Daytona 500

Rockestone · 02-15-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by andysutherland

The incident took out a lot of cars that were in contention for the win.

I just saw it. If I were Jr. I would have bumped him too. They can talk about how dangerous it was but it was just as bad to drop down that fast to block him as well.

Starscream · 02-15-2009, 04:38 PM

All of the boys on FOX say it was intentional, but when I watch the replay it looked as if Jr. was trying to squeeze back in line and tapped Vickers by chance. It could have been intentional, it could not have. I'm sure all the Jr. haters will say it was intentional.

EDIT: Jr. was just interviewed. He said it was unintentional (they all say that), but he did accept blame for the incident.

Starscream · 02-15-2009, 04:50 PM

Congrats to Matt Kenseth!

shvictor · 02-16-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockestone

I just saw it. If I were Jr. I would have bumped him too. They can talk about how dangerous it was but it was just as bad to drop down that fast to block him as well.

Ollie · 02-16-2009, 10:50 AM

Rookie mistake by Jr. in my opinion.

He may have been frustrated by his pit stop mistakes, he may have been ticked off at Vickers, but he's been racing long enough to know what the outcome of that tap would be.

NCRadioMan · 02-16-2009, 03:14 PM

Lead, follow, or get out of the way or you will go into the wall. It was just hard racin' imo. Like it used to be 20 years ago but God forbid they "race" anymore. I would have done the same thing he did.

The bonehead moves Jr. made in the pits is very strange, indeed.

Starscream · 02-16-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

It was just hard racin' imo. Like it used to be 20 years ago but God forbid they "race" anymore. I would have done the same thing he did.

I miss the good ol' days when NASCAR truly was a Southern sport dominated by "good ol' boys".

And as to California, I'll watch it this year, but I've been boycotting that race in the past b/c it took away events from my two favorite tracks, Rockingham and Darlington. NASCAR doesn't seem to have any respect to its past anymore. Although I would probably do the same thing if I was in their position (money talks!).

Gophernut · 02-17-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by andysutherland

I miss the good ol' days when NASCAR truly was a Southern sport dominated by "good ol' boys".

Congrats to Matt Kenseth, A "good 'ol boy" from Wisconsin!

02-15-2009, 04:38 PM	#2
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Daytona 500 All of the boys on FOX say it was intentional, but when I watch the replay it looked as if Jr. was trying to squeeze back in line and tapped Vickers by chance. It could have been intentional, it could not have. I'm sure all the Jr. haters will say it was intentional. EDIT: Jr. was just interviewed. He said it was unintentional (they all say that), but he did accept blame for the incident. __________________ Insert quote here.

02-15-2009, 04:50 PM	#3
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Daytona 500 Congrats to Matt Kenseth! __________________ Insert quote here.

02-16-2009, 10:50 AM	#5
Ollie It's gon RAIN Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Quahog Posts: 78 Trading: (5)	Re: Daytona 500 Rookie mistake by Jr. in my opinion. He may have been frustrated by his pit stop mistakes, he may have been ticked off at Vickers, but he's been racing long enough to know what the outcome of that tap would be.

02-16-2009, 03:14 PM	#6
NCRadioMan Chutney Lovebusciut Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Chutney Location: On the shores of Loch Shiel Posts: 4,281 Trading: (66)	Re: Daytona 500 Lead, follow, or get out of the way or you will go into the wall. It was just hard racin' imo. Like it used to be 20 years ago but God forbid they "race" anymore. I would have done the same thing he did. The bonehead moves Jr. made in the pits is very strange, indeed. __________________ The path to loyalty is trust.