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Community => JD Sports Forum! => Topic started by: Sith Bounty Hunter on July 14, 2003, 12:50 PM
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I didn't know if anyone liked NASCAR or not but if you want to discuss it this is the thread for you.
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Just look at my avatar.
I've been to three races, all at Loudon in New Hampshire (not going next week) Its definitely different live and in person. And its an all day event, we're usually up at the speedway by 7 am for a 1 pm race. The tailgating at a Nascar event rivals football (which I love too)
And you got to love a sport that lets you bring a cooler of beer into the venue with you ;)
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I am a big fan. I watch both Nascar and Busch series, I do try to go to atleast one race a year. but being in WI that usually involves alot of travel. I do go the the Busch race in Mil. and try to hit Chicago. Althhough I missed yesterdays race.
I also goto a few NHRA events.
I love racing as much as football. I am out of racing myself now,for the moment but I ran a drag car for 6 years. I hope to get back into it again soon,
Back to nascar.
Dale jr.
Harvick
and local boy Matt Kenseth are the ones I watch
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I am not a huge fan but do catch or follow what happened each race day. They had some nice wrecks yesterday in Chicago/Joliet - Troicana 400. So tell me. Why does everyone seem to hate Jeff Gordon? Just wondering because he seems to be the Jar Jar Binks of Nascar.
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I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I live about 20 minutes away from the Joliet Speedway. There were tons of semi trailers pulling their NASCAR race cars in the area. My brother went this weekend and had a blast there.
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well chris I will have to look you upone of these times I get down to the speedway.
As for Gordon being Jar Jar I can't speak for anyone else but I will go with that analogy. :)
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I've got you all beat, lol.
I live in Mooresville, NC. I hear engines being tested day in and day out. My apartment is approx 2 miles away from the (race) shops of Robbie Gordon, Bobby LaBonte, Ryan Newman, and a few others.
My Uncle and father both were friends with Dale Sr. back when he was racing for Wrangler.
What else. NASCAR technical institute is right up the road from me. Dale Jr. is building a new house approx 1 minute from my Aunt's house (Intersection of Mazeppa Rd and Statesville Hwy if you're ever in Mooresville)
Umm..I pass DEI Museum + Race shop ever time I go to my favorite junkyard, which is twice weekly. Jr's. house is kitty corner to DEI. It sits back from the highway, and his red Chevy truck is almost always parked outside, sometimes his Impala sits out there as well. It's kind of exciting to see that his garage door is open, thinking he is prolly there.
Hank Parker, Jr. debuted his new car at Dicks Sporting Goods the other day. He's racing for Jr.s new team called "Chance 2" Racing. That Dicks is about 5 minutes away from me. I missed Hank but saw the car.
Yep, I am immersed in NASCAR living where I am.
I forgot to mention, my parents live on Lake Norman..they have this neighbor..about 2 houses away..ahh..drives for Lowes..Number 48..
Anyone ever heard of Jimmie Johnson? 8) ;)
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Well Cory thats pretty cool, want a house guest for a week ;)
and when your crusing the junkyards down there look for a pair of rustfree fenders for a 70-72 buick GS or skylark. I am serious. If you find me any at a good price I would really be interested.
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Man you guys are lucky.
We get F1 and Cart in Montreal, but what I would do to see a Nascar race. What makes Nascar so much more entertaining than the F1 and Cart is the sheer amount of vehicles... 43!
Usually 20 minutes into a F1 or Cart race there's 10-16 cars left and that's on a giant track to boot where their all spread out. Even after a spectacular crash in Nascar you still have over 30 cars going bumper to bumper in the field.
Needless to say I am hoping Nascar breaks tradition and comes to Montreal one day. We have a great track (even though it's not an oval), knowledable racing fans, and way over 100,000 people will turn out as they do for both other races.
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Hello,
I am a huge fan of NASCAR!!!
I am a DEI Fan, mainly Dale Jr ( and before anyone says it my name really is Junior actually Andy Junior, but I have always been called Junior ever since I was little) so NO I'm not copying Dale Jr.
I have been to every race at Texas Motor speedway since the first 1 in 1997, now even driving from Maryland each year just to see it, cause seeing a race live in person doesnt even compare to watching it on TV. My favorite track though is Charlotte ( still dont call it Lowes!). Its just something about being in the heart of NASCAR country that makes it more fun!
I'm hoping to be moving to Mooresville soon to work for Roger Staubach & Troy Aikmans new team Hall of Fame Racing which I'm very excited about!!!
