Angry Race Fan

Talladega, AL 4-08 Talladega Race Photo Credit: pamarama73

AJ Allmendinger was arrested for drunk driving early Thursday morning in Mooresville, North Carolina according to NC Police.  Allmendinger is the current driver of the number 44 for Richard Petty Motorsports in NASCAR Sprint Cup.  He is(was?) slated to move to the storied 43 car in 2010 with Best Buy sponsorship.  The RPM team had no comment at the time, and AJ basically said he hopes some good can come from the situation and people learn from his mistake.

Everyone knows that drinking and driving is bad.  Why anyone with the means to easily avoid this sort of situation would take the chance blows my mind.  It will be interesting to see if there are any NASCAR penalties forthcoming.