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| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 07-06-2001 @ 6:59 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01  | Who do you think is going to win? Remember Brittney Spears is singing the national anthem Starting line-up  AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm This message was edited by Tequila on 7-6-01 @ 8:04 PM | ||||
| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 07-06-2001 @ 7:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | i gotta go w/sterling Marlin he's been so close all year might have won daytona 500 if he didn't have the earnhardt incident. dodge needs a win  | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 07-06-2001 @ 8:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Marlin has a good chance but I like the guy starting 5th. AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 07-06-2001 @ 8:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I think everyone wants Earnhardt Jr. to win. That would be nice. As always though, I will have root for Jeff Gordon. Yea i be taking that zoloff, but thaz jus keepin me from killin y'all. I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum. :) | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-06-2001 @ 11:37 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | You know me tequila, #24 all the way. But I would really love to see that TEEN singing the national anthem lose her top. Emmmmmm, boobies. I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-07-2001 @ 6:43 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | This is going to be another horrible nascar race. restrictor plate races suck - The drivers hate it.... If you want to see real superspeedway racing check out the CART race at Michigan Speedway !!! With that said look for Gordon as usual  CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-07-2001 @ 11:38 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Shut up already about those stupid go carts that fall apart when they touch each other. I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-07-2001 @ 11:39 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | When Waltrip took second with a couple laps left, all I could think of was someone putting him into the wall and caving in his head while he tried to block for Jr., oh wait, thats already been done.(ding ding, ring the bell). I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-07-2001 @ 11:48 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | quote: What the hell are you talking about??? All you care about is your demolition derby.... Trying watching other racing besides Nascar before you make stupid ass statements- open up your eyes......  CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| The Sleeper Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 10:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Go Carts??? I love Go Carts. Bumber Cars are fun too... Sometimes, not often, but sometimes, I like the idea of a chick with a horse. | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 11:21 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | i just watched the highlights on ESPN and when Waltrip was blocking 4 dale jr. that was a GREAT moment in sports "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 11:24 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | congrats JR. any other winner would not have appreciated it or need it as much Saturday, July 7 Fitting finale at Daytona Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated at Daytona, making a bold darting move to take the lead, then spinning doughnuts around the infield to celebrate before jumping on the hood of his car. Like father, like son. Michael Waltrip, right, held off the rest of the Pepsi 400 field so Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, could win the race. Earnhardt raced to a storybook triumph Saturday night at the scene of his dad's death, winning the Pepsi 400 and producing the most poignant turn yet to this bittersweet season. "You can't write a better script," Earnhardt said. "I never would imagine this happening. Coming here and being so dominant, winning this race. I never will get to enjoy it, because I just can't believe it happened." Earnhardt led a remarkable 116 of 160 laps, but his dominance showed most at the critical finish. He won the race during a dramatic 1½-lap run after a late yellow flag, darting in and out through traffic to overtake six drivers in the span of three miles -- the blink of an eye by standards set at a fast, restrictor-plate track like Daytona. A few laps later, teammate and Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip overtook Bobby Labonte for the second position, then protected Earnhardt as he closed out the dramatic victory. "I knew he would help," Earnhardt said. "All I needed was someone to stay behind me." When it was over, Earnhardt rubbed his white car on the walls as he took his victory lap, leaving the right side with black scars, the same color as his dad's fabled No. 3 car. After the drive into the infield and the doughnuts, Earnhardt climbed atop the car and thrust his hands skyward time and again. Waltrip joined him for a warm embrace, and the crews that make up Dale Earnhardt Inc. followed. Earnhardt capped the celebration with a swan dive into the arms of the wellwishers -- The Intimidator never would have done that -- and later tried to put in perspective the latest chapter in a mindboggling five months. "I can't imagine it. I can't imagine it," Earnhardt