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  1.   Jeff posted:
  10.08.2007 - 4:48 am
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what an awesome by the #24 team! WTG


  2.   b4il3y posted:
  10.08.2007 - 6:27 am
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I was pullin' for Blaney at the end so hard.

Insane race to say the least. Someone is about to get the hook in the
DEI engine department.

I think Mike Wallace might have had something for the leaders at the end
if he hadn't have punched the wall near the end.

The COT will definitely need a little tweaking with. Lots of right
fronts blowing when you should have been able to run all 188 laps and
not change tires.


  3.   Zed--3_8fan4eva posted:
  10.08.2007 - 6:28 am
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Well before I go on a rant I wish this woulda been the UAW-Ford 502
because I belive Dave Blaney had enough of a run to pull it off. But
Once agian Jr. fans start to get a little excited and hopeful because he
comes outta the box and leads some laps and looks like hes gonna be in
contention and once agian his day ends in smoke along with Truex. Im
frustrated because it seems like DEI/Childress engine package is crap.
And I hate how Gordon & Johnson pussy around for 160 laps and then catch
a break and then win the damn race.....hey Jeff its a race not a pussy
sunday drive....Oh and awesome to see Raines & Sauter have a good run. I
thought Mikey had a top ten run till more bad luck and Rabbit Release
Sadler gets caught up in someone else's screw up....agian. And The COT
actually put a decent show but they need to go back to the 2000-2002
aero package


  4.   DaleJrFan16 posted:
  10.08.2007 - 12:47 pm
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This race reminds me of the 00-01 aero package to some extent. Perhaps
if the drivers werent so afraid to pull out of line and actually go 2-3
wide this could have been better, But hey, 22 drivers led a lap so its
all good.

Oh and my thoughts on TEI's engines....F^$# THAT PACKAGE! You'd think
after 6 engine failures they would try a different one. >:(

I was really pulling for Blaney at the end. Good run none the less.

BTW on a totally off topic but sadder note, my great grandmother had a
massive stroke this morning and the doctors say she probably wont make
it. I need some support here to make it through this difficult time.


  5.   Darrell posted:
  10.08.2007 - 2:16 pm
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First Cup start for Jacques Villeneuve.

I too, would have liked to see Blaney win. One more lap and he might
have done it. Not complaining about Gordon though.


  6.   Zac posted:
  10.08.2007 - 3:01 pm
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Villeneuve also started from the back by driver's choice. It says only
McMurray and Mears did, but so did Jacques. :)

I wanted Blaney to win, but oh well. He really pushed Gordon to the
front, so good job to him.

DEI-RCR engines went six for seven on the day as Bowyer was the only one
who survived without any incident.

Another top ten for Mears... jeez.

And this Chase is a joke. Just give Gordon the title already. Fourth
place is 150 some points back? Are you serious? Another championship for
Hendrick in 2007. I guess they deserved it for being so dominant all year.


  7.   Anonymous posted:
  10.08.2007 - 7:33 pm
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Villeneuve did a decent job, after a lot of the drivers expected him to
run into everything but the pace car.

Three of the drivers who DNQ'ed (Allmendinger, Riggs, Said) were faster
than any of the locked-in cars. NASCAR needs to fix this fast.

Nice to see Elliott Sadler, Michael Waltrip, and Dave Blaney up front a
little.

Of the seven RCR/DEI engines in this race, two finished, and one of
those (Harvick) was on seven cylinders at the end of the race. Of
course, Paul Menard's DNF wasn't because of the engine.


