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sablescort said:
Yeah, my cousin told me. My cousin is a big NASCAR fan, bigger than me, lol.
Any Nascar fans here?
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Yeah, my cousin told me. My cousin is a big NASCAR fan, bigger than me, lol.
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Red~Rum said:Nascar
Have you heard of Grand Prix? It is awesome and faster than Nascar!!! (No offence!!)
I saw Grand Prix in Monaco, South of France, San Marino (Italy) and Australia and my hubby is Grand Prix fan, he loves to watch it!!
Heard of the Grand Prix, and have watched it several times in the past...and the cars are more capable of achieving more speed in these races and is also fun to watch too....although, I'll stick to Nascar as the popularity of this sport has risen over the past few years....but Red~Rum, enjoy your Grand Prix races with your hubby!!!
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Any of you have any idea who's gonna win the Fontana race in California tomw. (May 2nd)? I'm going with either Kasey Kahne or Kevin Harvick....it's about time one of those two win a race...as for Harvick, he's a California native...although, it's more likely someone else may win it....if so, I'd rather have my fav driver win, Sterling Marlin, the number 40 Coors car....let's hope for a great race tomw....*awaiting for the race to start!!*...Enjoy the race!
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there's a race tomorrow right? i think its every sundays right? correct me if i'm wrong..
if its on tomorrow i'm looking foward to it.. gotta watch that race.
And heh.. my backyard have a race track for stock cars the races are every thursdays evening.. and heck love to watch it when i have time.. and yet makes my house shaking cuz of those loud cars.. haha.. but heh.. things make me mad is that my house get dirty the next day cuz of those stock cars spray dirts everywhere.. GRRRRRR.
if its on tomorrow i'm looking foward to it.. gotta watch that race.
And heh.. my backyard have a race track for stock cars the races are every thursdays evening.. and heck love to watch it when i have time.. and yet makes my house shaking cuz of those loud cars.. haha.. but heh.. things make me mad is that my house get dirty the next day cuz of those stock cars spray dirts everywhere.. GRRRRRR.
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Yes, it's on tomw. the 2nd of May at 3pm. ET on the Fox channel... 
Wow, your house must be awfully close to the dirt track in order for your house to get caked with dirt!! Must be nice to have a 'house-seat' for the races!!
Wow, your house must be awfully close to the dirt track in order for your house to get caked with dirt!! Must be nice to have a 'house-seat' for the races!!
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*raise my hand* I am NASCAR fan.
When Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died, I was upset and sad for NASCAR. Everything was on newspaper. Then one year later (2002), I met my ex-girlfriend online who was NASCAR fan. I became really addicted to NASCAR after that. I influence my parents to get interested in NASCAR. Now, 2004, I am still fan of NASCAR. Right now, I am trying to influence my current girlfriend to get interests in NASCAR. I visited 2 racetracks (Darlington Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway). I have goal to visit Daytona International Speedway.
When Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died, I was upset and sad for NASCAR. Everything was on newspaper. Then one year later (2002), I met my ex-girlfriend online who was NASCAR fan. I became really addicted to NASCAR after that. I influence my parents to get interested in NASCAR. Now, 2004, I am still fan of NASCAR. Right now, I am trying to influence my current girlfriend to get interests in NASCAR. I visited 2 racetracks (Darlington Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway). I have goal to visit Daytona International Speedway.
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dang... Jeff Gordon won again today seesh.. at last 50 laps i was chanting " jeff gordon crash! jeff gordon crash!" guess it doesn't work
i'm surprised #9 did excellent job today and he's a rookie. however i think he should be in 1st place.. but its close till near end he got some bad lucks.
i'm surprised #9 did excellent job today and he's a rookie. however i think he should be in 1st place.. but its close till near end he got some bad lucks.
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Rusty Wallace and Tony Stewart get in trouble
Wallace blasts Stewart after early-race incident
By Marty Smith, Turner Sports Interactive May 2, 2004
9:13 PM EDT (0113 GMT)
FONTANA, Calif. -- Tony Stewart's on-track aggression has been a topic of concern for several weeks now, so much so that Nextel Cup Series director John Darby sat the former champion down for an ol' fashioned talkin' to late last weekend.
Following the pow-wow, Darby said the issue was dead.
Rusty Wallace begs to differ.
Following a collision with Kurt Busch on Lap 58 of Sunday's Auto Club 500, Wallace exited his car, surveyed the extensive damage to the left front of his ride, then stormed off to his transporter.
Several minutes later, he emerged with a verbal lashing for Stewart.
