Jeff Burton, asked about the talk of a Hall of Fame snub for Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough yesterday, dismissed the idea that anyone should be upset for not getting into the Hall this year.
Jeff Burton Says Darrell Waltrip Shouldn’t Lose Sleep Over Hall Snub
“If you’re honored enough to get into the Hall of Fame, you shouldn’t lose sleep about when you got into the Hall of Fame,” Burton said Thursday. “The third class in no less important that the second class.”
Burton was making reference to Darrell Waltrip’s comments Wednesday that the three-time Cup champ was disappointed and upset about not getting into the Hall. Waltrip had been considered a favorite to make the Hall until surprise selections Ned Jarrett and Bud Moore were announced.
"For those who didn't get into it that expressed disappointment, I guess I understand that in some ways," Burton said. "It is a hell of an honor to be considered to be in the Hall of Fame. I think the emphasis should be placed on the people who did get in it because there is no one that got in it that didn't deserve to be in it."
Waltrip apparently caught wind of Burton’s comments and tweeted a response:
@AllWaltrip: Anyone that thinks it doesn’t matter when u get in the hof thinks minor surgery is on someone else!
Said Burton in his press conference: “I guess it is human nature to try to pull the negatives out of it, but the reality of it is that it is a great thing that the five people that got inducted, got inducted.”
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