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He's been running fine...hes just had mechanical problems... Dover... cut tire... Talladega... strongest car... gets in someone else's wreck. Lowe's... Running top 5-7, cuts a tire. He should have won a couple more races.. but overall its been a good season. Nothing is wrong with him. No one is saying "Whats wrong with Denny Hamlin, or Matt Kenseth, or Kevin Harvick" I wasn't expecting him to win the championship this year. He is under alot of pressure. He did what I wanted him to do and make the chase.
He has ran good all year long but struggles in the end, they need to work on that for next year.
No I do not think is overrated. don't think anything is wrong with Jr, he's having a better year than last year... i'm a fan of jr. but yeah he is kind of overrated. NA$CAR didnt give him his best chance at a championship, Rick did. He's in his first year at the stable, I would have to say that he's doing pretty good. As far as being an over rated driver, he's far from it, Casey Mears and David Stremme are what I would consider over rated drivers.
Now if tires blowing, getting caught up in someone elses mess is an indication that something is wrong with Jr, than you have a ton to learn about NA$CAR.
Each driver has his own driving style, I read a comment about him riding the rim of the track. Some of the greatest drivers in NA$CAR would ride the rim of the track and were very successful at it, Jr himself has been successful with it.
As far as Jr bringing his "bad habits" with him to HMS, just because the guy has other interest outside the car, doesnt mean that he doesnt focus on his career. A lot of drivers have interest outside the car, Jeff Gordon in his prime started Action with Dale Earnhardt. Carl Edwards has his music stuff, Tony Stewart has his tracks. There's nothing wrong with it.
I also get tired of hearing that Tony Jr is a thorn and is what is holding Jr back. Tony is a great crew chief and him and Dale will start hitting their stride and make a great championship run. My predication is next year.
My expectations as a Jr fan has been met this year, if he doesnt do anything next year, then I'll start being a little more critical, but in the end, he could finish 43 in the standings and it really doesnt matter to me, because I just like Dale Jr. IMO, regaurdless of your driver, that is what makes a fan. a rating is a rating. And "we the people" can rate anyway we want.
And that I will agree on. He seems to have trouble driving anywhere on the track and ends up going to the top where he hits the wall or has a flat tire. He needs to learn to drive the car anywhere on the track like Kyle Busch seems to do,and get better at avoiding wrecks. NO TALENT You can put any product in a package and say new and improved but have the same results.Thus Junior is the package.
He came to Hendrick as the media king,the championship contender , and he is.But he brought his habit's from DEI.
He is too involved with interest away from the track and does not concentrate on the event.
Then he keeps Tony Jr as crew chief,which there is nothing wrong with family loyalty,but Tony Sr was the brains and both Juniors have a ways to go.
Junior took the media by storm when he announced he was leaving DEI and he played up to it and showed some brief periods of being a top contender but would let himself get caught up at the wrong place at the wrong time. He quit drinking!! Just think about the pressure that he is under to win a championship....I think right now he is trying to drive his car a little too hard and pressing too much...........He can forget about it this year but I firmly believe he will do much better in his 2nd year.
I am totally happy with what he has accomplished in this stable of drivers..............
I will never say that Jr is the greatest driver ever (not even close) but really get sick of people saying that he can't drive. He has 18 career victories including 6 victories in 2004 where he finished 5th in the points. In 2003 he only won 2 races but finished 3rd overall...........Kyle Petty has been racing for nearly 20 years on the circuit but only has 8 wins but Jr. is the one that every one like to harp on about "riding on his daddy's name"............Dale Jr also won 2 consecutive titles in the Busch (Nationwide) series and I guess some poeple would argue that his Dad won that for him too.........I realize that many folks will never change their opinion of Dale Jr and will "hate: forever but the guy has some pretty good career numbers and as they say.........numbers do not lie.
HATE ON BABY, it's ok............................
KK,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you are an idiot, plain and simple (minded)
R 4 Roberto................Uh, NO you are NOT a Jr. fan if you make that kind of statement; trust me on that one. ok now that nascar gave jr his best chance for a championship and he was in the strongest organization out there do we all finally agree he is way overated !!!!!!!!!acapulco club en gay gro
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Alonso showed the many doubters why he's the best driver in the world today. His second stint was absolutely unbelievable. Hamilton lost it under pressure again, which made for a great race. Ive never been a fan until now..2 in a row (a fluke?), I havent seen the race yet but, you all have been talkin about some shadey calls...
