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  1.   JPM42ROTY2007 posted:
  10.30.2006 - 4:33 am
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Tony Stewart does a trademark fence climb and comes out with a new hat..
other than that... o yea there was a race.


  2.   xac33 posted:
  10.30.2006 - 12:16 pm
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Anyone else notice the "debris" caution that once again kept Jr.,
Nascar's golden boy, from goin laps down?

I like Jr, I think he's a hard racer, but the Nascar/TV bias towards him
is a little ridiculous and sickening.

Next year = 3 strikes for Nascar, Toyota, COT, and ESPN(ethically
diverse coverage) way to go boys.


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  10.30.2006 - 5:00 pm
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Jr is my favorite driver but i dont like how nascar throws fake cautions
for him.


  4.   Darrell posted:
  10.30.2006 - 9:38 pm
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I'm glad ESPN's returning. That takes away one strike from NA$CAR.

Burton was miffed about the JR thing though, as he was about to go back
on the lead lap.

David Gilliland matches his career-best fifteenth-place finish. I think
he's getting better by the race.


  5.   Steve posted:
  10.31.2006 - 2:32 am
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Tough break for Mike Bliss and BAM Racing. Mike was running 10th in the
#49 when the engine broke. Both rookie Brent Sherman at Daytona and
Kevin Lepage at Bristol in August gave this (for the most part)
underfunded team their best saeson finish: 21st.

Notables:
Dave Blaney's 200th (Nextel Cup) finish (18th)
Todd Bodine has now earned $10,000,000 (in Winston/Nextel Cup) (42nd)
John Carter's team have now started 37 races (matching their car number)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 5000th lap led (3rd)
Travis Kvapil's 6,000,000th dollar earned (32nd)
Sterling Marlin has now earned $40,000,000 (20th)
Tony Stewart's 80,000th lap (1st, and another fence climb :+: )
Brian Vickers' 30,000th lap and 40,000th mile (19th)


  6.   DaleJrFan15 posted:
  10.31.2006 - 1:52 pm
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What a great race!I thought the closing laps were very exciting.Way to
go jr!And Horray for smoke climbing the fence.Other notables include a
good finish for petty again,Gordon for recovering!Yes i can say some
good things about gordon too.

On another note,I have a more serious topic...I saw a poll on Nascar.com
about the COT.And I was shocked at the results.Now ill ask you guys what
you thought.please give your response and tell me why you think that.

What do you thin kof the COT?
A.I cant wait for it.
B.I think its ok
C.Why do we even have it?
D.I dont know much about it.

I cant say exactly what the poll said cause i dont reemember but i can
say that C had a landslide "victory". I chose A.So tell us what you
think and why.


  7.   Steve posted:
  10.31.2006 - 6:15 pm
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I don't have much of an opinion about the COT, so I'm just waiting until
I see the racing at Bristol in March, since I haven't seen much of the
testing.

And now, the battle for the Top 35 in Nextel Cup owner points:
Rk. # Owner Pts. 36th
25.38 Robert Yates 3042 +411
26.22 Bill Davis 3013 +382
27. 7 Robby Gordon 3007 +376
28.66 Gene Haas 2980 +349
29.96 Bill Saunders 2950 +319
30.18 Joe Gibbs 2931 +300
31.01 Robert Ginn 2916 +285
32.21 Glen Wood 2845 +214
33.19 Ray Evernham 2759 +128
34.40 Chip Ganassi 2753 +122
35.14 Robert Ginn 2694 +63
Rk. # Owner Pts. 35th
36.45 Patti Petty 2631 -63
37.32 Cal Wells 2414 -280
38.55 Elizabeth Waltrip 2309 -385

The #4 Chevy is now eliminated from Top 35 contention (more than 500
points out), as are the #49 Dodge, the #61 Dodge/Ford, the #78 Chevy,
and #34 Chevy.


  8.   xac33 posted:
  11.01.2006 - 1:52 am
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The Car of Tomorrow sucks, bottom line. The reason this sport WAS great
is because everyone can relate to driving a "stock" automobile. I
realize there hasnt been much stock about em in years, but at least they
are similar to street cars, but not after next year, they'll be some
futuristic looking thing that no one can relate to driving. Maybe the
same reason Indy Car racing has never been hugely popular in the US.

Love em or hate em, J. Gordon and T. Stewart have been hands down the
best 2 drivers in the sport since 2000 and they are both big opponents
of the idea. So how can something that the 2 best drivers in the sport
go against be that good of an idea?

All in all NASCARs on its way down, Robert Pemberton sucks at his job,
"debris" cautions are controlling the sport, and an orginization that
use to be about putting on great races is now just about squeezing every
dime out of it. Im tired of commercials, im tired of hip artists no one
cares about signing national anthems, and im tired of constant changes
to cars, point systems and rules that try to make a sport that was great
somehow better.

God bless the Pettys, Allisons, Yarboroughs, Jarrets, Waltrips,
Earnhardts, and Wallaces that made this sport great, and shame on the
money grubbing executives that are sure to run it into the ground.


  9.   Don DeWeese posted:
  11.02.2006 - 1:29 am
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Did no one not notice that Dodge never lead a lap and that Ford only led
one.That means that Chevrolet led 324 of the 325 laps. And no one
understands the need for the COT. And we are supposed to all agree that
each Manufacturer is Equal?


