NASCAR thread

[b3warnick]

Well, there was the Curse of Ruth...
Now maybe there is the Curse of Roush....MM will never win again.

[RedLiner]

Originally Posted by 761.2MPH

The title IMO should read BOOOOO NASCAR!
I would like to thank NASCAR for being able to choose when the rules apply and when. Not that I wanted Mark to win, glad to see him run good. All this talk about not racing back to the line... Maybe it is just me but the caution would have came out as soon as the crash started on any other given lap. They would have never raced back to the line. Just wish NASCAR would be consistant with the way things are done. Just not very happy with NASCAR.

That's true, if the caution would've been thrown when the accident happened then the win would've gone to Martin. Good point! :THUMBSUP:

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Somebody would be mad either way but I think to be consistent the caution should have been thrown. I was happy with the race, very exciting.

[birdman941]

Didn't watch it at all.
I did hear the Toilettas did poorly though.
Bwaaaa Haaaa Haaaaaaa.........

[Azure Blurr]

Originally Posted by gvervoren

Me personnaly, I'm not going to dislike a driver because of the make of car he drives. For instance, I am a big Ford guy and I have been a Rusty Wallace fan for a while (sucks that he is retired now). I didn't dislike him just because he went from Ford to Dodge. I am a fan of the driver, not the car.

+1 I'm a fan of drivers not brand.

Originally Posted by 03Mach150BP

What do you guys think about Jimmy Spencer on speed. I think he is dope.
Seems to put his foot in his mouth every other sentence.

I thought it was more than that! He seems like a likable guy but what a bonehead!

Great finish at the 500. Love them 2 tenths of a second apart, wreckin on the last turn, sliding on your roof through the finish line finishes!

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Well my pick got 3rd, that ain't bad. I like Harvick ok but think the caution should have been thrown when the wreck started, safety being the concern not anything else.

[admdavs]

What a great race (with the exception of Gordon not winning his fourth 500- though he did finish 12th ) - Stewart finished dead last (best part of all!), Jr. get taken out and Harvick beats Martin by two-hundreds of a second and Toyota not getting a car in the top 20! Great way to start a season!! Plus that crazy crash on the final lap!

Harvick's winning margin!



Bowyer came across the finish line on his roof -







The best part of the race

[Mark04Mach1]

dam! i missed the whole thing..

[falcongtho3]

Can't we have a 'do over'?

Not a Harvick fan in the least. I really did expect Tony to win, not that I'm a fan of his either, but I can't dismiss the weekend he had prior to today. I was really pulling for Martin, but Gulliland showed he's got some talent and can make a real season for Yates this year.

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I don't think anyone could have watched the race and claim it was boring. Let's hope the rest of the season will be as good.

[02mach1]

Originally Posted by falcongtho3

Can't we have a 'do over'?

Not a Harvick fan in the least. I really did expect Tony to win, not that I'm a fan of his either, but I can't dismiss the weekend he had prior to today. I was really pulling for Martin, but Gulliland showed he's got some talent and can make a real season for Yates this year.

If watch Speed tonight everone call in to the show though that Mark shoulded won evern me Mark should won,

Remember Mark is still racing for Jack Roush in trucks, and BRUSH racing.

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Originally Posted by falcongtho3

Can't we have a 'do over'?

Not a Harvick fan in the least. I really did expect Tony to win, not that I'm a fan of his either, but I can't dismiss the weekend he had prior to today. I was really pulling for Martin, but Gulliland showed he's got some talent and can make a real season for Yates this year.

A caution at the PROPER time would have been nice. It seems like a done deal now but a Martin win would have been a much better ending to the story. It would have been kinda like the Big E win.

[02mach1]

I wish Mark would won but it was great race ,

Mark is still racing in Ford but in trucks and racing for Roush in Brush racing on saturdays.

[02mach1]

[QUOTE=admdavs;748011]What a great race (with the exception of Gordon not winning his fourth 500- though he did finish 12th ) - Stewart finished dead last (best part of all!), Jr. get taken out and Harvick beats Martin by two-hundreds of a second and Toyota not getting a car in the top 20! Great way to start a season!! Plus that crazy crash on the final lap!