Anyways... did Fernando Alonso race a good race or not?? I'd like to see Alonso and Breatore at the top again or for that matter Honda and Toyota. Really sick of this Hamilton guy, what a brat (just my opinion).
Life was so good when Kimi was at MC. Was it an OK race anyway? The first race was maybe a littly down to luck because of the safety car thing coming out.( the safety car comes out when there is something dangerous on the track.(in this case it was because of the piquet crash) and it always packs everything up and nobody can overtake). Fernando was in the pit when the safety came out so he missed it and came out on front. And today he just drove a really good race and kept his head cool and used every bit of his experience. But yea dont like hamilton one bit. He's the glory boy all over.He never even experienced a low power car cus he just went straight into a mclaren. Great race from Fernando. It was a really gud race. Good skill and entertainment.
Alonso drove the best today, he was the fastest for most of the rce till Kimi woke up near the end, won't spoil it until you've seen it. You aren't alone in your opinion of Hamilton. McLaren backed the wrong man last year. Yes, Fernando did a brilliant job today! I will be watching it again in just a little under an hour from now! ;)
Alonso did a great race in Japan and also in Singapore he was flawless that race, i thought his done for but i guess i was wrong, he still got some gas left.. wait for him next season. alonso is the best driver out there and the car is improving. even though some would say its down to luck i would disagree i think he used his determination and used his tactics and skill to show (: Alonso drove like how Hamilton should have: Smart
He was very impressive and confident from the start of the race and the best man won. He must be feeling very comfortble back at Renault right now
Hamilton was letting his heart rule his head stupidly and, by his own admission, made some piss poor manoeuvres.where liver located
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Anyone running out front had the advantage. It was a bone head move once again by Letarte. Gordon did not recover even ONE position after that. Letarte is a moron. I'm not sure he even has opposable thumbs.... what an idiot..
If Gordon doesn't dump him, then he's a moron also. Yup. He actually didn't need both of those last two 4-tire stops. Completely bizarre on Letarate's part. I have no emotion now on this subject... I have given up... I hoped so much... and all of it is down the drain..
I am very very disappointed and frustrated... :( I think both Jeff's & Jr.'s crew chiefs have made a lot of bad calls of late and those calls are costing both drivers points & races. Makes you wonder what is going on? Absolutely. He didn't need 4 tires. Oh well, another bad move. That pit stop ended any chance he had at the win and shows how much LeFart has screwed everything up since he's been there. It's about time to make a crew chief change in the 24's garage. Yeah, I think it would have been better to go with track position...fuel or two tires only. I'm not sure why they called for a four tire stop. Too bad really. I don't think he was capable of winning with that car, but I was impressed that he got an 8'th place finish.garden weeder
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Hamilton over defended, sh1t driving but penalty? Remember Montoya & Schumi did a similar thing at Austria 2001, f.ck all penalty.
As for Bourdais penalty, he was coming out of the pits, Massa had all the room and visibility, lucky, lucky boy
sorry for language but if the truth hurts ferrari fans, so be it i agree FIA biasedness yet again. and Bordais penalty was just unfair, if anything Massa should have been the one to be penalised as Bordais was on the racing line.
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he sent 4 cars off of the track (unintentionally) Hamitlon and Massa did the same mistake, thats a fact
Massa did hit a car but he took out one man (happens to be a crying baby unfortunatly) Hamilton well lets see : Raikkonen, Heikki, Massa and Trulli! and maybe he didn't do it but he forced Heikki to hit Kimi! So Hamilton should have taken the heavier penalty!
hamilton did noting wrong he locked up his brakes and didnt give kimi room but that is normal at the begining IMO Felipe should have been given a 10 second stop and go and Seb B shouldn't have been penalised at all, full stop. Its not just that Lewis lost more places, that could have caused a serious incident if other cars had hit Lewis when he was stuck on the middle of the track. that would have brought out the safety car and probably mucked up a few drivers races. I just don't get these stewards at all. I guess they felt that Hamilton was trying to push his rival out of the way, but still it was harsh. When Massa collided with Hamilton, Hamilton clearly conceded more places than when Hamilton forced Raikkonen, but Lewis got the same penalty!