I collect NASCAR diecast and Star Wars figures so at least when I go hunting I can waste my gas looking for more than just 1 thing, all though today was a great day finding wave 11 & 13 hanging on Target's pegs. Happy Happy
Anyone else collect NASCAR cars?
Junior
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To me, NASCAR sucks, but I'll bump this in hopes that the college football thread doesn't get derailed any more than it already is. . .
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You and me can hang out in the parking lot and keep drinking Matt.
I'm not much for NASCAR. No idea why. Served dinner to Dale Sr. back in around 1987 when he was in the restaurant I worked at. Classy guy all the way. Yes, I did get his autograph, but gave it away a couple of days later to a NASCAR nut I worked with. Had to make him sweat for a couple of days.
I love cars (Wayne, have you found me my '67 Camaro yet?) but just can't get into the racing. But NASCAR fan is a marketing demographic, so there must be a bunch of y'all. Anyone collecting the McFarlane NASCAR figures?
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I saw the Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart figures at, of course, Wal Mart. They get eaten up pretty fast, considering the NASCAR shops are approx. 1/2 a mile away from this particular Wal Mart.
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I'm not a Nascar fan, but on an interesting note, I did win a Dale Jr. wallet today from one of those crane claw games at Wal*Mart.
I also won a Tony Steward Home Depot Car notepad from that machine for my grandpa, who works at home depot on weekends and bleeds orange. :)
Kevin
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Jeff Gordon just won the race at Talladega in his Star Wars Themed car!
I'm not a huge fan of JG, but I thught it was cool that he won in this car.
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Yeah, the huge pile up got me into the race today. I like Gordon ( I know strike me dead) anyway but that made it even sweeter that he was in the SW car.
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The announcers made some Star Wars comments towards the end of the race as well.
Jeff Gordon even thanked Yoda in the winner's circle. ;D
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Anyone have a picture of the car itself? The only pics I see of the race now are the 23 car pileup.
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(http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/images/nascar/cia/05/talladega/gordon-stewart.jpg)
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It's funny, cause Tony Stewart got the JP3 car, and now Jeff Gordon got a Star Wars 3 car.
I thought it was funny.
Kevin
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Any word on if Jeff's car will be sold as a toy? Or whatever they call those cars in the stores.
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Yes. Jeff Gordon's car is scheduled to ship next month. Elliot Sadler and Dale Jarrett also have Star Wars themes cars, only theirs were for M&M's Mpire theme.
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I may have to breakdown and get those.
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OK, granted this isn't technically NASCAR, but did anyone watch the Indy 500 the other day? I woke up and found my wife thoroughly entrenched in it, despite the fact that she'd never shown the slightest interest in any racing sports ever. Turns out, I'd totally forgotten about the Danika Patrick female driver hype, which apparently boosted the race's ratings up 40% over last year's race. Not bad...
Well, I got suckered into the thing as well, since she was in 12th place at the time. Then I became glued to the TV as she continued to move all the way up and into the lead with just a few laps left in the race. She didn't quite win the thing, finishing in 4th, but damn that was a pretty impressive display of driving by her. Even managed to somehow escape serious damage to her car in a pretty major looking collision that she had (and caused) at one point.
(http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/writers/pete_mcentegart/06/01/ten.spot/p1_patrick.jpg)
Fun stuff. I suppose the fact that she's relatively "cute" certainly adds to her appeal too. So did anyone else watch the Indy 500? BTW, Dan Wheldon won the thing. His 4th win in the last 5 races. Not bad either...
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I think I've heard enough about Danika Patrick to last a lifetime ::)
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I was at my cousin's graduation party. Someone told us she was ahead with 20 laps to go. So, I did go in with a bunch of people to see it. Of course the women were all fired up for her to win. Inevitably some people turned it into a sexist arguement. That took away from my enjoyment of it. One guy and one lady were really getting the jabs in. I was thinking "shut the $%^& up you morons" They were trying to be funny but it was just annoying. Anyway, yet It was impressive I thought to see a woman almost win a heavily male dominated sporting event.
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seeing that this thread has become a general racing forum instead of just NASCAR (I enjoy Formula 1 and Champcar), I'll add my 2 cents.
I think Danica is over-hyped just because she is a female and not because of her performance. She's done well at Indy and in Japan, but otherwise she is consistently a mid-packer. Granted, she's a rookie and learning the tracks (except for Milwaukee where she raced twice before in lower leagues. I had high expectations, but she crashed), but she is not deserving of more attention than, say Dan Wheldon. Anyone who's followed her career knows she hasn't won in any form of racing for 8 years!