  8.   Anonymous posted:
  10.08.2007 - 9:03 pm
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THIS IS SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
every time i think my fav driver is going to win there stupid gordon &
johnson with their illegal engines winning and WHAT might i ask Tony
Stewart Gets in return for pushing gordon to the win (Which incidentally
he did for johnson in the 2006 aarons 499 by the way just FYI)? AN 8TH
PLACE FINISH & 154 POINTS BACK ON THE POINT LIST


  9.   daniel posted:
  10.08.2007 - 9:03 pm
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gordon was faster than anyone


  10.   Steve.M. posted:
  10.08.2007 - 10:53 pm
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man i hated the single file

in this race last year it was just for the last 10 laps, then in the
spring they did it for like 30 laps

yesterday they did it for half the race, so what now??? when they got
back next spring is it gonna be 188 laps of single file???? really it
was even more boring then the cookie cutter races

sucks for Bobby Labonte having a great run as was Michael Waltrip

anyway we will see what happens, race DEFFINATLY didnt live up to the
hype IMO


  11.   b4il3y posted:
  10.09.2007 - 5:24 am
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Forgot to add this:

NASCAR. FIX THE DAMN QUALIFYING. I DONT CARE WHO IT WAS... THE 9TH
FASTEST QUALIFIER DID NOT MAKE THE RACE. Obviously..if you time trial a
9th, you deserve to be in the race no matter what the circumstances.


  12.   Mr. Big posted:
  10.09.2007 - 1:06 pm
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Definitely. Bobby Labonte could've won, Mikey might've had a top 10 or
maybe even a top 5, but Gordon had to kill the race. But one more lap,
maybe even a half a lap with a caution and Blaney could've won. What a
shame.


  13.   Mr. Big posted:
  10.09.2007 - 1:07 pm
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I will add this: David Reutimann finished 22nd with a DNF, unusually
high for that.


  14.   DaleJrFan16 posted:
  10.09.2007 - 7:40 pm
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also note none of the frivers who didnt finish on the lead lap finished
more than 9 laps behind the leader XD


  15.   James W. McLaughlin posted:
  10.10.2007 - 12:51 am
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The big eight-O for Jeff Gordon. He's on a roll, isn't he?


  16.   Anonymous posted:
  10.10.2007 - 4:28 pm
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"THIS IS SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
every time i think my fav driver is going to win there stupid gordon &
johnson with their illegal engines winning and WHAT might i ask Tony
Stewart Gets in return for pushing gordon to the win (Which incidentally
he did for johnson in the 2006 aarons 499 by the way just FYI)? AN 8TH
PLACE FINISH & 154 POINTS BACK ON THE POINT LIST"

This comment made me laugh so hard I think I broke a blood vessel.


  17.   Nuck Chorris posted:
  10.12.2007 - 2:10 am
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Great run for Dave Blaney. A Green White Checkers and he would have done
it, but a top 5 isn't bad at all.


  18.   Steve posted:
  10.12.2007 - 3:38 am
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The qualifying procedure needs to be restored to the Top 36 speeds
making the race, with P37-43 determined by points (I think driver points
rather than team points). The 11 fastest qualifiers were "go or go home"
cars, and had the old qualifying procedure been in place, all of the
non-Top 35 cars would have made the race! David Ragan, David Gilliland,
Reed Sorenson, Johnny Sauter, and Ken Schrader would have failed to qualify!

Jacques Villeneuve stuck to his word and did not "try to be a hero" in
his debut. I think he should have tried for better position on the last
restart, but I think he will show nore of his talents in the races to
come (Phoenix may be his next race).


  19.   Douche Bagolow posted:
  10.12.2007 - 11:48 pm
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Greg was headed for a decent finish, but a Roach Coach had a tire go down.


  20.   The Real Thomas posted:
  10.14.2007 - 8:20 am
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I guess it's time for everyone to employ the strategy Rainbow Punk used
to win this race: run 36th and make it seem like you're not even in the
race for the first 475 miles and then decide to race in the last 10
laps....


  21.   Anonymous posted:
  10.29.2007 - 2:14 am
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ALways worked for Dale Jarrett...


  22.   Michael posted:
  11.12.2007 - 10:13 pm
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nascar is stupid if you qualified like 8th and you failed to make it You
Deserved to be in it NASCAR IS SO F****** stupid


  23.   Steve posted:
  11.27.2007 - 7:06 pm
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It's because there are only 35 franchises in each race. The teams
without a franchise have to compete for one of 8 available spots. It
seems that a car owner could put any schmuck of a driver in a car (some
obscure driver like Kip Stockwell or Jim Inglebright) and they'd be in
the race, yet a proven talent like Brian Vickers (without proper owner
points) could fail to qualify.