  10.   xac33 posted:
  11.03.2006 - 5:00 am
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lets see childress, hendrick, gibbs all drive chevrolet, perhaps its
that the reason chevy succeeds is because they have by far and away the
best talent.

Nascar fined robby gordon for "throwing a piece of roll bad padding out
his window" during this race. Why doesnt nascar fine itself for creating
their "Dale Jr" caution??


  11.   Thomas posted:
  11.06.2006 - 7:17 am
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xac33, you're damn right about NASCAR and their fake cautions, too many
commercials, Robin Pemberton sucking terribly, and how NASCAR is running
themselves into the ground by corporate greed. Another reason why
Chevrolet leads the most laps: THEY HAVE SO FREAKIN MANY CARS, 21 to be
exact. This is why Robby Gordon is moving to Ford next year; because
Chevrolet can not adequately fund half of the field.


  12.   biffle16 posted:
  01.19.2007 - 10:04 pm
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Another example of why Robby Gordon is an idiot. He basically ruined
Burton's chances for the championship.


  13.   Anonymous posted:
  03.12.2007 - 7:44 pm
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Thomas said:
"Another reason why Chevrolet leads the most laps: THEY HAVE SO FREAKIN
MANY CARS, 21 to be exact."


I'd bet my house and all my money that you weren't complaining when Ford
had 23 cars in the late 90's.


  14.   Steve posted:
  07.31.2007 - 4:51 am
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xac33, you are mistaken when you say that "Indy Car racing has never
been hugely popular in the US." IndyCar racing was hugely popular until
the politically-based split happened in 1995, but before the split it
was by far the most popular form of motorsport in the US. Most of the
races were on network television (ABC), and major companies (like
Pennzoil, Texaco-Havoline, Budweiser, Miller Genuine Draft, Valvoline,
and Duracell) sponsored top drivers like Michael Andretti, Robby Gordon,
Gil de Ferran, and Bobby Rahal.

And besides, in the 80s what 4 or 5 year old little boy who was a racing
fan DIDN'T want to be Rick Mears? I used to have a Rick Mears t-shirt
(which is too small now).


  15.   Rusty posted:
  04.21.2012 - 2:41 pm
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AJ Allmendinger attempted to make his Cup debut in this race, but DNQ'd.


  16.   CBASS posted:
  01.22.2013 - 7:32 am
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  17.   David posted:
  07.01.2013 - 12:13 pm
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LAP LEADERS: Matt Kenseth (Pole), Kevin Harvick 1-9, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
10-23, Tony Stewart 24-55, Jeff Gordon 56, Jimmie Johnson 57-58, Joe
Nemechek 59-61, Earnhardt 62-82, J. Gordon 83, Earnhardt 84-114, J.
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Johnson 171, Stewart 172-177, Earnhardt 178-197, Johnson 198, Stewart
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Earnhardt 306-314, Stewart 315-325.


  18.   BON GORDON posted:
  07.31.2013 - 1:04 am
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Gordon got squeezed into the wall by Joe Nemechek while leading. Later
Jeff got ran into from behind from Jamie McMurray, spun out, and still
managed a solid 6th place finish.


  19.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  04.24.2014 - 3:41 pm
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Withdrew
06 David Ragan Roush Racing Ford Jack Roush
34 Kevin Lepage TBA Chevy Brad Jenkins


  20.   Nathan8848 posted:
  04.24.2016 - 6:58 am
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  21.   Tide1732 posted:
  02.23.2017 - 5:03 pm
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Kirk Shelmerdine makes last cup race (DNQ)


  22.   Anonermoust posted:
  12.19.2018 - 11:14 pm
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Karma struck for Robby Gordon as he did not finish better than 32nd in
the last three races of 2006.

The car Robby was battling with for a top ten, Mike Bliss, blew an
engine late in going while giving BAM their best run of 2006. After
Robby threw the debris from his car, NASCAR docked his points and was
awarded less than Bliss, who finished 26th.

Jeff Burton also made an attempt to wreck Robby Gordon at Phoenix for
not only costing him the title at Atlanta, but racing way too aggressive
in the early stages.


  23.   Joshua posted:
  07.02.2019 - 9:45 am
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Comments #2 and #8 were quite prophetic.


  24.   acerogers58 posted:
  03.13.2020 - 9:29 pm
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David Ragan was not allowed to run this race by NASCAR after being
involved in about 6 incidents the week prior at Martinsville.


  25.   rm posted:
  03.13.2020 - 10:56 pm
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If I remember that incident correctly, they wouldn't let him back on a
big track in a Cup car unless he kept it out of similar trouble in the
Truck races he was scheduled for - which he did. Didn't do him much
good, though, since he didn't put it in the show in either of his other
two Cup attempts at the end of the year. Why Roush thought running 7
cars at Homestead would work out, I'm not sure, even if one of the cars
(Ragan's, I think) wasn't coming off of one of their haulers...and sure
enough all seven of em were rather lacking in single-car speed and the
two extra cars DNQ'd.


  26.   SweetRich posted:
  03.14.2020 - 9:42 am
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The commentators for the race were Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally
Dallenbach. The pit road reporters were Allen Bestwick, Matt Yocum,
Marty Snider and Dave Burns.


  27.   Nathan8848 posted:
  04.04.2021 - 6:08 pm
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The trophy was a giant bear. A few years prior, it was a fish.


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