And assaulted a 13-year old. And his father joined in. They expected to walk scot-free because Daddy Dearest owns the track and pays for Dipshit Junior.

Exactly. Plus these people get to do LITERALLY THE MOST FUN THING I CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF DOING.

Willing to bet “mass” is a thing in physics.

“Hell, Hockey is just a street fight with knives on your feet.”

... says the guy that has never played hockey.

Sorry Bradley, you got this 100% wrong. While the good ol’ USA may condone that kind of behavior in sports, I’m glad the rest of the world doesn’t. Racing is dangerous and there is absolutely no room for that kind of temper and violence. No matter how pissed off you are, you can’t throw shit at a moving race vehicle…

He tossed a metal bumper directly at full speed karts with open cockpits during green flag racing while standing at the side of the track. He should have been arrested on the spot.

Good that’s effectively a career ban. You shouldn’t be able to willfully endanger another person’s life and continue in the sport ever.

...what? So you are comparing this person who crossed a live track on foot multiple times and threw a bumper at a competitor in an open cockpit kart...to NASCAR and dirt track racers who have thrown helmets, gloves or smaller items at a competitors in enclosed cockpits. Hell the best example we have of someone…

Good. Fuck people that can’t control their tempers.

Love Russell and hope to see him succeed for many years to come. But can I please, please, please never see another “apology” that contains the words “that’s not who I am”?