Rain delay at Martinsville....

#3
#3
he's been looking good today. i'm impressed with his dominance today.
 
#5
#5
I was OK with that....For now.....Yeah I'm pissed that he didn't win but he needed a good finish.....I'm still baffled by them pitting when they really shouldn't have, or if they were going to pit I would have just got gas and got out because it was shown you didn't fall off much on worn tires
 
#7
#7
i think Jr gambled big on the rain delay, he drove the wheels off it to get up front, knowing the rain was comin, and hoping for them to call the race.....he didnt have anything left when it restarted
 
#9
#9
how does something blow in your eye when you have a visor on your helmet?

sorry, not a valid excuse. you know what the blower is on the track to do:

1. dry the track
2. blow the debris out of the racing line
 
#13
#13
d4ster3 said:
is this serious?
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I found this . . .

"I got something in my eye when I got back in the car after the rain. The jet dryer was moving really, really slow - and I was helpless just sitting there while it blew (stuff) inside my car for what must have been 15 to 20 seconds. I mean, that's ridiculous. I was sitting there thinking 'Go! Move on! Let me out! Help!' It was crazy. They need to be better about that. Either dry the track before we get in - or keep those dryers moving."
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Doesn't sound like he even slightly used this as an excuse. Couldn't have been much fun though.
 
#14
#14
haha i didnt hear about that, i just thought checkerboard was being funny.......
 
#15
#15
GAVol said:
I found this . . .

Doesn't sound like he even slightly used this as an excuse. Couldn't have been much fun though.
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ok, i thought CBC was trying to pass it of as an excuse that he (Jr.) made.

still though, put your visor down.

and had it been an excuse, anybody would have called bs on it.
 
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#10_Ainge_#10 said:
Yeah no kidding.......That can happen but the chances of it costing you a win are astronomical
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OK, i know yall are gonna slam me for defending this. But here goes, that could cause major problems at a track like Martinsville. You have to be on top of you game at short tracks that small. And your eyes are your most important thing.

But if yall wanna know why he hasnt won as much as he should is b/c of his pit strategy. Not the actual pit themselves. I think his guys are top 3 fastest in Nascar. Jr and Eury Jr. do not pit at the right times when green flag pit stops cycle through. Until they can get good strategy going, he will not win.

Chad Knaus is a Hendrick queer boy, but he is the #1 Crew Cheif in Nascar. By a long shot.
 
#19
#19
yeah i agree with that, Chad is great at what he does....sometimes i wonder if Tony Jr only has his job bc of his dad and them being kin to the earnhardts...he has never impressed me
 
#20
#20
you people are CRAZY!!!!

the only reason Jr has even sniffed the success he has had is because of Eury Jr. remember when they switched crew chiefs and teams? yeah, how did that work out for them?

the driver is just as much to blame as the crew chief.
 
#21
#21
Eury can set up a car, that can't be argued... but the pit strategy is horrible. The pit crew is good 90% of the time as well... I swear it seems that other 10% is always near or around the last stop of the race. Like at Atlanta, good pit stops all day, until the last one. Went in 7th or so and came out 15th.

It goes both ways however, like doozer said, Jr. screws up as well.
 
#22
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doozer said:
you people are CRAZY!!!!

the only reason Jr has even sniffed the success he has had is because of Eury Jr. remember when they switched crew chiefs and teams? yeah, how did that work out for them?

the driver is just as much to blame as the crew chief.
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well either way, they screw up at least once a race on pit road; whether it be pitting at the wrong time, pitting when pit lane is closed, or arguing over 2 or 4 tires, theres constantly something going wrong.....it just seems the drivers who are consistently at the top have a great relationship with their crew chief, and their crew chief can tell what they need to do just by knowing what his driver likes or needs....i dont think dale jr and tony jr have that
 
#23
#23
Jr has always been just a little more popular than his results.
 
#25
#25
...and I don't mean to sound like I'm bashing him or his fans, because I'm not. The numbers just are what they are.
 
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