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Post by mikeinfw on Jul 19, 2006 19:55:01 GMT -5
Tony Raines. Texas Terry Labonte ran it the first 5 races and then at Infineon and finished 3rd. He's running it again at Watkins Glen in a few weeks. They did that to get a Champion's provisional for the first 5 races until they could automatically qualify on owner's points...not that you care... If Texas Terry is not driving the Kellogs car with Tony the Tiger painted on the hood it ain't official. |
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 19, 2006 20:24:29 GMT -5
Tony Raines?? I thought he used to play for the Expos. That's Tim Raines... |
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 19, 2006 20:26:40 GMT -5
If Texas Terry is not driving the Kellogs car with Tony the Tiger painted on the hood it ain't official. I think UR a closet NASCAR fan. Kellogg's still primarily sponsors the 5 car. Kyle Busch drives it now. I don't care much for him but he's an HMS guy and I like Jimmy and Gordon. Terry drives the 44 from time to time. It usually is sponsored by Corn Flakes. He'll probably drive it in 20 races this year. |
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 19, 2006 20:28:16 GMT -5
Busch also won this past week in New Hampshire. It was a crazy race. Went 8 laps into OT. I thought the whole field was going to run out of gas on the backstretch.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 20, 2006 10:08:01 GMT -5
How does a race go into OT?
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 20, 2006 11:12:37 GMT -5
NASCAR doesn't want a race to end on a caution. It sucks for the driver and crew but it creates some great drama. So there was a caution on the 2nd to last lap that took 3 laps to clean up. So NASCAR gives one attempt for a green/white/checker flag for 2 more laps. If there's another caution after the green flag then the race is over and the field is frozen. But what happened here is thatcoming out of turn two, right before the green flag was about to drop, Robbie Gordon and Michael Waltrip decided to settle their differences that they've had at NH for years. Gordon checked up on Waltrip and it busted 55's radiator. The car couldn't restart so they had to get a tow. Since the race never restarted they continued the caution for a few more laps. So then when the race went green they had two laps to finish. That is why there was OT. It created a lot of drama b/c crews pit according to fuel mileage and most pitted w/ 60 or so laps to go so that they'd have just enough Sonoco Fuel to get to the finish. A couple cars sputtered on the last lap.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 20, 2006 11:25:39 GMT -5
Damn, never knew that.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 20, 2006 11:43:43 GMT -5
Knowing is half the battle.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 20, 2006 12:10:21 GMT -5
Now the other half is trying to watch a Nascar race.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 20, 2006 12:39:54 GMT -5
I used to think it was stupid and pointless too but I've come around on it.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 20, 2006 12:44:36 GMT -5
It's not that bad, it just doesn't get my motor running(no pun intended)
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Post by sully on Jul 20, 2006 19:22:49 GMT -5
Yeah...tennis and soccer get Finch's motor running. He likes those shorts and headbands that all the fags are wearing these days.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 20, 2006 19:32:05 GMT -5
I think he likes thefatguywiththeheadband.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 21, 2006 12:43:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I walked right into that one.
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Post by mikeswife on Jul 21, 2006 17:23:01 GMT -5
F You...Mike does not own one pair of jorts...he only wears coaches shorts and tank tops! (oh and Crocs, of course) |
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