This is just one of the many things I dislike about the "improving and
progressing" NA$CAR. This is far from the "good ol' boys" sport it was
when Earnhardt, Wallace, Elliott, Waltrip, etc. were the stars.


  24.   Nuck Chorris posted:
  12.19.2007 - 2:41 am
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Who is Kip Stockwell and Jim Inglebright? As for the real schmucks, who
are you referring to?


  25.   Draenei posted:
  01.03.2008 - 2:10 am
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I bet Kip Sockwell can kick Brian Vickers's arse. He finished 39th in
this race :)


  26.   Jeffrey posted:
  02.27.2008 - 10:26 pm
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Fix the qualifying system by bringing back the provisionals, WTF? We do
that then we'll have jokes like Morgan Shepherd making a mockery of a
Cup race starting spot again. That's right I forgot those that want the
change back to provisinals would want him out there since they are stuck
in the past and can't handle change.


  27.   Clayton posted:
  03.23.2008 - 11:37 am
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Jeff Gordon made one of the best moves I have ever seen in a stock car.
I have been watching NASCAR since 1993 and that was one of the best
moves I have ever seen!!! I am not a Gordon fan but that man can drive
and he it an art with that move!


  28.   Mark O. posted:
  04.08.2008 - 12:09 pm
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Jim Inglebright was a west coast driver, entered the Jelly Belly car a
few times.

As for Jeffery...you must be a Gordon fan...the 9th fastest car not
making it is a joke.


  29.   Jeffrey posted:
  04.12.2008 - 3:45 pm
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In response to Mark O. I will break it down to 3 topics or comments.

1. All the teams know what they have to do to get in the races now when
they go out to qualify. It's not like the days of the provisionals where
teams had to keep track of how many they had & if you ran out you could
run a faster time than 10 other cars and it wouldn't matter.

2.I don't have an absolute favorite but 81 wins & 4 championships {as of
this writing} I'll take that as a compliment.

3.I say something unflattering about an old school driver who's been
making a mockery of his whole career the last few years and I get
accused of being "a Gordon fan" Need I say more?{BTW if you like
field-fillers so much quit wasting NASCAR's time and go watch ARCA}


  30.   Aaron posted:
  01.21.2009 - 8:39 pm
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Jacques Villeneuve did an excellent job finishing on the lead lap in
21st position and didn't wreck everything like everyone said. A clean
race in his Cup debut.


  31.   hyperacti posted:
  01.29.2009 - 6:00 pm
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Lol @ all the people who cried after this race just because Jeff Gordon
can drive the heck out of a racecar and is a pro at flipping the "go"
switch when the time counts. Not everyone can do that.

You all fail.


  32.   jp posted:
  02.28.2009 - 1:39 pm
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Here's how the finish should have been like: Waltrip would be leading a
10-car draft heading into 1 on the white flag lap. Blaney would be up
high with drafting help from Wallace, Johnson, Villenueve, Vickers, Kyle
Busch,J.Burton & Casey Mears. Then, coming out of 2,around 10th, Jeff
Gordon would be shoved into the grass. He would then hook up with a
draft going around 205. Blaney would then apply the spurs to the 22 and
wind up wheel-to-wheel with Waltrip. Then, Nemechek would make a banzai
5- wide move for 10th. Then,in a battle for 15th, Montoya clips Edwards,
which flips him over over. 4 others are involved in the melee. He slides
on his roof until about the last 250 ft. of the backstrech. He then
rolls back onto his wheels and continues on. That sets up a race to the
flag. Waltrip and Blaney then make contact in 3 & Blaney gets run up the
track. Gordon then comes between them to make it three-wide out of 4.
Then, in the homestretch, Villenueve goes WAY below the yellow line to
come to fifth with Vickers for help. And NASCAR ACCEPTS it!!!!! Then,
Blaney, Gordon & Waltrip come to the stripe with Blaney winning it by
.001. The ESPN announcers would be yelling themselves hoarse and blowing
blood vessels to be heard over the deafining roar of the crowd!!!!!!
Over half of America would be watching on ESPN!!! Your top 5: 22,
55,24,48,27.