If the media wants to jump on a female race driver, then they should look at Katherine Legge who's won 3 times this year in Toyota Atlantics (where, incidently Miss Patrick raced for the past 2 years) as a rookie. There's alsoErin Crocker, Leilani Munther (who's a Catherine Zeta-Jones look-alike), or Angelle Sampey, to name a few.
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Just wanted to tell all you NASCAR fans that we live about 1.5 miles from Lowes Motorspeedway in Concord, NC. If you ever make it to the Coke 600 or the fall race let us know! It's a great track and a great place to camp/tailgate. My husband works for Penske Racing as a fabricator -- so by default I have to be a Ryan Newman/Rusty Wallace fan ::) He used to change rear tires for Kurt Busch and then Mark Martin so he's been to all the tracks numerous times. I've only made it to Charlotte, Myrtle Beach (Busch race), Loudon (to score the race), Rockingham and Bristol -- all in the pits. Bristol is by far the most exciting -- definately worth the trip if you can swing it. If have friends who live in MD and WI who meet and camp at the Bristol night race every year.
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Any word on if Jeff's car will be sold as a toy? Or whatever they call those cars in the stores.
I know its been awhile since you posted this -- but we've been looking around for SW cars for our son -- www.goracing.com has all of the SW cars -- including the one Gordon won with. 8)
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Well good lord, it's about time this thread was used. :o
There has been over two complete seasons that have gone by since the last post by Tracy. :P
Here we are with seven races to go in the Chase for the Cup. Jimmie Johnson is leading Jeff Gordon by just six points heading into this weekends race. The best thing about last weekends race is that it seperated the top three guys, Johson, Gordon and Bowyer from the rest of the field so if anything happens to them and the other guys that had trouble last week do well, it will just even up the top 12 again instead of them dropping over a hundred points which is what happened at Kansas to eight of the twelve Chase drivers. I couldn't have been more thrilled with the results on Sunday.
Now it's on to the biggest track on the circuit and one of the most dangerous....Talladega! I'll be attending the race as I do every year. We'll be leaving at 4:00am tomorrow and coming home on Monday. I really hope it doesn't rain on us. ;D Camping out in tents in the rain is not so much fun.
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Are you by chance a Jeff Gordon fan?? ;)
It's good to see a race fan on the boards. I get chastized for liking Open Wheel stuff from some friends here. They don't know what they're missing.
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Yes, huge Jeff Gordon fan. 8)
Awesome to meet another racing fan. It's crazy how many open wheel guys are coming over to NASCAR now a days. Franchiti is making his stock car debut in Talladega this weekend in the ARCA series. I'll be there first hand to witness that. Should be fun to watch.
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Yes! That was one heck of a race on Sunday and I'm so glad I was there to see it live. Jeff Gordon pulled out a late last lap move to win his 80th career race, sixth at Talladega and 12th restrictor plate race moving him into sole possession of the all-time leader on plate tracks. He also now has a 9 point lead over his teammate Jimmie Johnson. With just six races to go in the Chase, The Drive For Five Is Alive!
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Congrats to you being there and your guy winning it. It would be nice for him to take 8 championships putting him ahead of Dale and the King. A fifth would be a step in the right direction. 8)
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Congrats to you being there and your guy winning it. It would be nice for him to take 8 championships putting him ahead of Dale and the King. A fifth would be a step in the right direction. 8)
Thanks man, yeah certainly it would be great to see him pass them on the all time Championship list. You know, had they not changed the points system like they did, he would have won the title in '04 by a bunch and now he's about to win another one. That would put him at six, just one title away from tying Dale Sr. and Petty.
Something to think about....
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Just a reminder about tonight's race. It's on ABC beginning at 7:00pm (Eastern) at Lowe's Motorspeedway in Concord, NC.
Go get 'em Jeff Gordon!
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Jeff Gordon wins again!
This is Jeff's 81st career victory and his fifth at Lowe's Motorspeedway tying him for third on the all time win list for this track.
He now leads Jimmie Johnson by 68 points.
I can not say it enough....THE DRIVE FOR FIVE IS ALIVE!
On to Martinsville.
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That was a great race. I didn't think Jeff would have enough (gas) to hold on and win. Near the end, I was just hoping that he would be able to finish and not get wrecked. But, as he so often does, he found a way to Victory Lane. Awesome.
