The week began well for the No. 88, the beacon of all light and hope for NASCAR fans. Racing demi-god Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will usher in the end of life as we know it , qualified it first at Daytona. Then, . Then, . Then, someone in England wrecked it, too.

The track-lining hay bales at the have been quite car hungry over the past few days, chomping up a and a . Then, around came the No. 88 Chevy SS with former NASCAR driver Ed Berrier behind the wheel, making a (laughable, for NASCAR critics) right turn around in England.

It didn’t end well.

C’mon, universe. Dale was just trying to win Daytona, and his race car was just trying to make a clean lap around Goodwood. Why must you be so cruel?