said. "I can't sit here and understand it. It makes no sense to me. I can't believe it's happening to me. I don't know why it's happening to me. I just have to stay close to my friends, the people who make me feel good, and maybe I'll figure it out." The drama was set up after the third and final yellow flag of the evening, which came with nine laps remaining, when Jeff Gordon's car started smoking, due to a wreck just a few laps earlier. Earnhardt took the green flag in seventh, behind Johnny Benson, Tony Stewart, Labonte and three other drivers who weren't a factor until the late accident. But Earnhardt had the best car all night. After he got the late lead, he got the help he needed from Waltrip, who remembered the Daytona 500, when The Intimidator got credit for holding off oncoming cars to allow Waltrip and Earnhardt Jr. to finish 1-2 -- a touching gesture in Old Ironhead's final seconds on the racetrack. Never did Waltrip consider going for the victory. "I just told him this was what it's all about," Waltrip said. "He called me the Monday after the Daytona 500. Of course we were all grieving. He just said, 'I was committed to you buddy.' Those words kept going through my mind." It was almost unanimous in the garage after the race: If it couldn't have been them, Junior was the one they wanted to see win. “ This sport lost a hero. A lot of people lost a hero, but he lost a hero and his dad.†—Jeff Burton on Earnhardt Jr. "It's hard to imagine anybody you would want to win here any more than Little Earnhardt," Jeff Burton said. "It's good to see. This sport lost a hero. A lot of people lost a hero, but he lost a hero and his dad." Lost in the late-race shuffling was the black flag given to Stewart for going below the yellow line during a passing attempt, something drivers had been explicitly warned against in the pre-race meeting. Stewart ignored the black flag and NASCAR penalized him by placing him at the back of the lead lap in 26th position. After the race, the traditional Independence Day fireworks display was rife with tributes to The Intimidator, complete with a video retrospective and a light show featuring Earnhardt's famous No. 3. But the real tribute came on the track, where the younger Earnhardt dominated the race, and showed the Earnhardt-like courage he needed late. The Intimidator won 34 races at Daytona over his sterling career, and his son's first victory on the fabled track came on the 11-year anniversary of Earnhardt's first win in a main event -- the 1990 Pepsi 400. Another, more subtle, acknowledgment of the changes that have swept over this sport since Earnhardt's death was that the race included only three caution flags and a single accident, which produced no major injuries. At the last restrictor-plate race in Talladega, there were no caution flags. One possible conclusion: After witnessing four deaths in the past year, these drivers are no longer willing to take drastic risks on NASCAR's two fastest tracks. Mindful of the Daytona 500 tragedy, NASCAR president Mike Helton urged drivers in the pre-race meeting to "be very thoughtful" of their fellow competitors. Elsewhere on the safety front, 23 drivers wore the Head and Neck Safety device and another 10 used a different restraint system, compared to just seven who wore the HANS at the Daytona 500 where Earnhardt died. The lone accident involved 10 cars and came when rookie Kurt Busch tapped the back of Mike Skinner's car, a wreck that took polesitter Sterling Marlin and Gordon out of contention. Marlin and the three fellow Dodge drivers who won the top four spots in qualifying weren't big factors. Ward Burton was the top Dodge driver, finishing fourth. But once again, Dodge's qualifying dominance at restrictor-plate tracks failed to produce a victory in this, the manufactuer's return to stock-car racing after a 15-year break. This was Earnhardt's third career victory, not including The Winston all-star race last year, which was the last time he made it to Victory Lane. He won by 0.123 seconds, just a little over a car length, at an average speed of 157.601 mph.  SIG PIC CREATED BY Jolene78 E-Mail Me METS will go ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR !!!!!!!!!!! (ok maybe not this year but i aint chainging this) Yankees & the Braves SUCK !!!!!!!! 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| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 12:51 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Ok Gordon got fucked by the accident. Was I the only person wish Jr crashed like his father? AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 1:21 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Jr., hit the wall and taste your own blood. Get in the coffin sir.(ding, ding). And those stupid CART cars suh-huh-huh-huh-uck. I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 2:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: That would have been poetic indeed. Sucks that Gordon got screwed like that. Yea i be taking that zoloff, but thaz jus keepin me from killin y'all. I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum. :) | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 3:37 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | Well it looks like Dale Jr. got "The CALL: much like his father did at Daytona in '98. Does anyone find it odd that Dale Jr was passing so many cars at the end when he was only at 3/4 throttle? Looks like someone got ahold of 50 extra HP while the Nascar officials look away. Despite the obvious fix, congrats to Jr.....Perhaps we will finally have closure this season.... CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 9:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Is it possible? AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm | ||||
| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 9:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | what a race you couldn't have scripted the ending better.Congrats to little E and the whole DEI racing had to be the most exciting race of the year . | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 9:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | congrats to jr. for a great race and a great race car. it was the most powerful car all night and his crewman was correct. the best man did win last night. as for my other boys, its about time the joe gibbs racing strategy paid off for once. hanging back at the end of the pack and waiting for the inevitable big crash to move up in position. shame stewart got screwed with the black flag like he did. if he slowed down like, instead of being "pushed" past the yellow line there would have been another incredible crash. i guess nascar didnt see it that way. but still its about time the strategy worked. like labonte said, a 5th place finish isnt bad for only racing 8 laps. now onto chicago for the first time and check out that track. should be interesting indeed I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for two and speak my point of view But it’s not sane, It’s not sane | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-08-2001 @ 9:21 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | quote: funny how you mention scripting :) CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| ThreeFan | posted on 07-09-2001 @ 10:17 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Well, there could't have been any better finish to that race. Jr taking the checkers while Gordon goes up in smoke. (Hey, the crashing like daddy comment deserves some retaliatory remark) Oh, and NYRSilentCartGuy, about those stupid ass go carts you watch every three weeks if your lucky: If indycars are so great, how come there's never anybody in the stands at a race on TV? That Idiot Racing League races on all NASCAR tracks, and more drivers and owners are coming over to NASCAR (because that's where the money is). And CART is pulling out of Michigan? Doesn't Penske practically run CART? He owns the f'n track and doesn't want to race there! Why? Face it, your sport is falling apart., and ours just keeps growing. | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-09-2001 @ 10:24 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | quote: oh....here goes.... #1 - why can't you be a fan of other motosports besides Nascar? Iam.... #2 - IRL stands for Indy Racing League - they suck #3 - CART stands for CHampionship Auto Racing Teams - these are the real Indycars / Champcars #4 - Roger Penske sold all of his tracks (Michigan, Fontana, Nazareth, Rockingham) to ISC. Roger Penske has no control over those tracks. #5 - The IRL rents tracks for $500, 000 in guaranteed money and puts up the winning $ and does the promotion...... The IRL decided to rent MIS for $500, 000 and ISC would not have to spen any $ whatsoever. #6 - CART did not pull out of MIS, put ISC said goodbye because the IRL is willing to rent the track. #7 - Name 1 professional racing series where they have to rent a track in order to race? IRL #8 - I will concede the openwheel oval track attendance is not that great outside of Indy, however if you bothered to watch a CART street/roadcourse event you would note that each event is PACKED. #9 - There is no need to wage a war between CART and Nascar. Just watch both like I do. :) I am sure you have heard of Michael Andretti right? #10 - Penske does not run CART - he is merely a CART team owner, just like he is in Nascar I hope I have helped :) CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-09-2001 @ 10:51 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | quote:If I am not mistaken, this is what started the bashing of the go karts in this thread deek. I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-09-2001 @ 10:54 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | That was not meant to upset you guys.....But from statistics.....The CART race in Michigan averages 50 lead changes.....how many does nascar average? The CART pole at Michigan last year was 231....what was Nascar's pole? Top SPeed at MIS for CART was 254....what was Nascar's top speed? I am not ragging on Nascar at all...I watch every race....but please give CART a chance.... :) CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| ThreeFan | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 7:19 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Hey NYR - I just noticed your "scripting comment" and NASCAR letting Jr have extra horsepower. Did you watch the whole race? If you did you would have noticed his fuel mileage sucked. He could only run 50 laps, everyone else ran 55+ on a tank of fuel. The DEI engine builders obviously chose the HP route rather than fuel mileage. Which, by the way was the exact same way they ran at Daytona in Feb., and Talladega in April. And, he was also the only one of the leaders in those final laps with 4 fresh tires. Everyone else took only 2, or none with gas only. And explain to me also how the Daytona 500 in '98 was fixed. I doubt i'd be able to understand your logic, though. Your head is so far up your ass I wouldn't be able to hear you clearly | ||||
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