I think F1 is turning into a bit of a farce. How did Bordais get a damn penalty when he had nowhere to go but to follow the racing line. Massa is such a little con artist it's unbelievable, if he wins the Championship i will be p!ssed off.
I am so fed up with the ignorant stewards, they give Hamilton a harsh penalty previously even though he gave the place back but when Massa causes Lewis to lose 18 places they give him the same penalty as Lewis for the first corner incident! Argggggh! What's going on?! In my point of view,in the previous race when Hamilton was docked 2 places,he was behind by a larger margin when he spun out and gained a place.He did give Raikkonen his place back,but once the majority of Raikkonen's car was in front,Hamilton just raced ahead without going back to the original margin.
Seems to me you're being bias against Massa because Hamilton is British. Two separate incidents.
McBrat ran Kimi off the road after Kimi took the lead from him. Call it overzealous, but McBrat blew it.
Massa spun McBrat.
Both were deserved penalties.
Bourdais getting a penalty for the touch between him an Massa when Seabass was coming out of the pits? BS. Where was Seabass supposed to go?
BTW: The race stewards DON'T WORK FOR THE FIA! You idiots. F@@k the FIA. Ferrari Interntional Assistance. i can see the case for it as lewis shot across in the first corner.. Don't blame Massa,blame Ferrari International Aid. Without them,Massa wouldn't have been able to gain so many edges.keyboard for zire 72
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You got to get a hold of GOODYEAR tire co. It can't get any worse than this year's race, what a joke that was. I was embarrassed to be a fan. 10 laps, caution, 10 laps, caution. Horrible horrible horrible. please say that the brickyard will be better than last year. it almost made me cry. such horror they just went back up there and practiced 2 weeks ago with a different tire Well seeing as how the drivers could barely drive to you house on four new tires this year ( exaggerating ), I would hope so. The real problem is NASCAR'S fault. They rushed this C.O.T. into full-time use. Goodyear didn't have enough time to develop a tire that will take the torture that is demanded of it. I think it will if they get the tires right...
they did the best they could with the tires they had last year...
i live 10 miles from the track so i go to every race there. Yeah I think it will be better if they get to practice,
the Indy cars practice all month, then race with rubber on the
track- the Nascar drivers had to race on a washed off track
this year,( I think they call it Green, but no rubber on it) I honestly don't see how it could get any worse ! Maybe if they had to pit every 5 laps ! Hopefully goodyear can figure these tires out soon or let another company do it. well, let's hope a little higher. ANYTHING would be better than this year. put all 43 drivers on big wheels and make them race one lap and that would be better than this year - just don't let goodyear provide the tires for the big wheels.
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He's done for this race and the Championship.
Just got his lap back. Maybe a top 15 hopefully.
Well look who is leading. I am glad he proved me wrong. He may!!
He usually gets pretty lucky with the lucky dog awards! So he could come back for the race!
As for the championship, I think its basically between Jimmie Johnson Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle. Finsihed 8th with a beat up car but should have finished in the top five if not a chance to win. Bad move pitting with 70 laps to go while running 2nd and would have assumed the lead when the 41 pitted. Hopefully he can end the winless streak although the team showed signs of getting closer. He already has... In this race? Probably not. In the Chase for the Cup? Not this year unfortunately. Hopefully 2009 will be a better year for him.
*JUJU* Concrete time! no Of course he can. He's Jeff Gordon. I don't care what anyone else says he's one of the best out there. He's been very unlucky but his skill could get him the championship. It will take a little bit but he can come back. He got his lap back on the 2nd yellow flag. But why not on the first yellow when he was the only car a lap down? Why no lucky dog on the first yellow? well, certainly probably not. But I would like to see him win one. Doesn't look like it will be tonight though. Like Dale out of time for Jeff too. they can both start thinking about nesxt yearnow for sure...
I am off to watch the LSU game. Liked the paint scheme junebug. 2 for 2 at Charlotte and the wall.
GO! SMOKE!!! Night folks :(
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