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EasyEd

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Hey All,

Fontana - talk about a mixed bag. Overall pretty boring. Stewart wins in a rain shortened - first ever at Fontana - race continuing his hot streak. The question is - will he be there at the end?

My Guys...

Jimmie blew an oil line or some such on the last caution and so Thank God for the rain or he would have finished way worse! Two breaks in one week - NASCAR giving his points, crew chief and car chief back and then the rain! Maybe this year will be the year of the sixpack!

The Harv is second in the points and consistent.

The Kes 16th and not a real great day although he had a good car.

The results...


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FINSTCARDRIVERMAKESPONSORPTS/BNSLAPSSTATUS
1914Tony Stewart ChevroletOffice Depot / Mobil 147/1129Running
2218Kyle Busch ToyotaInterstate Batteries44/2129Running
31488Dale Earnhardt Jr. ChevroletDiet Mountain Dew / National Guard41/0129Running
4729Kevin Harvick ChevroletJimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches40/0129Running
51299Carl Edwards FordSubway39/0129Running
6416Greg Biffle Ford3M38/0129Running
7639Ryan Newman ChevroletU.S. Army37/0129Running
81356Martin Truex Jr. ToyotaNAPA Auto Parts36/0129Running
92351Kurt Busch ChevroletPhoenix Construction Services35/0129Running
101048Jimmie Johnson ChevroletLowe's / Jimmie Johnson Foundation35/1129Running
11111Denny Hamlin ToyotaFedEx Express34/1129Running
12355Mark Martin ToyotaAaron's Dream Machine32/0129Running
131517Matt Kenseth FordFord EcoBoost31/0129Running
141115Clint Bowyer Toyota5-hour Energy30/0129Running
1555Kasey Kahne ChevroletQuaker State29/0129Running
162522AJ Allmendinger DodgeSouthern California AAA28/0129Running
172442Juan Montoya ChevroletTarget27/0129Running
18172Brad Keselowski DodgeMiller Lite26/0129Running
192727Paul Menard ChevroletCertainTeed / Menards25/0129Running
202278Regan Smith ChevroletFurniture Row / Farm American24/0129Running
21299Marcos Ambrose FordDewalt23/0129Running
221931Jeff Burton ChevroletCaterpillar22/0129Running
233313Casey Mears FordGEICO21/0129Running
24820Joey Logano ToyotaDollar General20/0129Running
252843Aric Almirola FordMedallion Financial19/0129Running
262124Jeff Gordon ChevroletDrive to End Hunger19/1129Running
271810David Reutimann ChevroletAccell Construction17/0127Running
282647Bobby Labonte ToyotaCharter16/0127Running
294093Travis Kvapil ToyotaBurger King / Dr Pepper15/0127Running
304138David Gilliland Ford1-800LoanMart14/0127Running
313834David Ragan FordFront Row Motorsports13/0127Running
32161Jamie McMurray ChevroletBass Pro Shops / Allstate12/0126Running
333436Dave Blaney ChevroletTommy Baldwin Racing11/0126Running
344232Ken Schrader FordU.S. Chrome / 1 Less Than 2 Ltd.10/0125Running
3536249J.J. Yeley ToyotaAmerica Israel Racing9/0125Running
363183Landon Cassill ToyotaBurger King / Dr Pepper8/0124Running
373026Josh Wise *FordMorristown Driver's Service7/052Vibration
383298Michael McDowell FordCurb Records6/041Vibration
392030David Stremme Toyota@TheNASCARFans5/037Rear Gear
4039119Mike Bliss ToyotaHumphrey Smith Racing019Transmission
413523Scott Riggs ChevroletNorth Texas Pipe3/018Vibration
424374Reed Sorenson ChevroletTurn One Racing07Vibration
433733Brendan Gaughan ChevroletSouth Point Hotel & Casino1/02Engine

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-Ed-
 
I watched qualifying on SPEED.
The surface looked horribly uneven, cars bouncing around like a WRC stage.
:kilroy:
 
