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  • ts1227
    I don't necessarily like it, but I do like it more than 2 trains of 21 cars each. It does generate passing, obviously. It sucks to see someone get passed because their partner backed off of plowing them around the track, though. It would be nice to see the cars be able to run without being connected. REMOVE THE DAMN PLATES
  • GoChiefs
    Speedofsand;820063 wrote:Say what you want about the tag team racing, I liked it.

    I am actually a big fan of it. I hate when they are all just sitting around in a pack. Provides a lot more action.
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    Logano after his early spin
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    last lap, turn 1&2. I missed the big wreck. :(
  • coyotes22
    Nice pic's Speed!

    I too like the two car tandem. Esp when there are 5 groups racing in a pack. Very good racing.
  • iclfan2
    That big wreck last night was nuts. Would like to see Bayne or Dale Jr. do well tonight. Hopefully Kenseth can get another top 5 and stay in contention. I'd also like to see Smoke get pissed and just take someone out.
  • Speedofsand
    http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/

    http://news-journalonline.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1278875&CategoryID=51974
  • ts1227
    And we're green...

    TNT's only good contribution ever, wide open coverage, makes this one nice to watch
    Having Kyle Petty get run over by the pace car so he can't call the race would also help.
  • ts1227
    Well, so much for Trevor Bayne pulling off some more magic. In the wall on lap 5.
  • Jughead
    Imagine that, a wild ass finish at Daytona. ;)
  • ts1227
    Jughead;820409 wrote:Imagine that, a wild ass finish at Daytona. ;)
    That's all you'll ever get with multiple GWC's. When it's a 2 lap shootout with no reason to behave (since they will just try over) there's no point in racing with any common sense.

    There's nothing wrong with balls to the wall racing, like in the last few laps of the Daytona 500 back in the day when you could end under caution, cars jockeying for position everywhere but still generally not wrecking. There is a problem with racing and throwing any skill you have out the wondow. Using your car as a glorified plow because there's nothing to lose once one lap is completed is retarded. Some of it even comes from teammates in the back racing overly aggressive deliberately, so if they would cause a wreck a teammate closer to the front will have a better chance on another restart. I wish they would go back to one GWC.
  • ts1227
    Junior not happy with the 2-car stuff still, complains like he has at every plate race thus far.
    http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6735779


    Of course, if they changed the only thing I were actually good at, I would be defensive too.
  • tigerfan82
    that 2 car stuff has lost this fan..........horrible what nascar has let itself become............
  • GoChiefs
    ts1227;820769 wrote:Of course, if they changed the only thing I were actually good at, I would be defensive too.

    I'd say this weekend just help further my point of no skill being involved in plate racing, but more so about luck. Just look at some of the names that have won at plate races. Not really guys you would typically call 'winners'.

    Phil Parsons
    Ken Schrader
    Derrike Cope
    Sterling Marlin
    Jimmy Spencer
    John Andretti
    Michael Waltrip
    Bobby Hamilton
    Ward Burton
    Brian Vickers
    Jamie McMurray
    Brad Keselowski
    Clint Bowyer
    Trevor Bayne
    David Ragan

    You can even add Regan Smith to the list, he won, but was DQ'ed for going below the yellow line.
  • j_crazy
    GoChiefs;821428 wrote:I'd say this weekend just help further my point of no skill being involved in plate racing, but more so about luck. Just look at some of the names that have won at plate races. Not really guys you would typically call 'winners'.

    Phil Parsons
    Ken Schrader
    Derrike Cope
    Sterling Marlin
    Jimmy Spencer
    John Andretti
    Michael Waltrip
    Bobby Hamilton
    Ward Burton
    Brian Vickers
    Jamie McMurray
    Brad Keselowski
    Clint Bowyer
    Trevor Bayne
    David Ragan

    You can even add Regan Smith to the list, he won, but was DQ'ed for going below the yellow line.

    be fair to regan. he qualifies great, so you know he can drive when he's the only car on the track. it's when there are so many others out there and too many targets to collide with, thats when his troubles start.
  • GoChiefs
    Rusty Wallace has purchased Iowa Speedway. Would love to see that track build and get a Cup race.
  • GoChiefs
    Ford will continue to run the Fusion in the Sprint series. I thought for sure they'd be making the switch to Mustang and you would eventually see the Mustang, Charger, and Camaro among the Big 3.
  • GoChiefs
    What's Roush doing to his sponsors over there? First DeWalt leaves the 17, now Crown Royal is leaving.
  • GoChiefs
    I've heard the Scott Speed ordeal is a big reason Red Bull will probably stop owning a team and just go with sponsoring.

    "Former Red Bull Racing driver Scott Speed has obtained an order of attachment against the team, placing a lien on its real property in North Carolina until Speed's lawsuit against the team is resolved. The order, covering the Red Bull shop in Mooresville, N.C., and the property on which it sits, was served Tuesday. The property was purchased for approximately $3.3 million. Such orders can be issued only in very limited circumstances in North Carolina. After Red Bull fired Speed, he sued the organization in December, claiming breach of contract and seeking damages of at least $6.5 million. In March, an N.C. judge denied Red Bull's request to dismiss the suit. A discovery motion in Speed's case is scheduled to be heard on July 11 in Iredell County Superior Court in Statesville, N.C. William Bray, Speed's attorney in the case, said his client sought the order because of Red Bull's recent announcement that it was looking to end its ownership role in NASCAR at the end of the 2011 season. Red Bull can contest the order, but as of Friday had not done so. Through a spokesperson, the team declined to comment."
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  • iclfan2
    GoChiefs;822456 wrote:What's Roush doing to his sponsors over there? First DeWalt leaves the 17, now Crown Royal is leaving.

    Yea, I don't get it.
  • coyotes22
    Didnt he lose Office Depot to SHR, also?
  • GoChiefs
    LOL..Jimmie Johnson getting a lot of shit over leaving Jr. hanging at Daytona by pitting before him. Jimmie's response on Twitter:

    “I didn't leave Jr hanging, you people are crazy. When my crew tells me to pit, I pit. Steve and Chad sort out the details
    And if you think either of us could have won from 25th, which is where we were at the caution, you're even more crazy.”
  • GoChiefs
    coyotes22;822479 wrote:Didnt he lose Office Depot to SHR, also?

    Good call. Lost Office Depot after the 2008 season, DeWalt after the 2010 season, and now Crown Royal after this season.

    But I believe Office Depot's reasoning was economic issues, but by the start of the 2009 season, they had bounced back and were looking to resign as the primary sponsor but Roush had already inked AFLAC to the deal.