NASCAR: Tyrann Mathieu acts childish when Brad Keselowski makes accurate point

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski made a completely unrelated point regarding a video that NFL player Tyrann Mathieu filmed to make a completely different point. Both athletes made their respective points, but it was Mathieu who proceeded to act childish on Twitter simply because Keselowski made his.

Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu recently filmed a video for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for Heat Awareness Day.

In this video, he stayed in a hot car for as long as he could to illustrate the dangers of leaving pets locked in cars, especially during summer months.

Proving his point, he didn’t last long; after eight minutes in the car, the temperature of which was 120 degrees inside, he had to get out and stated that he couldn’t take it anymore.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski seized this opportunity to illustrate the fact that NASCAR drivers are athletes, as they not only sit in but drive and compete for several hours at a time in cars that can reach temperatures of upwards of 150 degrees — a lot more than just sitting in 120-degree heat for eight minutes.

Here is what the driver of the #2 Team Penske Ford Mustang posted on Twitter to get his point across.

There is no doubt that what Mathieu is pushing is a fantastic cause that can be used for a lot of good considering how many pets die each year simply because their owners leave them in hot cars without windows open, even for only a few minutes. It may even save several lives.

However, instead of accepting the fact that Keselowski, too, was correct, even though his particular method of illustrating his point was questionable given the fact that it had absolutely nothing to do with the point that Mathieu was trying to make, Mathieu decided to act like a child and fire back at Keselowski with a profanity-laced tweet, further proven by the fact that he later deleted his tweet.

Here is what his petulant tweet stated.

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"“You clearly missed the point of the video. But assuming you drive cars at top speed you must think you can fuck with me…so what’s up?”"

Look at it this way.

Mathieu set out to make a point about how dangerous it is to leave pets locked in cars, especially during summer months.

After lasting only eight minutes in the 120-degree car, it’s safe to say that he made his point.

Keselowski, using this video, opted to try to settle the idiotic “NASCAR drivers aren’t athletes” trash that goes on among many fans and athletes of stick and ball sports who probably couldn’t tell a sprint car from an IndyCar.

Considering the fact that NASCAR drivers literally drive for hours in cars that can reach temperatures of over 150 degrees, it’s safe to say that he, too, made his point.

Mathieu was right.

Keselowski was right.

Yet instead of it being done right there and Mathieu perhaps laughing off Keselowski’s remark for what it was, the so-called role model saw Keselowski’s tweet as a competition and decided to act like a child and fire the F-bomb at the 2012 Cup Series champion while taking a jab at his occupation and career as well.

Keselowski, unable to reply to the tweet with which Mathieu responded before deleting, expressed this sentiment in a reply to a fan who shared Mathieu’s viewpoints, albeit in a much more calm and respectful manner than Mathieu did.

Perhaps Brad Keselowski could set Tyrann Mathieu up with tickets to a NASCAR Cup Series race in the near future so that he can see that Keselowski’s point was, in fact, 100% accurate and that he doesn’t simply “drive cars at top speed” for a living.