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| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 11:45 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Who's your pick here's the starting grid quote: i gotta go with the 24 car jeff gordon but i'll also be pulling for the 45 kyle petty i would like to see him win one for his late son killed at this track last year  | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 12:15 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | sounds like another fixed race to me, petty will probably win. I am rooting as always for good ole #24, who needs to win this race to get further ahead of Jarrett "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 3:33 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | When and where (what chanel) is this race? Go Jeff! I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 6:37 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Dale Jarrett wins the New England 300 and takes the top spot in the winston cup points race,Jeff Gordan finished 2 and Ricky Rudd 3 This message was edited by Canweseeyourstuff on 7-22-01 @ 6:40 PM | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 10:07 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | http://espn.go.com/rpm/wc/2001/0722/1229658.html Sunday, July 22 Gordon, Rudd say improvements needed Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. -- Dale Jarrett thinks New Hampshire International Speedway is OK. Ah, how winning seems to smooth over the rough spots. Jarrett was among the few who didn't complain about the track after the New England 300 was complete Sunday. All week long, drivers groused about the flat turns and minimal banking. They worried about trying to find an outside groove to drive in. The new sealer applied this spring made things slick, and no fewer than five cars went sliding into the wall near Turn 1. The complaints were the last thing owner Bob Bahre wanted to hear. His track has come under criticism since the deaths of Kenny Irwin and Adam Petty last year. He spent big money to apply the sealer and grind down the rough spots. "A flat, tight, long straightaway track for Winston Cup cars is not suitable," second-place finisher Jeff Gordon said. "The Bahres have done everything they can possibly do to try to help us. But it hasn't worked. I don't know what it would take to make that happen." The only legitimate, green-flag pass for the lead came at the end, when Jarrett brushed aside Ricky Rudd for his fourth victory of the season. "They have a problem with this race track," Rudd said. "If it was mine, I would keep the bottom groove and resurface the second. The competition is dealing with it, so we have to deal with it. But that doesn't necessarily mean you have to enjoy it." Jarrett doesn't really enjoy it, either. But he knows the track isn't changing anytime soon. Nor is it going away. NASCAR returns in two months for the New Hampshire 300. "I'm not in the track-building business," Jarrett said. "You just go drive the car around what is built. Some banking helps us. But, you adapt to different situations." Wallace knocked out Rusty Wallace's chance to gain ground in the Winston Cup points race ended early because of engine troubles. Wallace, who entered the race 189 points behind the leaders in fourth place, was knocked out of the race after just 11 laps with engine troubles. "We broke a motor," Wallace said. "I don't know what broke, but it seized up coming off of Turn 2. It's either a rod or a piston or something like that. It's a shame because the thing was running great." Wallace earned only 34 points for his 43rd-place finish, and fell from fourth to sixth place. "It's just tough luck," he said.  CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| IAmMighty | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 10:53 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | How come when someone bumps Jarrett he gets pissed, but when he bumps someone else...that's just racing. "Stared at the Mendi Gossamer for too long!" | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 11:02 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | quote: Every race car driver thinks like that..... CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 07-22-2001 @ 11:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Damn you Jarrett!! Everyone complains when Gordon bumps someone, but when anyone else does it, its ok. Well, its all good, cause Jeff is gonna come back in this points race and win yet another title. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi | ||||
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