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For those that didn't know, Jeff Gordon wins the pole for Martinsville! This is the seventh pole of the year for Jeff and his 63rd career pole. 8)
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Well, Jimmie Johnson wins another race at Martinsville today making it three in a row for him at this track. I was really hoping Jeff's car would come back to him at the end there, but it started to go away and he didn't have anything left for Jimmie and finished third. Not a bad day though as he's still the points leader by fifty-three over Johnson. Everyone else is now at least one hundred and thirteen points back going into Atlanta next Sunday.
Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson have now won eight of the last ten races at Martinsville Speedway.
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I really think that Jeff would've won the race if the damn thing would've stayed green for awhile at the end. He was about to pass Jimmie before the one caution came out. After that, his momentum was gone. Oh well. Nothing wrong with a third-place finish.
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I really think that Jeff would've won the race if the damn thing would've stayed green for awhile at the end. He was about to pass Jimmie before the one caution came out. After that, his momentum was gone. Oh well. Nothing wrong with a third-place finish.
Nope, nothing wrong with that finish at all. I just hope he can put some distance on Jimmie over the next few races so it doesn't come down to a last lap thing at Homestead-Miami Speedway. I'd love for him to have a larger cushion going into that race so he only has to finish like....30th to win it regardless of what Jimmie does.
I was getting a little worried for a while there. Nascar.com had Jeff finishing 3rd at first, then they changed it to 4th and even the points reflected that. I just checked a few minutes ago and they put him back to 3rd. Kyle Busch was in front of him when the caution flag flew on the last lap, but Jeff was in front when they came across the finish line which would have been the last scoring loop line. So, they did the right thing. Now, Jeff has a 53 point lead on Jimmie, a 115 point lead on Bowyer and a 249 point lead over Stewart. It's so nice not to have to worry about the #20. Now if we could do the same with the other two contenders. ;)
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So qualifying is on at 7:00pm (Eastern) tomorrow night in Atlanta! That's great because I will actually be home in time to watch it. I now get off work at 6:00pm instead of 3:00pm, so it's going to be hard to catch qualifying every week. I wish they always did this at night. I do wonder though....why they have them qualify at night when they'll be racing in the middle of the day? I've never understood NASCAR's reasoning for this.
Oh well, go get 'em Jeff!
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David Reutimann wins the Busch race in Memphis!
I would love to be able to say that was a great race, but 25 cautions and then it ends under caution? What in the world is wrong with those guys? Half the field had never driven at the track before in a stock car and the other half forgot how to drive I guess.
The only guys that stayed out of trouble the whole day were David and Wimmer. Even Bliss had damage at the end there. I was real glad to see David get his first win, but how are they not going to do the interview? Who cares about football...make 'em wait. Heck, it was because of a stupid football game that the pre-race show was cut short. >:( The guy just won his first race. The least you could do is ask him about it.
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I thought there was a rule that they couldn't end the race under caution. Granted, I don't watch a lot of nascar so I'm probably wrong.
Oh, and that football comment was pure unadulterated blasphemy!
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I thought there was a rule that they couldn't end the race under caution. Granted, I don't watch a lot of nascar so I'm probably wrong.
The rule is that they will make one attempt at a green flag finish if the caution flag comes out with 2 or more laps to go. Once the white flag has waved for one lap to go, it's over. If, when they restart on a green/white/checkered and the caution comes out at any time during those three laps, it's over and it ends under caution.
This rule started several years ago in the Craftsman Truck series where they never finished under caution. This has since been changed to making only one attempt at a green/white/checkered finish and the other two series have followed right along. Ironically, the very last Truck race before they changed the rule, there was five restarts because of a cautions for wrecks. People were running out of fuel and flipping over on their roofs...it was crazy! I'm guessing that they changed the rule because theoretically, you could have someone wreck at every restart and you would never end the race which is kind of like what happened in that last race. It sure is fun to watch though.
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Oh, and that football comment was pure unadulterated blasphemy!
;) Yeah, can you tell I don't care about football? I just wish these two sports would never clash like they did yesterday. Don't have something that could possibly spill over into another sports time on TV. We almost never had this problem until ESPN took over race coverage again and I can not stand that channel by the way. I don't want to hear about any other sports when the race is on and I certainly don't want to read about them underneath what I'm watching. What if I recorded something and was waiting until the race was over to watch it and they just gave it away?! I would be very upset. Thankfully, I don't watch any other sport besides racing, so it doesn't matter, but I still don't want to see it. FOX does a much better job at commentating, televising and covering NASCAR racing than any other station. It feels like the new ESPN crew hasn't gone over what they want to say or anything. It's all on the fly and very hard to watch. There have been times that I have actually wanted to mute the channel and just watch the cars in silence. :P
I guess this just comes from getting spoiled by better stations who have covered NASCAR. Heck, I'd take CBS over today's ESPN. Remember when Mike Joy was running around the pits? Eli Gold, Chris Economaki, Neil Bonnett, Ned Jarrett? Come on!
