Honey Badger don’t care and nobody epitomized that more last week than Thompson International Speedway regular Travis Jurcik when he raced at the Waterford Speedbowl’s Finale show last Saturday.
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Thanks to Randall and his glorious YouTube classic, we all know this, “Honey Badger don’t care.”
According to Randall: “The honey badger has been referred to by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most fearless animal in all of the animal kingdom.”
So we know the Honey Badger: “Just takes what he wants. He has no regard for any other animal whatsoever.”
And therein lies the gist of the Honey Badger of the Week Award. It might be a good thing, might be a bad thing, we don’t really know. The award winner stands as someone each week who best exemplifies the attributes of the Honey Badger.
Jurcik, a regular in the Mini Stock division at Thompson, put on a multi-divisional, double feature of temper tantrums on the track at the Speedbowl Saturday. You could spend four days in the WalMart toy section and not see a petulant outburst even coming close to what Jurcik put on.
And you know you’ve reached a special level of absurd when your act includes a matinee and a feature show.
The matinee took place for the Chaplin driver in Waterford’s Mini Stock division practice when he was involved in a wreck with Christina Kellerman. After the crash Jurcik got out of the car, slammed on Kellerman’s car before throwing his helmet at her car multiple times.
It was pure practice folly desperately in need of the old Benny Hill Show theme music as Jurcik chased his bouncing helmet trying to get in as many tosses as he could.
But alas, the show was not over. Jurcik somehow found a way to get a Street Stock on the track for the 50-lap feature for that division and the curtain raised on his second show after Josh Galvin dumped him in the race.
After getting spun Jurcik tried to retake his spot near the front of the field. Speedbowl starter Rich Keator had to get down from his perch on the flagstand to get Jurcik to go to the rear of the field for being an accident car. From there Jurcik made multiple stops visiting with officials on the track, each time speeding off from the confrontations with smoke shows that smelled of burning rubberized anger.
After multiple attempts to get his spot back before being rebuked each time by track officials, Jurcik was kindly told to beat it and get off the track. From there he parked his car on the frontstretch, got out and flipped off Keator on the flagstand.
That’s what we call family values Jurcik style.
As Randall says: “The Honey Badger is really pretty badass. It has no regard for any other animal whatsoever.” and clearly Jurcik showed that. It’s Travis Jurcik’s world, we just live in it.
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it was quite an entertaining show that he put on, I guess no one ever told him that he's a nobody. I was laughing at him not with him .
Okay, did you "track officials" not see how many innocent cars Galvin took out purposely during this 50 lap race? And still get to keep his spot in the line up and continue the race? I forgot that was okay to do. Jurcik did what he felt was right, and has most of the track behind him.
Oh yeah, he's a nobody? &+ would you like to explain why he's a nobody.
Haa yeah Kevin talbot. Your a real somebody sitting in the stands lol. I am somebody and plan on moving up every year. Haha
I'm only going to explain this once his opinion doesn't matter to the track officials whether or not always right doing
Basically the call was made you can't turn it over by flipping off the flagged
Just shut your mouth and keep sitting in the stands.
No
Don't wanna
Can't make me
this is just wrong, in my opinion this article verges on slander.
Calvin,
Go look up the word slander and then get back to me Junior. Thanks.
your ridiculous shawn, cant even get half the story straight first of all, and second of all i wasnt involved in a wreck in my ministock. I spun in 1 and caution came out when she was in 4 and still managed to drive straight into my door. #1 rule in auto racing; always try to avoid drivers doors if you can.
Thanks Junior, i also don't appreciate this crap. honey badger? grow up man and get your story straight before you post this
Avoid drivers door if you can? Why not avoid the car? I think that rule is only in demo cars.
That's why nobody goes to the Toilet bowl anymore that's all it is a fricken Toilet bowl dump! Your a great driver Travis and deserve to race at a much Classier track then this place!
Oh my
Your stupid 😛
This gose to eveyone that is that is backing travis, your all dumm asses…. You don't get out of a racecar and give the bird to the stands. No matter what happens, never mind burn out and speed off under yellow flag, there workers cleaning the track these drivers moving back to there starting spot. And there you are acting like a 2 year old that droped his icecream on the ground. Grow up your a PAID Nascar driver. act like it. If waterford was smart they send that great picture of you on facebook (Because your such a bad ass) to nascar so they pull your licence. Racing dosnt need clowns like you. They need drivers like your uncle. Win a race before you thing your great……
This gose to eveyone that is backing travis, your all dumm asses…. You don't get out of a racecar and give the bird to the stands. No matter what happens, never mind burn out and speed off under yellow flag, there workers cleaning the track there drivers moving back to there starting spot. And there you are acting like a 2 year old that droped his icecream on the ground. Grow up your a PAID Nascar driver. act like it. If waterford was smart they send that great picture of you on facebook (Because your such a bad ass) to nascar so they pull your licence. Racing dosnt need clowns like you. They need drivers like your uncle. Win a race before you think your great!
