NO RAIN TO CONTEND WITH, BUT STILL A RATHER LATE START TIME. I THINK ALL OF US WENT INTO THIS RACE HOPING THAT MATT WOULD PULL OFF THE 3 RACE RECORD, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE, THE RACING GODS JUST SAID NO, NOT THIS YEAR. BY AND FAR THE RACE WAS GOOD AND THE DRIVERS BEHAVED THEMSELVES SO THE NOTS WERE REALLY HARD TO PICK. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S SEE JUST HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOTS
5. BRAD KESELOWSHI: SPUN OUT AND WRECKED, BROUGTH OUT THE FIRST CAUTION ON I BELIEVE IT WAS LAP NO. 2. I WONDER IF MAYBE NASCAR NEEDS TO MANDATE AT LEAST 2 FULL SEASONS IN NATIONWIDE BEFORE DRIVERS JUMP TO THE CUP SIDE.
4. JIMMIE JOHNSON: JIMMIE STARTED LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE LEADING 92 LAPS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE 48 TEAM IS GETTING OUT OF SINC BEFORE THE RACE CONCLUDES, SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT HERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED RATHER QUICKLY.
3. RACE START TIME: IF THE NETWORKS ARE GOING TO BLOW AN HOUR ON PRE-SHOW THEN THE RACES HAVE GOT TO START EARLIER. IT WAS CLOSER TO 4:00 CENTRAL TIME BEFORE THE RACE STARTED, AND WE HAD A LISTED START TIME OF 2:30. MY FEELING IS START THE RACE NO LATER THEN 2:00 EASTERN TIME, AND I MEAN START THE RACE NOT THE PRE-SHOW. I DON'T THINK THAT CHURCH IS A REAL PROBLEM, NOT SURE HOW MANY OF THOSE 170,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE AT VEGAS PLANNED TO GO TO CHURCH IN THE FIRST PLACE.
2. PIT ROW SPEED: WITH OVER 40 PIT ROW PENALITIES IN 2 DAYS, MANY OF WHICH WERE SPEEDING ON PIT ROW, SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG WITH THE ALLOWABLE SPEED. I THINK THEY NEED TO INCREASE THE ALLOWED SPEED TO 50 MPH , OR AT LEAST INCREASE THE CUSHION BY SAY 3 MPH.
1. SUPPLIER DEFECTIVE PARTS: WHEN 3 CARS FROM 1 TEAM AND 1 CAR FROM ANOTHER TEAM BLOW UP THIS WEEK AND ALSO 2 CARS LAST WEEK ALL WITH BASICALLY THE SAME MOTOR PROBLEMTHEN YOU HAVE TO START LOOKING AT SUPPLIER-MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS. I THINK THIS IS ONE PROBLEM THAT CAN NOT BE LAID AT THE GARAGE DOOR, BECAUSE IT IS TOO WIDE SPREAD TO BE A SET-UP CREW PROBLEM.
HOTS:
5. GREG BIFFLE: GREG DROVE A GOOD HARD RACE ALL DAY LONG. HE STARTED 24TH AND FINISHED 7TH, NOT BAD AT ALL WHEN HIS TEAMMATES WEE BLOWING UP ALL AROUND HIM.
4. JEFF GORDON: JEFF STARTED 28TH WORKED TO THE FRONT, THEN MISSED PIT ROW ENTRANCE AND BLEW A TIRE AND STILL FINISHED THE RACE 6TH AND LEFT VEGAS WITH THE POINTS LEAD, NOT A BAD DAY FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS ONCE KNOWN AS WONDER BOY.
3. JEFF BURTON: JEFF STARTED 14TH AND JSUT SORT OF HUNG OUT, PACING HIMSELF TO BE THERE AT THE END OF THE RACE, IF HE HAD SAVED JSUT A LITTLE LESS I THINK HE WOULD HAVE FINISHED A VERY CLOSE 2ND TO THE WINNER.
2. CLINT BOWYER: SINCE THE END OF LAST SEASON CLINT HAS HAD ALL HIS STUFF THROWN IN A SACK, SHAKEN UP REALLY GOOD AND THEN ROLLED BACK OUT ON THE TRACK. HIS FIRST 2 RACES WERE NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT, BUT TODAY HE STARTED 37TH AND ROLLED IN AT 2ND, AND I THINK WE WILL SEE CLINT BUILD ON TODAY'S RACE AND BE IN THE CHASE AT THE END.
1. KYLE BUSCH: JUST WHAT CAN YOU SAY: 1. WINS THE POLE, 2. HAS TO GO TO THE BACK BECAUSE FO AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT, THEN RACES ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT AND WINS THE RACE, LIKE HIM OR HATE HIM "THE WILD THING" IS THE MAN.
WELL THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, MIGHT BE RIGHT OR IT MIGHT BE WRONG, THAT IS FOR YOU TO JUDGE.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 12:52 PM EST
[General]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
I WAS SITTING HERE THIS MORNING WAITING FOR THE PLUMBER TO GET HERE, AND A FEW IDEAS RAN ACROSS MY MIND. THEY REALLY MAKE SENSE TO ME SO WHAT DO YOU THINK. AND YES I REALIZE I AM FULL OF IT , BUT THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM.