Always boring, if it doesn't rain, it's a fuel mileage race. No action, stupid Bruton Smith cookie-cutter track. Didn't even bother to watch even though the JGR cars always do well there. My track this weekend, but like Bristol, NASCAR has ruined it by repaving and making it a two-groove track. Ergo the drivers can race for position and don't have to mix it up trying to get that one good groove. Ticket prices are out of site too. May opt for the "real" stock series race, the Truck race on Saturday, pay $20.00 and sit where ever I like. Don't have to get my ticket until race day either.

NASCAR has to get the word, no old style redneck like me is going to pay exorbitant prices for a two-groove short-track race, look at Bristol, half empty. It's not the fuel prices NASCAR, it's the high ticket prices and boring racing that is emptying your stands of fans.

I plan on going to the Richmond Nationwide race Friday evening, April 27. $35.00, no crowd, and sit anywhere. Cup race Saturday night, I'll be back in Ringgold watching on TV.

Caz
 
cassie,i thought it was kind of amusing that on the sunday morning show...with "imma race car driver" kenny wallace and crew,when they started talking about bristol,they all said it was about fans not wanting to pay gas prices and hotel/motel prices...yet when you looked at the fan sites when smith announced he was thinking of reverting back to "pre- 2007" conditions..the fans were for it...did nascar "get to them"?,the guys on the show made a big deal about "Jr" saying he was against it and then said they would tell us why after the break...then came back and said..jr says no to changing the track "just because"...and then they talked about changing the tires and the only guy there with enough backbone to speak out on tv...kyle petty...said BS they tried tires and other things already...they ruined the track when they changed it...and they need to put it back...then they just went to Mcrenyonlds and wallace....stayed off petty until they changed the subject...i also liked when petty spoke out against the "old men" who run the penalties appeals boards...he said they were all old men who have been away from the sport for many years and need to be removed..put new guys in who understand the sport today....he got shut up over that too...
 
Daveroo said:
cassie,i thought it was kind of amusing that on the sunday morning show...with "imma race car driver" kenny wallace and crew,when they started talking about bristol,they all said it was about fans not wanting to pay gas prices and hotel/motel prices...yet when you looked at the fan sites when smith announced he was thinking of reverting back to "pre- 2007" conditions..the fans were for it...did nascar "get to them"?,the guys on the show made a big deal about "Jr" saying he was against it and then said they would tell us why after the break...then came back and said..jr says no to changing the track "just because"...and then they talked about changing the tires and the only guy there with enough backbone to speak out on tv...kyle petty...said BS they tried tires and other things already...they ruined the track when they changed it...and they need to put it back...then they just went to Mcrenyonlds and wallace....stayed off petty until they changed the subject...i also liked when petty spoke out against the "old men" who run the penalties appeals boards...he said they were all old men who have been away from the sport for many years and need to be removed..put new guys in who understand the sport today....he got shut up over that too...
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Yeh if it had been anyone else but Johnsons team the penalties would not have been reversed.Back when he won his championships they were cheating like a dog also but never got caught,except the time the rear of the car was set to ride high in the race and could lower the deck lid and spoiler with hydrolics after the race before inspection.
 
Hey All,

Jimmie and Chad are Saints - everybody knows that! :bump:

The reason Bristol is boring is because what people want to see is not racing but drivers getting mad at each other, shoving each out of the way and throwing helmets and such. That is what people want to see at Bristol. A one to one and half groove track gives exactly that while a wide open two groove track is just round and round and no human excitement/drama. Drivers prefer the ability to race each other not fight each other but fans want it the other way around.

NO different at Daytona/Talledega - it's all about the closeness of the racing just waiting for the "big one". Many fans want emotion and mayhem not racing.

Most of the mile and a half tracks are just clean races till the end when they become fuel economy races.

I personally don't mind a mixture.

-Ed-
 
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