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Well, that didn't turn out like it needed to. Jeff ended up with a nice 7th place finish, but Jimmie's 1st place finish was a little better than got him within 9 points of Jeff in the standings. Jeff's just going to have to go out and win the next three races so he can be assured of winning his fifth title. ;D
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Such is the beauty of the Chase. Under the old points system, Jeff would have a 500-point lead right now, and would have all but clinched the Championship weeks ago. Now, Jimmie's breathing down his neck. At least it makes the races exciting.
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Such is the beauty of the Chase. Under the old points system, Jeff would have a 500-point lead right now, and would have all but clinched the Championship weeks ago. Now, Jimmie's breathing down his neck. At least it makes the races exciting.
I know...this thought enters my mind all the time. I keep saying it over and over....Jeff would now have six Championships had they just left the points system alone. :-\
That's alright though, he'll just go out and win this one the hard way. :D
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At least it makes the races exciting.
PLEASE don't tell me you think this is the least bit exciting. ??? NASCAR turning a blind eye to its predetermined golden boy(s) and letting them run away with everything? Anymore, it's about exciting as watching the traffic jams after the race. ::)
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Seeing that I'm a Gordon fan, it is exciting to me ... if not a bit unsettling as well. As I mentioned before, if it wasn't for the Chase format, Jeff would've had this thing wrapped up weeks ago. How exciting would that have been? And in what way are they turning a "blind eye" to Johnson and Gordon?
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Yeah, they certainly didn't turn a blind eye when they took 100 points away from them a few months ago. It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks though. Hendrick Motorsports is and has been for quite some time, the predominant team in NASCAR Cup series racing and their record shows this. They have the best engines, crew chiefs, drivers, sponsors and equipment. With all those things combined, they better be at the top of the heap or someone isn't doing their job right.
This is going to come down to the last race in Homestead-Miami and it's going to be very exciting if for nothing else, because you have two best friends fighting each other for a Championship. Hopefully Jeff is the one that comes out on top, but either way, Mr. Hendrick wins again which is exactly what everyone has been expecting all year long.
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And in what way are they turning a "blind eye" to Johnson and Gordon?
Without going into too much detail, my husband has been in NASCAR for over 10 years now and has worked for more than one championship team. He has spent quite a bit of time in the prerace inspection line -- and while waiting his turn has had plenty of time to see what is going on with other cars and to see what the officials allow certain teams to get away with week in and week out. It's just the way the business is run.
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Alright ... Jimmie's starting to get on my nerves a bit.
Tracy ... if your husband works in NASCAR, do you think he could sabotage the 48 car next week in Phoenix?
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Alright ... Jimmie's starting to get on my nerves a bit.
Tracy ... if your husband works in NASCAR, do you think he could sabotage the 48 car next week in Phoenix?
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Now that would be cheating, and we all know, there's no "cheating" in NASCAR ;). Hendrick's shop is a couple of miles up the street from me, maybe I could put something in their water? :-X
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Hendrick's shop is a couple of miles up the street from me, maybe I could put something in their water? :-X
I'm all for it. Just leave the 24 alone please.
:)
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Hendrick's shop is a couple of miles up the street from me, maybe I could put something in their water? :-X
I'm all for it. Just leave the 24 alone please.
:)
It's my understanding the 24 and 48 teams are one big, happy family. Share and share alike!! ;)
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Alright, Jeff qualifed third this week, so he should have a good pit stall for tomorrow's race. He was also real quick in second practice and in Happy Hour, so things are looking good for the #24 team. He's so going to win this thing. It is his...destiny.
8)
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Well, I'd say that Jimmie locked it up tonight. Even Jeff has conceded victory. It was a great season for the 24 team. Under the old points system, he would've clinched his SIX Championship last week, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.
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Well, I'd say that Jimmie locked it up tonight. Even Jeff has conceded victory. It was a great season for the 24 team. Under the old points system, he would've clinched his SIX Championship last week, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.
Or perhaps it was meant to be and someone foresaw this and decided to make a change to not let it happen. :P
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Well, it's been one week off and I'm ready for more racing. February. can't come soon enough!
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I know the feeling. I'm not a NASCAR fan so my open wheel series' schedules are shorter. Can't wait until March!
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I know the feeling. I'm not a NASCAR fan so my open wheel series' schedules are shorter. Can't wait until March!
