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Gregg (Offline)
  #1 8/14/11 5:42 PM
Restarting a race on a moist track with predictable results. The big one.
The Old Coyote (Online)
  #2 8/15/11 8:45 AM
I give him credit for appearing on television. But, I don't think he did himself any good with all his critics by saying his track stewards told race control the track was ok and he didn't hear anything from the teams or drivers to the contrary. All those interviewed seemed rather vocal about it and if what Robin Miller had to say on Wind Tunnel last night was any way near true, it makes one wonder.

I don't know how much longer this guy can hang on.

Real Race Cars Don't Have Fenders!
Ed
Pat O'Connor Fan (Offline)
  #3 8/15/11 10:32 AM
Sounds like just another IRL (IZOD IndyCar or whatever) cluster you-know-what
SPRINTCAR (Offline)
  #4 8/15/11 12:11 PM
Did not look very professional at all, plus it was the first time back at that track for a while. Not alot of happy fans with a finish like that.
duel (Online)
  #5 8/15/11 2:45 PM
For me it was much more exciting than watching those street courses. Bone head call to go green but they saved a little by giving the crashed drivers their positions back on the finish. Will's actions are not what Roger will like out of his driver. Poor conduct by Power.
Mud Packer (Offline)
  #6 8/15/11 3:09 PM
Originally Posted by duel:
For me it was much more exciting than watching those street courses. Bone head call to go green but they saved a little by giving the crashed drivers their positions back on the finish. Will's actions are not what Roger will like out of his driver. Poor conduct by Power.
You think Roger might mention something about that to him? Most sponsors kind of frown upon that as well.

Mike

Be nice to people on the way up. You might need them on the way down. Jimmy Durante
ISF (Offline)
  #7 8/15/11 5:49 PM
What Power did is a double edged sword. It will ratchet up interest, to a certain extent, in the series, but the sponsors may not be thrilled.

There are some things Barnhart said that don't add up, that's for sure. All he had to do was glance at the TV feed for 10 seconds and he would have seen Mike Andretti pleading officials not to go green.

Miller sometimes overplays the cards that are dealt but if the drivers don't trust Barnhart and the owners are disenchanted with him as well then his days are numbered. If Barnhart is telling the truth then someone besides him needs to take some heat for not relaying the message from the pit area as to what the teams were saying. This whole deal doesn't pass the smell test in my book.

Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
dirtball (Offline)
  #8 8/15/11 5:57 PM
Maybe the IRL and USAC are affiliated.
767 (Offline)
  #9 8/16/11 10:34 AM
I'm sick and tired of this wimpy crap. Will giving race controle the Double Bird.... HELL YA! Why did nascar used to be so popular.... guys showed emotion. Verizon is not going to complain, most of there customer base is young and would have done something similar. Now if we could just get power to give Dario a black eye, he would become my favorite. Deffinatly time for a new race control.
gary curry (Offline)
  #10 8/16/11 12:52 PM
Several of us here have decided it's not worth the money to attend the Las Vegas race. I thought Jimmie Johnson was a cry baby until I heard Franchitti over the last few races.
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