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Brett Griffin, one of the more popular NASCAR figures in the Twitter world, has halted his tweeting.
Griffin, who spots for Elliott Sadler and is also his business manager, was known as @19spotter on Twitter and was the third-most-followed non-driver on last month's SBNation.com Twitter rankings. He had more than 3,400 followers at the time he deleted his account.
His final tweet:
@19Spotter: My account's gonna close y'all. Apparently stalkers have scared @elliott_sadler away from following me.
So what was the reason for Griffin closing his account?
"It was occupying too much of my time," he said via text message Thursday afternoon. "They don't make Betty Ford for Twitterholics!
"If I could tweet for a living, I would. It was taking up too much of my time."
It might sound silly for those who aren't in the Twitter world, but Griffin's disappearance disappointed his followers.
A sampling:
@LToney11: @19Spotter Please tell me you're joking!
@thejokeisonme: @19Spotter WTF?? I'm going to miss your smart ass!
@NCJake2013: @19Spotter You quittin' twitter? wtf man. You're the funniest dude I follow next to Conan O'Brien.
@Jrsgirl112208: @19spotter u can't leave twitter we would miss u very much so please dont leave
@Belladia8: @19Spotter Well if you are truly leaving, please take care of yourself. May God bless you and your family.
Even one of Griffin's fellow spotters seemed disappointed. T.J. Majors, who spots for Dale Earnhardt Jr., tweeted this picture.
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Can't blame him!
I learned very quickly if you don’t manage Twitter correctly, it overwhelms and consumes time. Isn’t this one of the cons that Dale Jr quoted?
Besides, noone has said he won’t be back at some future point!
by DRLDeBoer on Mar 11, 2010 2:19 PM EST reply actions
:(
I will miss him. He was hilarious.
note: Twitter only takes up as much time as you allow it to….
by JenniferCG on Mar 11, 2010 2:24 PM EST reply actions
I am so bummed, will miss his sense of humor, especially the drinking games on raceday!
by WENDYLEE on Mar 11, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions
thanks for the article
at least we know why now..
by dallasjunebug on Mar 11, 2010 2:35 PM EST reply actions
Awww....
I’m going to miss his wit and his insight (from the looks of things… I’m not alone).
He never held back on his comments.
Hopefully he will come back.
Thanks for the article. Now we know why.
by TBayFinn on Mar 11, 2010 4:10 PM EST reply actions
Man
Thanks for the article! I leave twitter for a day and someone leaves! Darn. Gonna miss him! Don’t you think about leaving!
by jr88freak on Mar 11, 2010 8:47 PM EST reply actions
wel that bites
sorry to see he left. I always like his tweets about what was going on that track. And what he was doing off the track. Hopefully he’ll come back some day sooooon :)..pally
by pallysjr88 on Mar 12, 2010 9:43 AM EST reply actions
Good
I am so glad he is gone. Brett Griffin was rude and made horrible comments about handicap people and thats not cool when the owner of his team has a camp for handicap children. I made to many tweets about drinking and being drunk. I think if he would have put forth half the effort into doing better for Elliott on and off the track as he did drinking Sadler would have many more fans.
by Bobbie Showalter on Mar 12, 2010 12:22 PM EST reply actions
I said they drive slow. Get a life!
by Brett Griffin on Mar 12, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yall are to sweet!
Shoutout to Gluck for taking the time to write the blurb. Don’t think I’ve ever felt this much love in my life! :) Enjoy the off week. I sure am!!
by Brett Griffin on Mar 12, 2010 12:59 PM EST reply actions
#miss19spotter
Thanks Gluck for writing this article…I logged onto twitter and went to see what Brett had so say & he was gone!! He will be missed by many and I hope one day he will come back!!
by crystalmae11 on Mar 12, 2010 10:48 PM EST reply actions
Miss 19spotter
Twitter is not the same without Brett.. He was hysterical and I will truly miss him and his random thoughts. Hopefully after some time off he will realize he can’t live without us too!! #GOCOCKS…… Miss you!!!!
by firecracker427 on Mar 12, 2010 10:54 PM EST reply actions
hey brett?
just ask john daly from the daly planet how determined race fans can be when something they REALLY enjoy goes away! i get your reasoning but c’mon! we’re missing you already!
(and, a question for you or jeff: how common has it become for a driver’s spotter to also be his business manager? isn’t this the same situation for young mr busch?)
seriously, brett: cut back but come back, ’k?
by red8814 on Mar 13, 2010 12:25 PM EST reply actions
Gluck can you quit, too?
by nascartruth on Mar 24, 2010 2:07 PM EDT reply actions
Will miss you and @BigJohn @19spotter
Enough said Holla!
by YowserYowser on Apr 1, 2010 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
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