That was one heck of a finish to the season though in the Indy Car series. I was hoping Franchiti would get it so that was cool.
Or...are you talking about F1? :)
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Or...are you talking about F1? :)
I do enjoy F1, too, along with IndyCar and ChampCar. The F1 had an awesome final race as well! Kimi taking the win and the championship from the brink of elimination over his 2 championship contenders!
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What is with all the title sponsors leaving all the sudden? First it was Winston, then Busch and now Craftsman after 2008! I just can't believe that these companies don't want their name up on high. The amount of revenue generated by sponsorship deals is just incredible, but they always say things like "we just felt like we needed to go in a different direction". Okay...what other way could you possibly get that much exposure?
Oh well, here's to a great 2008 Sprint Cup, Nation Wide and Craftsman series season.
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Only 36 days until the 50th running of The Great American Race, The Daytona 500!
Is anyone else going this year?
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Only 36 days until the 50th running of The Great American Race, The Daytona 500!
Is anyone else going this year?
Most likely my husband will be going -- but he'll be working. He'll probably be there for all of the races -- but will fly back and forth instead of staying down there all week.
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(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/JGordon24/speed_watchtheduel.jpg)
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Great to see Chevy get their first victory of the year with Jeff Burton at Bristol yesterday.
Man, we've only been running for a month and already a break. I won't have anything to do after church on Sunday. :P
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Here's my new license plate. Of course, I had to get some Star Wars in there along with some Jeff Gordon. ;D
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/JGordon24/DSC08360.jpg)
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Wow...great race today in Nashville for the Nationwide guys. Scott Wimmer finally wins for RCR. His first win since July of 2005. Chevy wins again!
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Not NASCAR, but it was great to see Danica Patrick get her first win last weekend in the Indy Japan 300.
I was really hoping Scott Pruett could hold off Kyle Busch in Mexico to win his first NASCAR race, but it just didn't happen. That was Kyle's third win in a row. I can't even believe they are even questioning him running the whole season or not. That would be as dumb as Mark Martin parking his car while leading the Cup series points two seasons ago. ???
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I don't know if this is only me, but I can't stand ABC and ESPN broadcasts of auto races. They have the track volume up way to high and you can't even hear what they heck the announcers are saying. If I didn't want to hear the announcers, I would turn the sound down myself. If you watch Speed or Fox's broadcast of F1 you actually hear the cars, but still hear what the announcers have to say, because they actually have intelligent things to say about the race. I guess my point is that I much prefer the early part of the NASCAR season when the races on still on Fox.
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I don't know if this is only me, but I can't stand ABC and ESPN broadcasts of auto races. They have the track volume up way to high and you can't even hear what they heck the announcers are saying. If I didn't want to hear the announcers, I would turn the sound down myself. If you watch Speed or Fox's broadcast of F1 you actually hear the cars, but still hear what the announcers have to say, because they actually have intelligent things to say about the race. I guess my point is that I much prefer the early part of the NASCAR season when the races on still on Fox.
I totally agree with you. FOX has it's flaws, but they are hands down better than ESPN, ABC or TNT. They should just give Darrell, Larry and Mike the $20 million they deserve and keep them on for the entire season. Any races that conflict with other things could be shown on FX, FOX's cable channel.
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I didn't mind seeing Biffle get the win this weekend. I just wish Jeff Gordon had had a better finish. If it wasn't for that near wreck at the very end, he would have been well inside the top ten. Good to see Kyle's bonus points vanish like a thief in the night. :D
Next up: Dover
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Jeff Gordon wins the pole in Dover today! ;D
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It's good to see Jeff Gordon back on the pole. With that speed, he may have a shot at his first win in a long time. I'm starting to get a little tired of him blaming the car, since they've had as long as anyone to figure it out.
I'm hoping for the win tomorrow!
go 24
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7th! What the Hello Kitty!(http://static.px.yelp.com/photo/bDsAF4zw7Lslk4N6BkILbw/ss)
Yet he still moves up 3 spots in the Cup standings. I wonder if he can win the Cup without ever winning a race. Hmmmmm.
(http://sportingmyspaceonline.com/site-images/Jeff-Gordon.gif)
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7th! What the Hello Kitty!(http://static.px.yelp.com/photo/bDsAF4zw7Lslk4N6BkILbw/ss)
Yet he still moves up 3 spots in the Cup standings. I wonder if he can win the Cup without ever winning a race. Hmmmmm.
(http://sportingmyspaceonline.com/site-images/Jeff-Gordon.gif)
It's certainly possible, but others will have to falter.