Harvick's winning margin!



Bowyer came across the finish line on his roof -






Ricky Bobby is driving the 07# now

[birdman941]

Originally Posted by 02mach1

..........................Remember Mark is still racing for Jack Roush in trucks, and BRUSH racing.

I will have to comb the channels to see that........................

[HamMach1]

Originally Posted by 02mach1

If watch Speed tonight everone call in to the show though that Mark shoulded won evern me Mark should won,

Remember Mark is still racing for Jack Roush in trucks, and BRUSH racing.

:OOPS:

Ya 'mind repeating that?

[Blackpony04]

Mark was robbed. There should have been a caution (as they've thrown a hundred times before at the last turn on the last lap). I keep hoping we'll hear that Harvick's car failed inspection and they're gonna strip his win but then I come back to Earth....

[FlyMACH1]

Originally Posted by geoffav

I don't think anyone could have watched the race and claim it was boring. Let's hope the rest of the season will be as good.

The first half was pretty boring, but then all broke loose. It was sickening to see Martin lose that way.

[Blackpony04]

I'm still crying that Mark didn't win....sniff, sniff....

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Originally Posted by 02mach1

If watch Speed tonight everone call in to the show though that Mark shoulded won evern me Mark should won,

Remember Mark is still racing for Jack Roush in trucks, and BRUSH racing.

HaHa, the first caller from CA must have heard you Frank.

He really let NASCAR and Brian France have it. I loved it.

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Originally Posted by Blackpony04

I'm still crying that Mark didn't win....sniff, sniff....

Mark said, nobody wants to hear a grown man cry so I'll have to accept the decision they made. Very interesting comment from a great racer.

[65fastback2+2]

Originally Posted by 02mach1

Ricky Bobby is driving the 07# now

nah....in that picture they have real fire....

[ylopony]

I thought it was a great ending. I have to agree there appears to be some inconsistency in throwing the flag. The correct thing to do there would be to let them race like they did. But this is not the decision Nascar always takes.

I'm thrilled that the two biggest punks of Nascar took each other out. I hope that Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart meet like this several more times on the track.

Now a question out there for you Nascar fans. Many of you hate Jeff Gordon because it was hard for Earnhardt fans to accept the fact there was another driver out there who could take a few cup titles away from him during his reign. But why is there so much hate for Harvick? Is it because he was the driver that replaced Earnhardt after his tragic death? I have a feeling no matter who replaced Dale, they would be hated to this day. I'm not a Harvick fan, but I was just wondering on this one.

[03mach69mach]

Maybe it's just me, but after having been a Mark Martin fan since the death of Davy Allison (to all you youngsters, that was in 1993) I can't/won't root for him ever again. Him leaving Roush crushed me. Mark leaving for Chevrolet is kind of like being married for 14 years, loyal and finding out that your wife is leaving you for the Corvette guy next door, then, after she leaves, she wins the lottery. I can't be happy for her or him.

But then again, what do I expect, it's Nascar. Bring on the Car of Tommorow with that ricer rear wing! That Toyota Camry is smokin fast? Roush/Fenway racing? Dale Earnhardt Jr might leave Dale Earnhardt Industries? What has Nascar become?

End of my rant.

[klondike93]

Originally Posted by 03mach69mach

Maybe it's just me, but after having been a Mark Martin fan since the death of Davy Allison (to all you youngsters, that was in 1993) I can't/won't root for him ever again. Him leaving Roush crushed me. Mark leaving for Chevrolet is kind of like being married for 14 years, loyal and finding out that your wife is leaving you for the Corvette guy next door, then, after she leaves, she wins the lottery. I can't be happy for her or him.

But then again, what do I expect, it's Nascar. Bring on the Car of Tommorow with that ricer rear wing! That Toyota Camry is smokin fast? Roush/Fenway racing? Dale Earnhardt Jr might leave Dale Earnhardt Industries? What has Nascar become?

End of my rant.

I was beginning to think I was the only one NOT pulling for Martin and for those reasons you just said. The guy drives for Roush all those years, and in a fit a madness he decides to go drive a Cheby this year and I'm going to root for him? NOT!