  33.   jp posted:
  10.10.2009 - 2:30 pm
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a few adjustments... Gordon would pull an Earnhardt('00 IROC Daytona)
and i meant 14 cars


  34.   Madison posted:
  01.29.2010 - 11:31 pm
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To date, the best finish for Dave Blaney, save another 3rd at Darlington
in 2003.


  35.   Jordan posted:
  02.10.2010 - 12:35 am
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The leader of laps 6-8 is incorrectly marked J. Gordon when it was R.
Gordon


  36.   Art D posted:
  02.28.2010 - 3:39 am
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80th career win for J. Gordon.


  37.   Rusty posted:
  04.09.2011 - 11:41 pm
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Likely the last career Cup pole for Michael Waltrip.


  38.   00andJoe posted:
  08.10.2011 - 11:26 pm
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Also to the back: Jacques Villeneuve (#27) driver's choice


  39.   Evan posted:
  10.31.2011 - 1:58 pm
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Last time the 8 car was at Talladega driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr.


  40.   Evan posted:
  02.10.2012 - 11:35 pm
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* First race for the COT at a plate race, still NASCAR probably would
not admit this if you tortured them but the car was rushed in too soon,
an entire offseason should have been taken to study it instead of
throwing into competition with teams having to worry about two body styles.
* First pole for Toyota and Michael Waltrip's team, in what would prove
to be a disastrous season for the fulltime Toyota teams. The equipment
was horrible to the point of the cars being off the pace. The first
fulltime Toyota teams struggled mightily in 2007. It did not take until
2008 when Joe Gibbs started running Toyotas that Toyota's success
started taking off but they still suck as far as engines go. JGR has
been successful because they had good structure through 2008-2010 but
with them switching to a factory engine on all Toyotas in a cost-cutting
measure could prove to be the downfall.
* Waltrip started the season with a lot of optimism so it was nice to
finally see him win a pole to get something out of a lousy season that
started him in the red(negative) as far as points go for the water in
the fuel fiasco at Daytona.


  41.   ii posted:
  03.11.2012 - 12:33 pm
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The top 3 DNQ's could have qualified in the top-15. The go or go homers
did very well in qualifying.


  42.   Daniel posted:
  05.22.2012 - 11:06 pm
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In using fastest 43: #06 Sam Hornish Jr., #09 Sterling Marlin, #4 Ward
Burton, #10 Scott Riggs, #36 Jeremy Mayfield, #37 Kevin Lepage, #60
Boris Said, #84 A.J. Allmendinger

Out using fastest 43: #01 Aric Almirola, #2 Kurt Busch, #5 Kyle Busch,
#6 David Ragan, #21 Ken Schrader, #26 Jamie McMurray, #29 Kevin Harvick,
#70 Johnny Sauter


  43.   Ed posted:
  10.16.2012 - 1:59 pm
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Jeff Gordon has the 2 lowest starting positions (not counting having to
drop to the rear for whatever bs reason) of any Talladega winner (36th
in the 2000 DieHard 500, 34th here)


  44.   Ed posted:
  10.16.2012 - 2:01 pm
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Under the fastest 43 without penalties, JG would have actually missed
the show. But because the 2 and the 6 had their times disallowed, JG was
43rd fastest.


  45.   CBASS posted:
  01.24.2013 - 1:48 pm
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  46.   Anonymous posted:
  03.16.2013 - 7:11 pm
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DNQ's with the 2013 qualifying format: Reed Sorenson (#41), Paul Menard
(#15), Jeff Green (#66), David Stremme (#40), Jamie McMurray (#26),
Johnny Sauter (#70), Ken Schrader (#21), David Ragan (#6)

Wow, 2 Roush cars would've missed the race.


