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05-02-2007, 08:32 PM | #476 | |
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05-02-2007, 09:37 PM | #477 | |
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My dad was a modified racer in the late 50's thru the 60's. Dale Sr was a few years older than me and I remember him from those early days (we were both kids hanging at the track). Comparing Jeff Gordon to Dale is like Andy **** vs Chuck "freaking" Norris. Sorry to let you in on this but racers back then would not put up with some of the stuff we see today. Example Jeffy pushing Kenseth post race for the camera, do that to even a modern era modified racer and you will need more teeth. Kurt B. learned that messing with Jimmy Spencer. Don't make me throw a Bud can at ya.
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05-02-2007, 09:54 PM | #478 | |
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The comments about Gordon's voice replacing Big E is silly. Mark Martin and Jeff Burton are the only guys that come close to taking up the role Dale played. The friendship between Dale and Rusty was real and always made me laugh. Dale never found a replacement for Neil Bonnett who was probably the most talented driver I ever saw and clearly his friend for life. I'll take a Joe Weatherly or Glenn Roberts over Gordon, it won't matter how many wins on his resume. I just don't like his character. Sorry.
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05-02-2007, 10:06 PM | #479 |
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05-03-2007, 07:57 AM | #480 | ||
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05-03-2007, 08:02 AM | #481 |
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Actually Gordon has been one of the strongest proponents of safety in NASCAR since the '90's. Unfortunately, Jeff Burton seems to be the only one labeled as the safety advocate for NASCAR.
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05-04-2007, 09:36 PM | #482 |
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Well, another week and another pole for Grodon. And lookie! Not only no Mikey in the race, but our 'buddy' Dale J. has managed to use up all of his provisionals and so...he's not in, either!
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05-04-2007, 09:52 PM | #483 | ||
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and probably doesn't cheat on his wife. Integrity.
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05-04-2007, 10:53 PM | #484 |
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YAY! Too bad Reutimann is doing well in comparison or there'd be ZERO Toyotas running the race....
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05-05-2007, 12:15 AM | #485 | |
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I feeling 24# end up in the wall by our good old friend Tony #20
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That was my point, he would never push me a second time. If Matt would have slugged him they would have probably banned all of Jack's teams. NASCAR can get tough on the CITH's boys.
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05-05-2007, 12:36 AM | #487 |
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Oh no, not that. I'm not sure it won't be the 48 that gets him.
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05-05-2007, 07:50 AM | #488 |
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Tony is going to get tangled up with a Toyota in this race. Why a Toyota? Because he's going to be in the back of the field where they are.
Now as a Gordon fan, I do have to agree the push with Kenseth was a real embarrassment. At least take of the helmet when you do that. It was a coward thing to do. As for Jeff's moral issues and prior divorce, that's not my concern. I'm sure there are many others out there on the track with issues that would shock us all if brought out in the open. That's life in general. I'm sure that if everyone's lives on M1R were revealed many of us would be shocked. Jeff's streak ends today. However it's Jimmie for the win. Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Kenseth rounding out the top 5. |
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05-05-2007, 02:41 PM | #490 | |
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Watching the practice yesterday they had Dale Joke as the second fastest and he didn't qualify?
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05-06-2007, 06:45 PM | #491 |
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Well, that was about enough to make me want to hand in my NASCAR watchers guide. A Toyota came in ahead of the highest finishing Ford. JJ wins again, and Hendricks fills the top three spots. I'd say something like 'this is rigged' or Hendricks is being given a cheat, but then I'd be given whatever they gave Stewart to make him tow the party line for NASCAR. This might be IT for me...
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05-06-2007, 08:38 PM | #492 |
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welcome to the growing number of former nascar fans
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05-06-2007, 08:55 PM | #493 |
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Keep in mind this is cup racing, not the grassroots NASCAR racers. I've been a real fan since the mid 60's and my Dad was a modified racer from the earliest days. If you know your NASCAR history --- not much has changed. There has always been someone appearing to get an unfair advantage and there has always been a Jack Roush type.
No need to jump ship, it's the best racing in the world.
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05-06-2007, 09:04 PM | #494 |
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The cars look gay now.
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05-06-2007, 09:28 PM | #495 | |
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05-06-2007, 09:47 PM | #496 | |
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The top teams will always be dominate in Nascar. It's the same in any major racing venue, not just Nascar. The big teams with the multi drivers and the huge sponsorships have the resources to hire the best drivers, the best crews, the best mechanics, and etc etc etc. This translates to wins on the track. Hendricks dominating right now is nothing different than Jack Roush and his team a couple of years ago with all of his team in the top 10. I don't think for a minute that the races are rigged or staged or planned or whatever. There is no smoking gun in the grassy knoll here. The Hendricks team has some great drivers. Johnson and Gordon have proven to be amoung the best. Kyle Busch has a lot of talent. In short they have great drivers and some of the best crews in the business. The way I see it, Junior Johnson changed the sport to the way it is today. Prior to Johnson and his dominate cars in the 70's most of the cars were self owned. Jr. came in and dominated in the 70's with his top drivers and big sponsors. Dominate teams come and go. Hendricks won it in 95,96,97,98,01,06. Childress in 90,91,93,94. Joe Gibbs 2000,2002,2005. And Roush 2003,2004. |
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05-06-2007, 10:21 PM | #497 |
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Brian France drives a Lexus
RIP ASSCAR
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05-07-2007, 08:15 AM | #498 |
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I don't think that the races are staged, but rules have been inconsistently enforced for decades and the ones that are enforced are changed to the benefit of the most influential people. The "good ole boy" system is still in effect, unfortunately too many other things have changed for my taste which is why I gave up all of my season tickets.
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05-07-2007, 11:41 AM | #499 |
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When Nascar hands out restrictor plates & shocks to teams for cars they can affect a race. I have always felt like they (Nascar) through plates, shocks & tires, can affect (not stage) a race so that those teams with large sponsorship $$ on the line can have a shot at the win. Let's face it, there are only 6-8 cars, week in & out, that have a legitimate shot to win the race. The rest are running for a top 15 place. Look at the companies in the top 10
Dupont-(One of the worlds largest chemical companies) Lowes- ( 1385 Stores in 49 states & Mexico) Dewalt-(World wide brand of construction tools) FedEX- (32.293 billion in revenue & one of the largest delivery carriers in the world) AT&T/Cingular (Huge telecommunications company) Kelloggs-(100 year old food manufacture...you probably ate one of the products today) Home Depot- (2147 Stores 90 billion in sales) Shell Oil Miller Brewing DirecTV The above is your current top 10. Big $$ and that is what Nascar is about.
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Reutimann - Domino's Pizza 5.1 Billion in annual sales Ragan - American Automobile Association Earnhardt JR.- Budweiser (Anheiser Busch) Riggs- Valvoline 1.3 Billion annual sales Yeley- Interstate Batteries 13 Million batteries a year. Gilliland - M & M's(Mars Corp.) 18 billion annual sales Sorrenson - Target Stores - 23 billion annual US sales alone Montoya - Texaco/ Havoline Jarrett- United Parcel Service (Still the largest in the world) Green - Best Buy Rudd- Snickers(Mars corp.) 18 billion annual sales Raines - DLP(Texas Instruments) There are some heavy hitters above that have not been able to translate that to wins. From top to bottom it takes money and a lot of it. |
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