The link worked great. I watched that race and thought for sure he was going to be really badly hurt. They had an interview with him in the hopsital with his wife and she had wanted him to quit racing and he had promised her that when it wasn't fun he would. Right on TV she very sacarstically said, "Well are we still having fun?" I will put the video in this post for you.
All I do is copy what CW and and Jamo have taught me. Then I try to pass it on to anyone that isn't sure. On the All Cobra Talk Forum, pinned to the top is a lot of excellent examples of how to do pictures and add these videos that CW spent a lot of time laying out the steps for plus pictures to show what he was talking about. When I started on here I had trouble just posting let alone doing pictures and stuff. Jamo led me through the process of a lot of the picture stuff plus tags. With the new Software that Brent put in the last new servers everything is much easier than it used to be. So all the credit for anything that I try to help anyone with should go to CW and Jamo.
And NO this is not an attempt to suck up to the moderators. I just feel that the people who actually taught me should get credit, not me.
Just wanted to say i'm sorry you are loosing interest in Nascar racing,as that is what i've been doing for the past 30 odd years,10 with a powerhouse team.Please understand,Nascar runs the game,we just bring the people and the cars per their rules,please don't blame us,we're just working in a sport that we love trying to make a living just like you.There are rules and regulations everywhere we go in life,some we like some we don't.Nascar makes the rules we just try to play by them,yea we could just pack up our stuff and go home because we are not happy with the rules,but where would be then,even worse off,more guys out of work.We were very fortunate,we only lost 35 employees between 5 Cup,4 Nationwide,1 Truck and 3 satelite teams in our organization.If you are a true fan you'll stick it out.We've been thru tough times before and we came back.BTW, i do remember the good old days,the first race i worked was the '76 Daytona 500,i was with a nobody team but i'm sure everybody remembers the Petty-Pearson crash on the last lap.
Bill
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I am not blaming the teams or anyone but French and his monopoly for what has happened. And to be honest, NASCAR was always my 2nd choice for racing as I grew up on road racing. And belive me,I know how hard it is now in this day of mega bucks to get sponsors and keep any team together. As I said, I still enjoy the short track races because I feel the driver and car setup has more to do than with who can get out in front.
And I do remember the Petty/Pearson crash and the Yarborough/Allison fight alongside the track. We are even losing the short track Saturday night racers around here because of the economy. This is a small area and when they shut down the logging industry years ago they basically killed it. Now stores are closing on a weekly basis and they can soon advertise it as a ghost town.
Thanks Ron, I appreciate your reply and understanding.I see where you live and have been to the lake a long time ago and it was beautiful,you are fortunate to live there.
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Nascar runs the game,we just bring the people and the cars per their rules,please don't blame us,we're just working in a sport that we love trying to make a living just like you.Bill
I think that's a fair point. I don't blame the drivers or the teams for what has happened to NASCAR. But NASCAR as a sanctioning body has allowed itself to become greedy and to over-commercialize the sport. Even worse they have used the rule book to try and minimize the advantages one team/manufacturer had over another, and they have also used the rule book to drive attendance. Restrictor plates were supposedly introduced for safety. When Bill Elliott hit 212 mph at Talledega in 1987, the deal was sealed. It was clear no one could catch him, so later that weekend when Bobby Allison's car became an airplane at Talladega, that's all NASCAR needed to drop the hammer. Alas Ford vs. Chevy competition was restored to an even balance, and best of all, they were now all in a nice tight pack where when one crashed they all crashed, and THAT sells seats, beer and chips for NASCAR.
The same people that love to watch people do stupid tricks on reality TV are the same ones that say "the best part about Daytona was the 22 car pileup." So I appreciate that the sport has evolved. But I don't think in this case that evolution = progress.
There are some great clips on YouTube if you don't mind searching for a while.
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