[NSC/NNS/CTS] 2008 Season

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Bottom post of the previous page:

Once again, you have to consider the equipment. Ganassi is not a byword for good machinery anymore unless you're name's Montoya, and even he's been handicapped by Chip playing musical chairs with the crew chiefs. Sorenson is on the verge of having to qualify on time alongside Dario. Dario's inexperience works against him, but it isn't the only problem. I don't think it's even the biggest problem.

Ganassi isn't going to bail on Dario any time soon. He's even made a point of slagging off the mechanics and engineers to protect Dario. He could've done without missing the 6 races that he did, but he'll be given time. Hopefully the pace that CGR has shown this weekend is genuine and not a flash in the pan, and if it is genuine, Dario's learning curve will get half the gradient taken out of it.
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Green flag!! after the first caution. :mrgreen:

Benson and Hornaday leading.
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Lap 30: Benson, Hornaday, Sprague.
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caution: debris..

some pit, like #59 Musgrave.
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lap 44: Hornaday takes the lead.
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Lap 60: Compton and Braun leading.
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caution again.

Everytime they go into the commercials, the yellow comes out. :haha:
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green flag!! Benson has a gearshift problem!!! :sorrow:

Edit: its a engine problem.
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halfway!! Hornaday, Crawford, Starr.
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pff... im going to bed now, 04.00h here. :sorrow:
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What the heck was Juan doing? I never saw anything for him to be pissed at the 18 for.
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strad wrote:What the heck was Juan doing? I never saw anything for him to be pissed at the 18 for.
JPM claims Kyle ran him up into the wall on the restart and then was banging his door come T3. When they pulled alongside under caution, JPM waved as if to say "Whats going on?" and Kyle turned into him (see the donut?). JPM spun him for it.

Spinning people under caution really isn't on.
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Trying to spin people after the race isn't really on either (Busch v Wallace, NNWS Richmond).

Busch started it, Montoya finished it.
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Well. NASCAR will finish it. Most likely with a penalty on Montoya.

No, spinning people under green obviously isn't good either. But my main point was under caution there is safety trucks and crews about, and you really should be paying attention carefully as its so easy to run into one of them. Spinning cars out when there could be people about is just a bad plan. Of course your right about under green too, I'm just rubbish at getting my point accross. :tongue:
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Juan was over the top on this one.
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Maybe, but that's JPM. He did what he thought was right, he admitted it in the interview, and he'll probably pay a penalty, but it is so refreshing to see someone refuse to bend over and take Kyle's bullshit. Busch needed taking down a peg or two. I thank JPM for doing that.

At the very least, it isn't as bad as what Ken Butler did in the ARCA race today.
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