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catmandoo62 04-27-2007 09:35 AM

years ago it was alright but now adays to supposedly level the field they go to one car body .it will probably get to the point where everybody has to use the same engine.when that happens i think they are doomed.i don't mind watching the short tracks like bristol,martinsville,and the road courses.but daytona and talladega are just rolling parking lots.years ago petty use to win by 2-3 laps,now if somebody even gets close to lapping the whole field they throw a caution,then the first guy a lap down gets it back.i believe that if you look at their rating over the last 5-6 years or so that they are going down.they need to scrap about 95% of the rules.

Bill Wood 04-27-2007 03:55 PM

Stewart backtracks...
 
Well, now Tony Stewart is saying he was wrong. After being "calibrated" by NASCAR President, Mike Helton, Tony is now saying the races are being called fairly.

I guess I was totally off base on this too ;)

SwampYankee 04-27-2007 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webmaster (Post 1492223)
Well, now Tony Stewart is saying he was wrong. After being "calibrated" by NASCAR President, Mike Helton, Tony is now saying the races are being called fairly.

I guess I was totally off base on this too ;)

So Smoke was just blowing smoke up our rear ends?:cool:

t walgamuth 04-27-2007 06:28 PM

our transaxles.

tom w

TOPGUN 04-27-2007 11:36 PM

Davestlouis Said It Best. Home Depot Recalibrated Smoke,not Mike Helton. World Of Outlaws Spint Cars Is Real And It's Fun. Topgun

mgburg 04-28-2007 06:41 PM

*** Turn Left - Go Fast - Turn Geft - Lo Fast - Furn Teft - To ... ***
 
How can something be "fixed" if all 43 of 'em have such a complicated system they have to keep track of 'til the end of the race...

TL - GF - TL - GF ...

Geez, somewhere along about the half-way point, you'd think more of 'em would wreck just to break up the monotony.

Nope, it ain't "fixed" - it's as broke as broke can be ... leave it alone and it will collapse under its own weight...

:D

(BTW - I do like the purty colors...) :freak:

TheDon 04-29-2007 06:47 PM

just saw the finish.. a wreck before the leaders went over the line... gordon won.. and when gordon popped his window thing down other drivers did as well and tossed their water bottles out onto the track.. tony stewart is pissed as well

Larry Delor 04-29-2007 07:23 PM

Mark Martin didn't race again?

Are the races fixed? Hmmm...manipulated most likely.

catmandoo62 04-29-2007 09:29 PM

i didn't see any water bottles on the track but lots of beer cans,some looked pretty full by all the beer spilling out of em,that is a travesty,throwing a perfectly good beer.oh wait they were most likely jr fans .some throwing budweiser some throwing buttwiper.

manny 04-29-2007 09:44 PM

I can't believe a bunch of " sophisticated " people like you are actually watching Taxi-Racing. :eek:

TheDon 04-29-2007 09:59 PM

My mom told me after the 6th caution all the drivers were fed up and got in single file, no passing, no aggressive driving and just went around the track for a while... usually they attempt to pass.. nope.. single file

catmandoo62 04-29-2007 10:23 PM

it was because MOST of em didn't stop at the previous caution for fuel,they were trying to conserve fuel.as most of em would have come up a couple laps short.

Hatterasguy 04-29-2007 10:48 PM

I can't take it anymore!!! Sorry Bill by this is a hijack!

Now for some real racing!
World Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGz2JT7QK4

DTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9iC5L9_OA&mode=related&search=

F1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FDtcjJMjQo&mode=related&search=

Nascar sucks!
:rockon:

truckinik 04-30-2007 12:39 AM

WOW, I'll take any of those three, over Nascar any day of the week..

dlssmith 04-30-2007 12:44 AM

Autos are interesting. I can read this forum for hours just to see what others are doing with their cars. But NASCAR misses the mark. NASCAR isn't about cars. It's a business of personalities of cute young guys selling themselves to the highest bidder. Very boring with the 40 year old technology and more and more rules - to make it "fair" for everyone.


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