1. START EVERY RACE AT THE SAME TIME EVERY WEEK, 1:00 ON THE SUNDAY RACES AND 5:00 ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT RACES, THIS WOULD BE EASTERN TIME OF COURSE. IF THEY TOLD THE TRACKS THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WEEK AFTER NEXT I STILL THINK THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. BUT BEING THE NICE GUY THAT I AM I WOULDN'T MAKE THE CHANGE UNTIL NEXT YEARS DAYTONA 500.
2. DROP THE FIRST CALF. RACE, MOVE IT TO KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY, ELDORA SPEEDWAY, CANADA, MEXICO OR ANYPLACE ELSE EXCEPT CALF. LET'S PUT OFF THE BOREDOM AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
3. WHEN THE QUALIFING IS RAINED OUT, REVERSE THE FIELD RATHER THEN AWARDING THE POLE TO THE FIRST PLACE GUY, #43 TO THE POLE AND #1 BRINGING UP THE REAR. THIS WOULD REALLY PUT A NEW WRINKLE IN A COUPLE OF RACES, AND HELP SOME OF THOSE TEAMS THAT ARE BARELY HANGING ON.
4. QUIT PENALIZING THE DRIVER WITH LOSS OF POINTS AND FINES FOR ACTIONS OF THE PIT CREW AND OR THE CREW CHIEF. DOING THIS IS SORT OF LIKE EJECTING A PITCHER BECAUSE THE COACH CUSSED THE UMP AND KICKED DIRT ON HIS SHOES.THE PITCHER MIGHT HAVE KNOWN WAHT WAS COMING BUT HE AIN'T THE ONE WHO DID IT.
5. START USING A SPLIT SCREEN FOR THE GREEN FLAG ADVERTISING. IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD, AND TO TELL THE TRUTH THEY MIGHT GET MORE FOLKS WATCHING AN AD OR TWO RATHER THEN RUNNING TO THE BATHROOM, THE KITCHEN, OUT ON THE PORCH FOR A SMOKE, OR SWITCHING CHANNELS DURING THE ADS.
6. STOP DOING THINGS TO HELP THE TEAMS SAVE MONEY, SUCH AS THE NO TESTING THIS WINTER. THE OWNERS KNOW THEIR BOTTOM LINES AND IF HMS, RCR, OR ROUSH RACING HAVE THE MONEY TO TEST AND GANASSI-EARNHARDT DOESN'T THEN IT SUCKS TO BE G-E.
7. IF THEY REALLY WANTT OS AVE THE OWNERS SOME MONEY, RUN THE SCHEDULE IN A COUPLE OF BIG LOOPS RATHER THEN CRISS-CROSSING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I KNOW MOST OF THIS STUFF HAVE BEEN CHEWED AND CHEWED AND SPIT OUT BEFORE BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME AND IF WE SORT OF KEEP BRINGING IT UP AT SOME POINT SOMEONE MIGHT LISTEN TO US, HEY, STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
FOLKS WHEN 90% OF THE CAUTIONS IN A RACE ARE FOR RAIN SPRINKLES, THEN THE RACE IS BORDERING REAL CLOSE ON BORING, BUT THERE WERE A FEW HIGH POINTS AND A FEW LOW POINTS, SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT I SAW AND SEE IF YOU AGREE.
HOT:
1. MATT KENSETH: MR. STOIC, EXCELLENT DAY FROM START TO FINISH, MATT IS ALWAYS COOL AND COLLECTED. IT APPEARS THAT STOIC AND A LITTLE BIT OF WORRYING ARE THE RIGHT RECIPE FOR WINNING. MATT HAS A GREAT CHANCE TO CREATE A RECORD OF HIS VERY OWN, IF HE CAN WIN NEXT WEEK HE WILL BE THE FIRST DRIVER IN NASCAR HISTORY TO WIN ALL THREE OF THE FIRST THREE RACES.
2. THE KILLER BEES: THIS PIT CREW IS BEYOND GREAT, THEY PUT MATT OUT FRONT EVERYTIME HE HIT THE PITS, THEY GAVE HIM 10 OF THE 14 POSITIONS THAT HE ADVANCED FROM THE START OF THE RACE TO THE FINISH.
3. KYLE BUSCH: LET'S SEE WHAT WAS IT THAT MEATLOAF SANG " TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD" HE WON THE CAMPING WORLD TRUCK RACE AND THE NATIONWIDE RACE ALL IN ONE DAY, AND FINISHED THIRD IN THE CUP RACE. IF THESE THREE RACES HAD BEEN RUN ON SAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND THEN SUNDAY HE MIGHT WELL HAVE WON ALL THREE.
4. JEFF GORDON: JEFF STARTED 6TH AND FINISHED 2ND, HE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A THREAT ALL SEASON LONG AND IS GOING TO WIN A FEW THIS YEAR, THAT IS FOR SURE. IT IS REALLY TO BAD, THEY MISSED THAT LAST SETUP BY ABOUT ONE SECOND.
