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[Ron61]

John,

I tried to find another road race but none were on that I could get. Nascar is doing everything to give the championship to JJ. Called off qualifying because of some light rain and then turned around and ran the truck series a little later. But by starting by points JJ got the pole. The race is over now and I most likely won't watch any of the last three or four races.

Ron

[Wayne Maybury]

I couldn't believe that they allowed a few cars including the 48 of JJ to enter the pits and get some gas while Newman was on his roof and the safety crew was trying to get the car turned over. As soon as JJ and the other few exited the pits, they closed the pits down which resulted in several cars in front of JJ running out of gas. He didn't have a car fast enough to pass anyone, but with a little bit of luck and some help from NASCAR, he managed to move up from 25th to 6th in the last few laps. It was unbelievable.

Newman had a very fast car and he didn't hold back his opinion about these restrictor plate races. Just about every one of these races ends up with a massive wreck usually near the end. 35 cars going close to 200 mph while running only inches apart is a formula for disaster. One small error and all hell breaks loose.

Oh by the way, did anyone notice that some of the grand stands were almost empty? The overhead shots from the Goodyear blimp really showed just how few people were there.

Wayne

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

I couldn't believe that they allowed a few cars including the 48 of JJ to enter the pits and get some gas while Newman was on his roof and the safety crew was trying to get the car turned over. As soon as JJ and the other few exited the pits, they closed the pits down which resulted in several cars in front of JJ running out of gas. He didn't have a car fast enough to pass anyone, but with a little bit of luck and some help from NASCAR, he managed to move up from 25th to 6th in the last few laps. It was unbelievable.

Newman had a very fast car and he didn't hold back his opinion about these restrictor plate races. Just about every one of these races ends up with a massive wreck usually near the end. 35 cars going close to 200 mph while running only inches apart is a formula for disaster. One small error and all hell breaks loose.

Oh by the way, did anyone notice that some of the grand stands were almost empty? The overhead shots from the Goodyear blimp really showed just how few people were there.

Wayne

Stands were not empty. They all decided to go buy the official NASCAR merchandice at the same time.

[Ron61]

Wayne, NASCAR is doing everything they can to assure JJ of that 4th straight championship and they are losing fans doing it. Every race that I have watched this year has a lot of empty seats and they try to keep the cameras from showing the stands as much as possible. I guess they all went to buy the No Doze that Tony Stewarts crew chief told him some people were selling.

Ron

[Wayne Maybury]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Wayne, NASCAR is doing everything they can to assure JJ of that 4th straight championship and they are losing fans doing it. Every race that I have watched this year has a lot of empty seats and they try to keep the cameras from showing the stands as much as possible. I guess they all went to buy the No Doze that Tony Stewarts crew chief told him some people were selling.

Ron

Ron I have noticed that the ground level cameras tend to avoid showing the grand stands that are not very full but those overhead shots from the blimp did show just how many empty seats there were.

As far as Jimmy Johnson goes, I think that he is a very talented driver and his team is very well prepared. However, it almost seems like NASCAR has decided that he will be the champ again this year and that team gets some breaks that the others just don't get. Look at the race several weeks ago when he was down 3 laps. NASCAR promptly brought out 3 cautions allowing him to get back all 3 laps and also allowing his team to repair some damage on the car. It is difficult to prove favoritism however as half of all NASCAR cautions are bogus anyway.

Wayne