  47.   DW17 posted:
  05.18.2013 - 3:27 pm
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lol! that meant TWO FORMER WINNERS (from 2013) wud miss the race


  48.   Sarf posted:
  10.11.2013 - 8:47 pm
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No S&P?


  49.   Big Mac Fan posted:
  10.11.2015 - 7:47 pm
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The least amount of laps Jeff Gordon led in any of his wins, only
leading the last one.


  50.   Brad24 posted:
  12.28.2015 - 5:16 pm
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Final plate win for Gordon.


  51.   sk posted:
  11.12.2016 - 3:56 pm
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One footnote to add, with his 12th win in a restrictor plate race Jeff
Gordon surpassed Dale Earnhardt (11) for the most plate wins in Cup
history.


  52.   redford posted:
  01.07.2017 - 8:02 pm
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The best restrictor plate driver in NASCAR history: Jeff Gordon


  53.   Sean posted:
  01.08.2017 - 10:16 am
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"The best restrictor plate driver in NASCAR history: Jeff Gordon"

No. Earnhardt won 11 of his 53 plate starts. Gordon did not win his 11th
until his 58th. Earnhardt's domination and breaking the draft is
something that was simply unheard of (leading by 30 seconds in the 1990
Daytona 500? Driving from last to first in the Busch Clash after the
inversion in less than two laps? Winning races against cars who were
probably cheating? Greg Sacks in the 1990 spring Talladega race/Jimmy
Spencer in the 1994 Talladega race). Nobody controlled plate races quite
like Earnhardt in his heyday, particularly the 1991 summer Talladega
race, where he managed to rattle all the Ford teams so much they ended
up fighting each other rather than going after him. Earnhardt's level of
consistency on plate tracks was also unheard of and unlike anybody else,
for something that is frequently so much of a crapshoot. Admittedly, it
became MORE of a crapshoot after Earnhardt's death in much of Gordon's
later career, but it doesn't say a lot for Gordon that he very rarely
contended for any plate wins after 2007. Honestly, I can't think of a
whole lot of plate races for Gordon that he SHOULD have won but didn't,
while we can all think of several for Earnhardt.

Gordon was a better road racer than Earnhardt, yes, but not a better
plate driver.


  54.   JeffGordon24FanForever posted:
  01.08.2017 - 8:45 pm
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Jeff was never a constant threat on plate tracks after 07, Earnhardt was
always a threat in almost every plate race.


  55.   Kevin Colley posted:
  01.09.2017 - 7:43 am
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I concur. Dale Earnhardt is the greatest RP racer of all-time. Heck,
even before RP's, he was putting up great to dominating performances on
superspeedways. Nobody, before or since, has matched his dominance at
Daytona and Talladega. He was consistently the favorite to win not only
in Winston Cup or in Busch (before he stopped running BGNS races), but
in IROC, as well.

I think his success is even more impressive considering that he
dominated most of those races while with Childress, too, and not with
Hendrick, who was consistently the best organization of the 2000s.


  56.   Maverick19 posted:
  01.09.2017 - 1:39 pm
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"I think his success is even more impressive considering that he
dominated most of those races while with Childress, too, and not with
Hendrick, who was consistently the best organization of the 2000s."

True, but RCR was one of, if not the best team in the late 80's/early 90's.

Even with Jeff as my favorite I too think that Earnhardt was better at
plate tracks, as he was almost always a contender to win. Having an
average finish of 10.7 and 12.4 at Daytona and Dega respectively is
quite remarkable considering how much of a crapshoot those tracks can be.

But with that said, I think RCR had a great advantage at plate tracks
almost like DEI in their heyday. My proof? Mike Skinner. In 16 plate
starts with RCR from 1997-2000, he had 4 top 5's and 8 top 10's, and for
the most part he was average to below average for RCR standards
everywhere else. But he looked really good at those two tracks, which
tells me that RCR naturally had good cars there. But that shouldn't take
away from what Earnhardt did, as Jr., Jeff, and Jimmie looked unbeatable
when they had great plate cars at Hendrick and DEI, but often looked
lost without them.

