Why the h**l was Jimmy Bly fired by Hurt Reynolds but not Beau Brandenburg when yet,..

Question

They BOTH did got out their racing cars and saved another man's life? That's bullsh#t and you know it. It they both got suspended, that'd be one thing, but the fact that Brandenburg actually got favored by Reynolds and fired Bly was just discrimation. Didn't Jimmy Bly have any rights?

Wouldn't it be discrimination to fire one guy yet favor and go for the other when yet they both did the exactly same thing, getting out of their racing cars to save someone's life?

Answer 1

Because Burt Reynolds didn't think that Jimmy Bly had it in him to win it in the long run because he kept getting distracted so he decided to replace him with that Brazilian guy.  Also, Brandenburg was not in the same team so Reynolds could not fire him.

I think at that point in the movie, Jimmy and Brandenburg were tied so it made no sense for Reynolds to fire Jimmy and replace him with a new driver when he had an equal chance at winning.  I guess the directors thought that little twist would make the movie more interesting...