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Jeff Gordon wins at Texas!!! 8)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/JGordon24/24.jpg)
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Thank God he finally won again. A few more and he can move into third place all time.
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i thought he was one win from tying for fourth. How much of a gap is there to third place all time?
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Thank God he finally won again. A few more and he can move into third place all time.
He'll get there eventually ... and I still think he has an outside shot at second place, if he drives long enough. Of course, Petty's 200 wins is pretty much untouchable.
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i thought he was one win from tying for fourth. How much of a gap is there to third place all time?
Gordon currently has 82 wins and is in 6th place. Cale Yarborough is in 5th place with 83 wins. Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip are tied for 3rd with 84 wins each. Then you have David Pearson in 2nd with 105 wins and The King in 1st with 200 wins.
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Yeah, Jeff will certainly take sole possession of 3rd place all time. I don't know if he'll race long enough to reach Pearson though. I'd like to think yes, but each year he talks more and more about retiring. Only time will tell!
Up next: Phoenix
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Jeff Gordon Extends his #1 spot with his first win in a long time. I was starting to wonder if he could still win the Sprint Cup just by coming in 2nd all year long.
It was great to see the win come in Texas as well. Good news for Steve too. I bet a friend that his 3rd win will come in Sonoma. I'll be there watching. ;D (I'm not coutning the shootout. I mean there will be at least one more before Sonoma.)
(http://saratoga-ca.com/pics/gordon_665.jpg)
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Carl Edwards and Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag this afternoon in Nashville for the Nationwide Series race.
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Joey Logano beats Kyle Busch for the win at Nashville. Nice to see someone else win in the Nationwide Series besides Kyle. :P
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Mark Martin wins at Phoenix and breaks his 97 race win-less streak!
Rough day in the pits for Jeff Gordon. They left a lug loose and went a lap down to finish 25th. :-[
Still leading by 85 points over Johnson though.
Up next: Talladega!
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Geez, rough qualifying effort for the #24 team this weekend. Makes you wonder how the #48 got the pole and the #24 is starting 31st on a road course. Hardly seems right. :-\
Hoping to see Jeff Gordon return to his winning was at Watkins Glen tomorrow afternoon!
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That's what happens when you have to turn right! :D
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I love it when cars turn left and right! ;D
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Green flag set for 2:18pm (Eastern). Can't wait!
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Start of the race delayed due to rain. Track drying has commenced.
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Flipped through the channels waiting for the rain delay to start and I caught ESPNs studio team talking with David Stremme and Kevin Harvick (I think??). Anyway I think Rusty Wallace asked the two what they thought about racing in the rain (you know like every other motorsport except Drag Racing...). Anyway, they both thought it wouldn't be so bad except the defoggers the cars have today wouldn't be able to keep the windshield clear and the cars obviously don't have wipers. Rooster tails might be a problem on the long straights, but speeds would be reduced and they'd have to have different braking points anyway, so that should still be manageable. I'd love to see them race in the rain, even if its only at the road courses. That and NASCAR have to get killed by the sponsors contracts every time a race gets pushed to monday (no race = no TV viewers).
Also, during the grid walk, the pit lane reporter talked to Jeff Gordon about his qualifying effort and Jeff essentially blamed himself and said that it was all on him that the qualifying spot wasn't representative of the car. He's a great spokesman for his sponsors, but also for his team, its great that (right or wrong) he took responsibility for his qualifying spot; not that he'll be there long.
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Yes, I'd love to see the Cup series racing in the rain. NASCAR just needs to figure out the logistics of it all and make it happen.
Jeff Gordon and Sam Hornish Jr. had the worst wreck at Watkins Glen I've ever seen today. To top it all off, Stewart won the darn race and broke Jeff's win record at the track. :-\ Couldn't have gone any worse.
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I'm not sure if I'd like to see stock cars racing in the rain. With the slick tracks and the lack of traction on the tires, I think things could get rather messy.
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I'm not sure if I'd like to see stock cars racing in the rain. With the slick tracks and the lack of traction on the tires, I think things could get rather messy.
Neal, did you see the race in Montreal last year for the Nationwide Series? That race was run in the pouring rain and it was fantastic! All the drivers said they had fun and the fans loved it too. It would certainly be entertaining to see who could muscle a heavy car like that around a slick track for 90 laps, that's for sure.
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Neal, did you see the race in Montreal last year for the Nationwide Series?
No, I didn't see it.
I do agree that it would be fun to see who the "real" drivers are, but still ... the chance of crashes would increase tenfold.
