Mark Martin

#3
#3
Bummer for Mark, I was pullin' for him there at the end. I like ol Harvick too though, so it's alright.
 
#5
#5
Can't help but feel sorry for Martin....Harvick is alright though.....That was a wicked run he got....Made for a GREAT finish
 
#6
#6
I wish Bush would have put him in the wall there at the end, if it would have meant MM would win the D 500 for the first time ever.Don't dislike Harvick just wish Mark would have won it.
 
#7
#7
I didn't think Harvick could pull it off, so I was going for Martin in the end. When I saw them side by side, I was wanting Harvick to win. He is my favorite driver after Dale Jr. :rock:
 
#8
#8
JennVols said:
I didn't think Harvick could pull it off, so I was going for Martin in the end. When I saw them side by side, I was wanting Harvick to win. He is my favorite driver after Dale Jr. :rock:
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No compassion for Mark Martin?Racing 20 plus years no D-500 under his belt.
 
#14
#14
JennVols said:
I think I dislike Jimmie Johnson more if you can believe that! :eek:hmy:

It's more of my dislike for Hendrick drivers than the drivers themselves.
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I don't like JJ myself.Gordon,Little E,Stewart,Martin in that order for me.
 
#15
#15
I was pulling for Martin, it was a great race to the finish line. Who is the Jack Daniels driver? Was it his car that turned upside down on the last lap?
 
#16
#16
Imo Harvick did'nt rate the win. Course many times in NASCAR the most deserving doesn't win. If MM hd turned he wheel right into harvick puttin him in the wall or getting him loose Martin wouldve won. Martin is a classy driver that desrved his time in the spotlight, Harvick is a theif that stole it and is a punk worthy only of contempt.
 
#19
#19
dan4vols said:
Imo Harvick did'nt rate the win. Course many times in NASCAR the most deserving doesn't win. If MM hd turned he wheel right into harvick puttin him in the wall or getting him loose Martin wouldve won. Martin is a classy driver that desrved his time in the spotlight, Harvick is a theif that stole it and is a punk worthy only of contempt.
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Is he supposed to sit back and let Martin win? I don't think so. That wouldn't be right for Harvick, for the fans of either driver, for Nascar, or for the sponsers. I would've liked to see Martin win it too, but he got beat. On another note, if Nascar had thrown the caution when they started wrecking, Martin would've won. If it had been a Hendrick car in front you can bet the caution would've been out.
 
#20
#20
The accident was behind the leaders --- throwing a yellow wouldn't have prevented one more car from crashing. There was no jeopardizing of drivers behind the two leaders because they were already wrecking anyway. Nothing would have changed this fact.

NASCAR, for once, done the right thing by letting Harvick and Martin settle it out with a race to the stripe. Can you IMAGINE the backlash they would have got if they threw the yellow flag when they started crashing? Then, remember, we would have to go back to the previous scoring loop. That scoring loop is invisible to you and I. With NASCAR letting those two race back to the stripe every single one of us could actually see for ourselves who won the race. If they would have reverted to an imaginary line that none of us could see then we'd all be arguing who actually won the race. This way, it was clear and we got a great finish.

NASCAR is consistent to a degree in holding yellows off on the last lap. Remember the Brickyard race last year when Kasey Kahne had a heck of a crash out of turn two and they let the leaders race back to the flag for the win? I do think they need to write it into the rulebook that if an accident happens on a green/white/checker finish OR just on the last lap of a race that the lead cars race back to the stripe to decide the finish. They done it for 50 years and it didn't get anyone hurt --- so to only do it at the end of races wouldn't be the end of the world.

But, again, I feel they did the right thing by holding the yellow because it didn't put anyone in more danger and it allowed everyone at home to see who won the race with their own eye's. This is NASCAR's biggest race and for it to be decided by an invisible scoring loop we never see would be a huge injustice to everyone that sat through those 202 laps. Just my opinion.....feel free to flame away.
 
#21
#21
I agree it was the right thing to do. I think they should go back to racing to the caution at all times myself, but they never will.
 
#24
#24
I wish they would allow the drivers to race back to the FINISH every time if there is a caution-worthy accident behind them as well, but why do they only do it sometimes? I can think of two instances at Talladega alone (Spring 2004 & Fall 2005) where there was a one or two car spin (not even a multi-car melee like last night) and the caution came out both times. I'm sure that's what has Martin befuddled.
 
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