[lilrim]

Originally Posted by speed bump One exciting lap out of 499...so they all will say what a really great race it was.....What a joke

i guess it would be a boring race if it was 500 laps..? but it was only 188! i'll take that over Indy car & F1 any day of the week.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by terrehautian DW just praised Newman for saving his car. Then he said, he saved it because dirt track racing. And Newman spun and didn't hit anything again.

I thought you were watching bowling?

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Awesome run today for the Buckeye Bullet. He had my hopes up there for a while.

[terrehautian]

It was college, so it was boring. Went back to NASCRAP and almost went to sleep. The professional bowling isn't bad watching, but team college women bowling....

[richie]

Good to see a first-time winner in IndyCar today and in a non-Penske or Ganassi car. Mike Conway comes back from the awful crash at Indy last year to victory lane at Long Beach.

[Puppy]

Originally Posted by richie Good to see a first-time winner in IndyCar today and in a non-Penske or Ganassi car. Mike Conway comes back from the awful crash at Indy last year to victory lane at Long Beach.

Agreed!

Also, lots of "racing" haters on here for a "racing" forum..... Just a observation.....

[petey]

What Lil' Rim said. Don't understand why you guys are talking smack about today's race. Pretty much the same as Daytona but with a lot less wrecks (I thought Daytona was great even with all of the cautions). 80+ lead changes and a tie for the closest finish in history is not good enough for ya?

And yes a great run today for Blaney.

[terrehautian]

Originally Posted by petey What Lil' Rim said. Don't understand why you guys are talking smack about today's race. Pretty much the same as Daytona but with a lot less wrecks (I thought Daytona was great even with all of the cautions). 80+ lead changes and a tie for the closest finish in history is not good enough for ya? And yes a great run today for Blaney.

I said the same thing about the Daytona. My issue is the drafting, the two car drafting sucks.

[petey]

So what sucks about it? Seems like they can swap the lead fairly easy now making for a lot more passing. In fact two cars can break away a good distance but then quickly lose their lead to the others behind them in a matter of two or three laps. You'd rather see two lanes of cars racing side by side where one car makes a mistake and wipes out half of the field? Or maybe the way it was for a long time where one guy (more times than not Dale Earnhardt) could lead over half the race leading a single lane draft? This two car draft has made me watch the restrictor plate races again.

Sprint car racing can't come soon enough for you I guess.

[Gregg]

I watched 5 minutes of "Dancing with the Cars" and had enough. I thought the Reds-Pirates game was a much better option. Even though the Reds lost I have absolutely no regrets.

I'll catch the next NASCAR race in two weeks when they are at a better race track.

On a good note I'm glad JJ Yeley wasn't a start and park today. Looked at the results and he completed all 188 laps. Good job.

[terrehautian]

Originally Posted by petey So what sucks about it? Seems like they can swap the lead fairly easy now making for a lot more passing. In fact two cars can break away a good distance but then quickly lose their lead to the others behind them in a matter of two or three laps. You'd rather see two lanes of cars racing side by side where one car makes a mistake and wipes out half of the field? Or maybe the way it was for a long time where one guy (more times than not Dale Earnhardt) could lead over half the race leading a single lane draft? This two car draft has made me watch the restrictor plate races again. Sprint car racing can't come soon enough for you I guess.

What sucks......I used to like NASCRAP, back when you could muscle your way to the front via drafting for a while and then sling shotting forward. Back when they drafted 3 plus cars and had an advantage. Now to get to the front, you need to have a car that doesn't mind coming in second (Today Junior as the winner gave him the checkered flag).