But yes, Earnhardt is the best at plate tracks imo because he was always
a threat to win no matter what.


  57.   redford posted:
  02.28.2017 - 10:34 pm
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Why is that when everybody else wins at/is good at restrictor plate
racing it is considered a crapshoot but when Dale Earnhardt Sr. or Dale
Earnhardt Jr. does it, it is this amazing achievement?

I'll give you Earnhardt Sr was probably the most skilled at it, but Jeff
is a very underrated plate racer. And I mean c'mon, we're counting Busch
Clash and Twin 125 races? 20-25 lappers where the race is essentially
over before it starts?

Dale Earnhardt won 1 Daytona 500 in his career. 1. Richard Petty has 7.
Jeff Gordon has 3. Jeff Gordon has the most wins in history in the
spring Talladega race which is considered one of NASCAR's crown jewels.

Dale Earnhardt was good on restrictor plate tracks, Atlanta, and
Bristol. Jeff Gordon was good everywhere. He was weaker on 1.5 tracks,
but on short tracks, superspeedways and road courses he was head of the
class.


  58.   Eric posted:
  02.28.2017 - 11:31 pm
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@57,

You are really selling Dale Earnhardt sr. short at Darlington, and all
the short tracks not named Bristol. Dale Earnhardt sr. was a very well
rounded driver at tracks less than a mile.

Dale Earnhardt won 9 times at Darlington and the only cup driver that
has more wins than that on the track is David Pearson. Jeff might've had
as many Darlington wins as Dale or David if NASCAR gave that track 2
dates in a season after 2004. I'm shocked you forget about good Dale was
at Darlington considering the amount wins there and was the best
Darlington driver of his era through 1995.

Dale Earnhardt was one of the greats at North Wilkesboro. While he only
had 5 wins there, he had 32 top 10's and 21 top 5's there in 36 starts.

Dale Earnhardt had 5 wins at Richmond. He also had 25 top 5's and 33 top
10's there in 44 starts.

Dale also had 6 wins at Martinsville. He had 18 top 5's and 24 top 10's
there in 44 starts.


  59.   Pacer posted:
  03.23.2018 - 11:32 am
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This was the first restrictor plate race where teams used the Car of
Tomorrow. The first three plate races of 2007 used the older cars. The
car switch didn't change the result much as Jeff Gordon sweeps the
season at Talladega for Chevrolet; winning in the spring with a
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and in the fall with a CoT Impala SS.

This was Gordon's 80th career win and his last on a plate track.


  60.   David D. posted:
  12.23.2018 - 2:08 am
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The biggest reason for the qualifying results the way they were was
because this was an impound race, meaning teams could not touch or work
on their cars between qualifying and the race. The top 35 locked in
teams basically qualified with their race setups so that they were ready
to go for the race, while the go-or-go homers ran true qualifying setups
which were a lot faster, but not as great in the race, knowing their
first job was to get into the race.

Had this race had a normal event schedule, everybody would have run
qualifying setups, with more normal and predictable results.


  61.   TheDewCrew posted:
  03.18.2020 - 1:39 pm
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If not for his DNF in this race, Elliott Sadler would've accomplished
the feat of finishing all 36 races


  62.   cba2442 posted:
  03.18.2020 - 2:11 pm
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Interesting to look back on qualifying for this race in the midst of the
top 35 rule. Top 8 cars in qualifying were all go or go home cars which
left cars that qualified as high as 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th miss the
show. Something like this will likely never happen again.


  63.   Mile501 posted:
  03.18.2020 - 3:31 pm
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@62 - That's due to NASCAR's brilliance of having the top-35 rule, a lot
of new Toyota teams, and impound races all mixed in together. But it's
certainly crazy to look back and think about.


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