5. ROUSH RACING: THE CAT IN THE HAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEST THIS WINTER, BUT HE FOUND ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS SOMEWHERE. THEY PUT 3 OF THEIR 5 CARS IN THE TOP TEN AND ALL FIVE IN THE TOP TWENTY. I DO BELIEVE THAT ROUSH RACING IS GOING TO BE A THORN IN EVERYONE'S SIDE BEFORE THE SEASON IS OVER.
NOT:
1. HENDRICKS MOTORSPORTS: YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN 2 CARS FROM A TEAM, THAT ARE PREPED IN THE SAME GARAGE, BLOW UP AND THE OTHER 2 TEAM CARS, THAT ARE PREPED IN ANOTHER GARAGE, END UP FINISHING 2ND AND 9TH. MAYBE NOT AS MUCH INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED AS WE THINK.
2. RACE TIME: THE RACES IN THE WEST NEED TO BE STARTED EARLIER. IF THAT RACE HAD STARTED AT SAY 12:00 NOON THEY MIGHT WELL HAVE MISSED ALL THE RAIN SPRINKLES, 24 PLUS CAUTION LAPS DUE TO RAIN SPRINKLES IS UNCALLED FOR. BESIDES THAT STARTING EARLIER WOULD END THE RACE IN THE EAST AND CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY BEFORE 9:30 OR 10:00 AT NIGHT.
3. GREG BIFFLE: HIS ERROR VERY LIKELY COST GREG THE RACE, I'M NOT SURE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST CAR IN THE RACE, BUT ONCE AGAIN WE SEE THAT MENTAL ERRORS PROVE VERY COSTLY IN AUTO RACING. BETTER LUCK NEXT WEEK GREG.
4. ROBBY GORDON: ROBBY STARTED 12TH AND WENT BACKWARDS FROM THE GET-GO. HE FINISHED THE RACE 30TH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IF HE ISN'T WRECKING HE IS GOING BACKWARDS.
5. A.J. ALLMENDINGER: THE DINGER RAN WELL AT THE END OF LAST SEASON AND AT DAYTONA THIS YEAR, BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING TO TIE DOWN A FULL TIME RIDE, NOW THIS WEEK WE HEAR RUMORS OF A NEW U.S. FORMULA ONE TEAM WITH A.J. AS THE DRIVER AND HE FINISHES 29TH. MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD ASK HIM " DID YOU EVER HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND".
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 07:21 PM EST
[General]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
FOLKS, IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR JR. FANS ALL ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING MYSELF. WHAT WITH HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE TWO BIG BLUNDERS IN TH EPITS AND THEN THE WRECK.
AND YES I KNOW I GAVE JR. THE THRONE ON MY NOT LIST, NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BUT BECAUSE THE MISTAKES WERE REAL AND THE WRECK WAS BAD. HAVING SAID THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE SECOND MISTAKE, PITING OUTSIDE THE BOX, A LITTLE CLOSER AND MAYBE GET A QUESTION ANSWERED.
WHEN THE DEAL HAPPENED I JUST EXCEPTED WHAT THE PRESS BOX BOYS SAID AND WHEN ON, BUT ON MONDAY THERE WAS A PICTURE ACCOMPING LEE SPENCER'S STORY, THAT SHOWED THE OFFICIAL HOLDING JR. IN THE PIT, AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE PART OF JR'S. RIGTH FRONT TIRE ON THE LINE. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A LIVE RACE SO I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I ASSUME THAT THE WHITE LINE IS A STANDARD 4 INCH WIDE WHITE LINE JUST LIKE THE ONES WE SEE ON THE HIGHWAYS, AND AS I UNDERSTAND THE RULE, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAS TO BE INSIDE THE LINE.
NOW THE QUESTION, WHAT CONSTITUTES INSIDE THE LINE??? IF BEING INSIDE MEANS HAVING THE THE TIRES COMPLETELY ON THE PIT WALL SIDE OF THE LINE, THEN JR WAS WRONG AND THE ONE LAP PENALTY WAS CORRECT, BUT IF INSIDE MEANS , ALL TIRES INSIDE THE TRACK SIDE OF THE LINE THEN THE PENALTY WAS WRONG AND JR. SHOULD NOT HAVE LOST A LAP. AND IF JR. DOESN'T LOSE A LAP THEN MAYBE HE ISN'T PUSHING SO HARD TO GET THE FIRST CAR ONE LAP DOWN POSITION AND THE BIG ONE DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I GUESS SOME FOLKS WOULD CALL THIS CRY BABYING, OR SPLITTING HAIRS, OR NIT PICKING, BUT IN THE END IF THIS WAS A MISTAKE ON AN OFFICIAL'S PART THAT LEAD TO A WRECK THAT WIPED OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOOD CARS AND DASHED THE HOPES OF A BUNCH OF GREAT DRIVERS, THEN IT IS WORTH SPLITTING HAIRS OVER.
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