Pepsi 400 - Thoughts?

[dust247]

Re: Pepsi 400 - Thoughts?

I am glad dei wasn't in victory lane. i think its a fix that dei always wins. (i respect dale senor) but i think just cause he died there little e must win there. i hate it. I am glad ricky rudd finish third he has had a bad year. GO RICKY RUDD!!!!!

[TCrouch]

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Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

[TCrouch]

Re: Pepsi 400 - Thoughts?

Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

[TCrouch]

Re: Pepsi 400 - Thoughts?

Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

[bdunn13]

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I don't think there are many people (who know racing)

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so what are trying to say?

[bdunn13]

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I don't think there are many people (who know racing)

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so what are trying to say?

[bdunn13]

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I don't think there are many people (who know racing)

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so what are trying to say?

[mgoblue]

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TCrouch said:
Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

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Dale Jr's just a great plate racer, improving a lot on all the rest. There's no fix, otherwise Dale Jr would be leading the points by far. I'm not a Dale Jr. fan personally, but I don't hate him either. If NASCAR had a fix anyways, there's be 2 people winning more often, as opposed to the parity there is now.

[mgoblue]

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TCrouch said:
Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

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Dale Jr's just a great plate racer, improving a lot on all the rest. There's no fix, otherwise Dale Jr would be leading the points by far. I'm not a Dale Jr. fan personally, but I don't hate him either. If NASCAR had a fix anyways, there's be 2 people winning more often, as opposed to the parity there is now.

[mgoblue]

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TCrouch said:
Yeah, I'm sure Nascar mandated that other cars must slow down and let a DEI car win

The only "fix" you could even approach would be the Talladega "below the line pass" win, but other than that...it just MIGHT have something to do with their setups, configuration, and testing at superspeedway tracks. Also, if you watch Jr., when he takes the lead, he literally drives both lanes. He can somehow put the car right in the center, and neither lane can pass him.

It's not a fix, it's a good plate racer. I don't think there are many people (who know racing) would contest that Jr. is one of, if not the best, plate racers on the circuit. It's the rest of the tracks that he's just getting around to improving on.

But a "fix"? Ugh.

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Dale Jr's just a great plate racer, improving a lot on all the rest. There's no fix, otherwise Dale Jr would be leading the points by far. I'm not a Dale Jr. fan personally, but I don't hate him either. If NASCAR had a fix anyways, there's be 2 people winning more often, as opposed to the parity there is now.

[pk500]

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Terry:

I agree with you that DEI's domination of Daytona isn't a fix. But Junior's Pepsi 400 win in July 2001 -- the first Cup race at Daytona after Senior's death -- reeked of monkey business.

Junior led most of the night yet was calling in on his radio that he was stunned how well the car was working even though he only had his foot three-quarters to the floor. Say what? You need to have the pedal mashed to the sheet metal all day to run at Daytona, let alone win.

If NASCAR wanted to, a fix at a plate track would be easy. Just give whomever is ordained as the "golden boy" a restrictor plate with slightly larger holes. It only takes a slightly larger hole -- we're talking 16ths of an inch here -- to create enough horsepower to dominate. And NASCAR could turn a blind eye to that plate during inspections.

I'm not saying it does happen. But it could happen a lot more easily than one might think.

Thanks,
PK

[pk500]

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Terry:

I agree with you that DEI's domination of Daytona isn't a fix. But Junior's Pepsi 400 win in July 2001 -- the first Cup race at Daytona after Senior's death -- reeked of monkey business.

Junior led most of the night yet was calling in on his radio that he was stunned how well the car was working even though he only had his foot three-quarters to the floor. Say what? You need to have the pedal mashed to the sheet metal all day to run at Daytona, let alone win.

If NASCAR wanted to, a fix at a plate track would be easy. Just give whomever is ordained as the "golden boy" a restrictor plate with slightly larger holes. It only takes a slightly larger hole -- we're talking 16ths of an inch here -- to create enough horsepower to dominate. And NASCAR could turn a blind eye to that plate during inspections.

I'm not saying it does happen. But it could happen a lot more easily than one might think.

Thanks,
PK

[pk500]

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Terry:

I agree with you that DEI's domination of Daytona isn't a fix. But Junior's Pepsi 400 win in July 2001 -- the first Cup race at Daytona after Senior's death -- reeked of monkey business.

Junior led most of the night yet was calling in on his radio that he was stunned how well the car was working even though he only had his foot three-quarters to the floor. Say what? You need to have the pedal mashed to the sheet metal all day to run at Daytona, let alone win.

If NASCAR wanted to, a fix at a plate track would be easy. Just give whomever is ordained as the "golden boy" a restrictor plate with slightly larger holes. It only takes a slightly larger hole -- we're talking 16ths of an inch here -- to create enough horsepower to dominate. And NASCAR could turn a blind eye to that plate during inspections.

I'm not saying it does happen. But it could happen a lot more easily than one might think.

Thanks,
PK

[TCrouch]

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That would hold water for me if Waltrip didn't perform so well on superspeedways too. I doubt they'd cut him much slack. He's been an average driver his whole career, but now he's consistently up front at plate races. I know you didn't say you thought it was a fix, but you just gave the people without as much knowledge more fuel lol.

I highly doubt Nascar would turn a blind eye to plates on both the "good" DEI cars each plate race.

[TCrouch]

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That would hold water for me if Waltrip didn't perform so well on superspeedways too. I doubt they'd cut him much slack. He's been an average driver his whole career, but now he's consistently up front at plate races. I know you didn't say you thought it was a fix, but you just gave the people without as much knowledge more fuel lol.

I highly doubt Nascar would turn a blind eye to plates on both the "good" DEI cars each plate race.