End Of A NASCAR Era

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Wayne,

NASCAR is turning into nothing but a big side show. Racing now is just secondary to them. I most likely won't watch many of their races any more if I can find one of the road races on TV. They are turning into the car version of wrestling. Change rules to protect their stars, do anything to avoid punishing them, and let them do anything they want. Jr. should have been called in and held for the 5 lap penalty they gave that unknown in the Saturday race. Next they will be scripting the races as to who is to win and how it is to go.

Ron

Sorry Ron, I have to disagree with you on this one. They have already turned it into a side show. The COT was the last major step in doing so.

Scripting the races? What about the "Competition Yellow" they did yesterday. Is that not scripting the race? And what about the "Debris Cautions"? It's funny how they last long enough for all the pit stops to occure.

Yes, NASCAR is the professional wrestling of motor sports. I hope they finally come clean like wrestling did and admit it's staged.

[Ron61]

Yea, it is kind of strange how those phantom debris cautions always come just after Jeff Gordon or Jimmy Johnson get caught a lap down and are eligible for the free pass back to the lead lap.

Ron

[Don]

Source: Scene Daily

" Why didn't NASCAR penalize Dale Earnhardt Jr.?

There are 70 laps remaining in the Daytona 500 and we have our first major controversy of the season, and there are two main culprits:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR’s most popular driver, and NASCAR itself.

Fans have to be asking themselves what is wrong with Earnhardt Jr. First, he makes two critical mistakes on pit road, taking himself out of contention by missing his pit stall and then pitting outside his pit box.

Then he caused a major pile-up that took out several contenders to win the Daytona 500.

Already a lap down, Earnhardt Jr. dove below the yellow line to try and pass Brian Vickers. When Vickers blocked him, Earnhardt Jr. hooked the rear of his car, sending cars crashing all around them.

It was a stupid move by a driver obviously dealing with some pent-up frustration.

The only thing more outrageous than Earnhardt Jr.’s move was NASCAR’s decision not to penalize him.

A day earlier, NASCAR penalized Jason Leffler five laps for causing a crash in the Nationwide Series race. Leffler’s mistake occurred in the middle of the track, during a three-wide battle and wasn’t nearly as blatant. He took out only three cars.

Earnhardt Jr. attempted to pass below the yellow line – a clear violation – and then made an ill-advised move while trying to recover, causing a major pile-up that marred the biggest race of the season.

Yet NASCAR, for whatever reason, did not penalize him.

This is bound to stir up the conspiracy theorists that already believe that NASCAR favors its biggest star.

It’s a fair question: Would it have penalized another driver for making the same move?

Earnhardt Jr. made an ill-advised move. So did NASCAR "

[DAVID GAGNARD]

I can think of about 9 drivers who will not forget Jr.'s dumba$$ move and remarks about it afterwards, come the next race.......hopefully he'll get the payback he deserves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David

[Ron61]

David,

I was kind of disappointed in him that he tried to blame it on the other driver. One thing is obvious, he will never be anything near what his Father was so far as a driver. He screwed up all day and NASCAR did everything they could to help him out. The least he could have did was admit in the interview that he was frustrated and was to blame for what anyone who saw the race knew was just a blatant attempt to knock the other car out of his way. I think NASCAR has a long and somewhat sorry season ahead of them.

Ron

[Ron61]

Jr Wants Rule Evaluated,

Jr, now claiming that his tire being on the white line should not have been a penalty. It has been that way for years so why should it be changed because he can't park in the Pit Box? He did most of the screwing up on pit road and the track but he sure wants to blame everyone else.

http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/feat...ona/index.html

Ron

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Ron;

While I don't root for Jr. on sunday, I certainly don't hate him either.....

He screwed up and needs to admit it and take it like a man, if not, the other drivers like Burton/Busch brothers will see he gets whats coming to him!!!!!!!!

He's starting to sound like a cry baby about the rules, he was on/over the line, no question, he got penalized, also, watching the replay of the wreck, it certainly looked to me like an intentional hit he put on Vickers.....It's not like Jr. NEVER blocked anyone himself......

And as far as Darrell Waltrip, well, he needs to be ***** slapped badly.....it's so obvouis in his comentary that he's the president of the Jr. fan club that it's beyound funny now, really annoying the way he takes up for and roots for Jr. every chance he gets.....

And NASCAR wonders why the rating are falling and they have empty seats.......the last race I went to, Davey Allison was still alive and racing and it was exciting in those days...... Now many sundays, I'm in my shop working on my junk heaps, like I'll probably be doing this coming sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David