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The chances of crashes might increase, but the speeds would be lower, so the severity of crashes would be diminished. Instead there would be lots of spins under braking and people running off the road (even more than usual). Formula One races in the rain, and part of the excitement and strategy is when to switch from Dry tires to intermediate wet to extreme wet tires. Do it at the wrong time and you are stuck with a tire with no traction, or one that is slower than is optimal for conditions. It absolutely would separate the great drivers from the merely good, but it would also introduce another variable that can really shake a race up. (IIRC in the 2007 European Grand Prix an 18 year old, in his first race, in the slowest team on the grid, led for a while simply because his team made the best decisions on tire selection).
On top of adding variables to the racing, driving at the scheduled time would have a positive impact on NASCAR's licensing agreements, as they would be able to guarrantee a TV audience for their race. If you tuned in on Sunday to watch the race from the Glen, you probably ended up watching Golf, or sometihng else, instead of whatever ESPN played in the place of the race (I think it was just a couple analysts interviewing a series of drivers....).
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On top of adding variables to the racing, driving at the scheduled time would have a positive impact on NASCAR's licensing agreements, as they would be able to guarrantee a TV audience for their race. If you
Plus it would help to guarantee that my husband would get home from the track late Sunday eve., as opposed to late Monday. ;)
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On top of adding variables to the racing, driving at the scheduled time would have a positive impact on NASCAR's licensing agreements, as they would be able to guarrantee a TV audience for their race. If you
Plus it would help to guarantee that my husband would get home from the track late Sunday eve., as opposed to late Monday. ;)
Tracy, wow...haven't seen you around lately. Everything good?
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On top of adding variables to the racing, driving at the scheduled time would have a positive impact on NASCAR's licensing agreements, as they would be able to guarrantee a TV audience for their race. If you
Plus it would help to guarantee that my husband would get home from the track late Sunday eve., as opposed to late Monday. ;)
Tracy, wow...haven't seen you around lately. Everything good?
Yeah - just busy - my dad has had multiple operations and we've been on vacation and busy with the kids - life, basically :).
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Heck of a Nationwide race today in Michigan! Brad Keselowski came out of nowhere to steal the win as Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers were battling on the last lap. There aren't many races where the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cars all dive into turn 1 three wide on the final lap.
Michigan is such a great track. Looking forward to the Cup race.
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Night racing from Atlanta this Sunday at 7:00pm (Eastern) on ESPN!
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Not strictly a NASCAR comment. But anyone follow Formula 1? Today Renault fired their top two people! During a race last year the team instructed one of their drivers (Nelson Piquet Jr.) to crash in order to bring out a safety car (yellow flag); this allowed their star driver Fernando Alonso to get out of sequence with his main rivals and allowed him to win the race, when his car was not as good as many others. This is very dangerous not only to the driver who crashed (you want to hit a concrete wall at 150-200 mph in a car that weighs sometihng like 1700 lbs?), but also to other drivers (any impact shatters carbon fiber wings on the car, leaving razor sharp pieces on the track which tend to shred tires, causing other accidents....) but also potentially to fans and track workers (this was at a street course with very close proximity to fans, etc.). This came out this year because Renault fired Piquet for not being fast enough and wouldn't you know it, that left a bad taste in his mouth, and the best way to get rid of a bad taste is to talk to the press.
I like Fernando, but this will shake things up a lot.
In re: to NASCAR. I'm happy that JPM made the chase. They made it by being pretty boring (consistent top tens, without really challenging for too many wins will do that). Hopefully they've been running at about 80% to be safe and can turn it up a bit and win a couple races before the year is out; I don't think they'll win it all (more likely Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson or Tony Stewart), but its good to see him make the playoffs.
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Hadn't heard about that F1 story, that's crazy.
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Thanks for the news Keonobi... I follow F1 and hadn't heard that yet. Am checking out the site now! This has been a rather interesting year.
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So Briatore (the team boss; and Heidi Klum's baby-daddy interestingly..) gets a lifetime ban from Formula 1, Pat Symonds gets a five year ban and Renault pretty much gets a warning that if they mess up again they'll be kicked out.
I caught the last 45 or so laps of the race from Loudon. NASCAR got their usual quota of about a dozen restarts in the last 50 laps, so they like that... I like JPM, but I was happy that Mark Martin beat him. I've heard a couple times where Mark talked about the respect he has for Juan Pablo, and I think that was reciprocated on Sunday. In a brief pit lane interview Juan Pablo said the Mark moved down on him a little on the last restart and he could have bumped him, but that would have wrecked him, and he wasn't going to do that.