This go out to evey one that is backing travis, your all dumm asses…. You don't get out of a racecar and give the bird to the stands. No matter what happens, never mind burn out and speed off under yellow flag, there workers cleaning the track there drivers moving back to there starting spot. And there you are acting like a 2 year old that droped his icecream on the ground. Grow up your a PAID Nascar driver. act like it. If waterford was smart they send that great picture of you on facebook (Because your such a bad ass) to nascar so they pull your licence. Racing dosnt need clowns like you. They need drivers like your uncle. Win a race before you think your great!
hey harv u can't argue with idiots! this travis guy joined the ranks of joey coates and downing jr in bowl history follies! funny shit! only his family cant see what an idiot he made himself look like!
im still confused at why he did it, leaking, and how can u possibly think u would get your spot back after you spun out… haha
No its not!
And David Irish Jr check the facts before you call me a dip shit.
like i said tell him 2 strap in not strap on lol put down the pen computer an drive
Oh I knew that when I commented 5 hours ago. But I took a page from jrs how to win friends and influence people
you go Harvick!
Better watch it ! Your the minority.
That's not very nice.
I just want to say thanks to everyone that helped keep me entertained in this time of boardom, but I gone for now.
Pull his license? LOL Good one Jeff! They let scum bag drivers assault other drivers with construction levels and get to whip jack stands at their heads without any real repercussions. What do you think they're going to do to him about giving the bird? What a joke…
The whole thing is getting out of hand it is like no one has any accountability, and it is killing the sport at all levels and I am not Talking about the Travis deal I did not see it is all of the incidents that have taken place over the last five years it's one thing after another after another after another. It's really sad because the officials at all of the tracks allow it to happen. Lets just hope someone doesn't get killed or hurt badly before something is done. I agree with you Jeff we are all suppose to be professional NASCAR drivers. But I bet if they started yanking licenses it would straight out fast.
Travis left Thompson because he didn't like the officiating, now Waterford. Where you headed to next? Seekonk? Somebody better warm them!
Car counts at Waterford are at a recent high, and i would go as far as to say they had a bigger crowd than Thompson..
As much as I don't want to point out the obvious… whatever happened on the track is irrelevant… yelling at the innocent flag man, whose purpose is to communicate what the track officials/race director tells him, that was a little much.
Wow!! that was the most misspelled, Illiterate, idiotic thing ive ever read… That was so stupid, it actually killed brain cells having to endure it… Wow!!
I'm all for telling it like it is but that article seemed oddly unprofessional. On top of that I think some of the facebook comments under the article made me dumber after reading them. Also, I want to know what beautiful Taj Mahal of a racetrack some of those people go to because they sound spoiled calling Waterford the "Toilet Bowl". I don't go there very often but when I do it's a good time. Good racing, old and worn looking facility but far from looking like any kind of shithole.
If the officials favor 1 person that wrecked 6 cars in 1 feature you cant possably expect the drivers/owners to sit and take it. would you?
Shawn Courchesne If your going to give this award to anybody perhaps you should look at the cause of the problem, not just the highlight of it.
Amy my intentions are not to bash you, however if I recall earlier this season at thompson (a really nice guy im told ) hit another driver in the face giving him a black eye and getting arrested I BELEIVE THAT WAS YOUR HUSBAND and please correct me if im wrong and I will apologize. Your husband obviously lost his cool as did my 18 yr. old however my son has never beat or hit anybody ever before nor did he that day. That day Im not sure if you witnessed it or not but we lost a $15,000 mini and my son was nearly killed by someone who could not react to a caution in practice with a half of lap between the 2 cars, only to get the chance to race a strictly race his but off starting 24th no practice and be in 4th and get dumped by a veteran driver. so I guess my son had a bad day and flipped someone the bird. my son does not drive dirty (watch any video)
Lori,
Really? “Nearly killed”? I saw the whole thing, nobody was “nearly killed”. And for someone that was “nearly killed” he sure jumped right out of that car quick and started pounding his fists on the other car and throwing his helmet repeatedly at the female driver in that car. He put on a quite a show of physical agility for someone who was “nearly killed”. He must be a zombie or something, because he was moving around really really well for someone that was almost dead, at least almost dead according to you.
And the car was junk? You threw it away right, a total loss right? Yeah, I saw that too, I’ve seen cars more damaged by the brushes at the car wash. Come on, feel free to defend your son, but the exaggerations here are a little bit much. You didn’t lose a car and your son wasn’t nearly killed.
Lori why would u defend ur 18 year sedition to Dcr like a complete jack ads not once but twice in one
Lori who do u think your talking too…. 15k for a mini that a joke. Like shawn said he got out of the car really fast and had no problem smashing his helment againt another drivers car. Your son need to be told the way he acted last weekend was wrong. Not have his mom fight for him online and agree that his actions where the right thing to do. And what happen with mike was not even close to what happen with your son. Mike was junked more then four time by the 52 and the last time he try and we have it on film he try to right turn mike coming out of two… Kid need to know he has a good Uncle and father that puts time and money for him to do something a lot of peole will never do. Learn some respect for the tracks and people he drives with. Beacause after last weekend he has lost a lot of respect of both at all tracks…
I think you actually need to read the posts you are responding to BEFORE YOU START TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Did I say he was dirty? Did I bash him? No, I just inquired as to where he'll end up next.