"I'll talk to him, right in the eye. He needs to a good talkin' to by somebody," Wallace said. "I'm gonna do a lot better job talking to him than NASCAR will. I'm going to talk to him driver-to-driver.
"He needs some help. He's in a ditch right now. I don't know what's wrong with the guy. I like the fella. He's a good friend, but he's really screwing up a lot lately."
Wallace named several instances this year when he received what he considered unnecessary hits from Stewart, including one early in Sunday's race.
"He got me in the back really hard at Bristol, got me in the back real hard at Martinsville, caused a huge darn wreck last week at Talladega then runs me right through the fence this time," Wallace said.
"I'm on the outside, right against the wall, and he comes flying up and drives through me, knocks the side off of it, completely ruins the car.
"Then, he pulls up alongside and starts flipping me off on the restart. I wanted to get out of the car and whip his rear end, I'll tell you what. The kid needs to calm down a little bit. He's really frustrated for some reason."
Stewart saw it differently, saying Wallace was the instigator.
"We came off of (Turn) 2 and we got together, and that put him in the wall," Stewart said. "But the corner before that he drove right down into the left side of us like we weren't even there. So I don't know why he's pointing the finger at somebody else."
Jimmie Johnson, Sunday's second-place finisher, had a front row seat for the skirmish.
"I think what you had today was a battle of two very strong-minded guys, competitive guys," Johnson said. "Being behind it, I saw those guys racing really hard. Nobody was doing anything wrong.
"The problem was they were racing so hard, so early, that they were so close it sucked the air off the back of (Stewart) and took (Wallace) into the fence. I could see something was going to take place, it was just a matter of time."
Ironically, it was Wallace that stood up for Stewart in the media this past week. Folks wanted answers why Stewart was having so many on-track run-ins. He'd gotten into Andy Hillenburg and Kasey Kahne at Darlington and hit Scott Wimmer during a caution at Bristol.
Last week at Talladega, he hit Kurt Busch to trigger the "Big One," then swerved into Terry Labonte after taking the checkered flag.
Wallace said his defense of Stewart is over.
"I'm not sticking up right now, 'cause I'm about sick of this childish action," Wallace said. "The boy needs to grow up a little bit. I think he's just frustrated. I don't know. He's just got to keep his emotions in check. I'm tired of getting taken out by him. This is ridiculous."
Wallace said he felt Stewart had lost respect from many of his peers this season.
"He's a good kid, but hey, we respect everybody out in this field and I'm not respecting him at all right now," Wallace said. "Half the garage area's not respecting him. He's going to have to get out there and earn the respect his peers again, because he's screwed up a lot of cars because he's pouting."
Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs doesn't view it as much of an issue.
"He had a meeting with Darby the other day and that went pretty well, so as far as we're concerned, that was racing, there," said Gibbs of the run-in with Wallace. "I was watching the replay, and I don't think either of them had seen it yet.
"I'm sure (Wallace) is frustrated. His car is totaled now. I'm not sure how much Tony had to do with that. This is racing. More often than not, you'll walk away unhappy."
Wallace's team repaired the damage and returned him to action 43 laps down. He finished 57 laps down in 35th position.
"I had a good top-10 car. I don't know what (Stewart is) driving like that for. I'm tired of poor lil' ol' Tony right now. He needs to get his act together. He's a good driver and needs to act like one instead of driving like an idiot and taking a bunch of cars out."
Wallace blasts Stewart after early-race incident
By Marty Smith, Turner Sports Interactive May 2, 2004
9:13 PM EDT (0113 GMT)
FONTANA, Calif. -- Tony Stewart's on-track aggression has been a topic of concern for several weeks now, so much so that Nextel Cup Series director John Darby sat the former champion down for an ol' fashioned talkin' to late last weekend.
Following the pow-wow, Darby said the issue was dead.
Rusty Wallace begs to differ.
Following a collision with Kurt Busch on Lap 58 of Sunday's Auto Club 500, Wallace exited his car, surveyed the extensive damage to the left front of his ride, then stormed off to his transporter.
Several minutes later, he emerged with a verbal lashing for Stewart.
"I'll talk to him, right in the eye. He needs to a good talkin' to by somebody," Wallace said. "I'm gonna do a lot better job talking to him than NASCAR will. I'm going to talk to him driver-to-driver.
"He needs some help. He's in a ditch right now. I don't know what's wrong with the guy. I like the fella. He's a good friend, but he's really screwing up a lot lately."
Wallace named several instances this year when he received what he considered unnecessary hits from Stewart, including one early in Sunday's race.
"He got me in the back really hard at Bristol, got me in the back real hard at Martinsville, caused a huge darn wreck last week at Talladega then runs me right through the fence this time," Wallace said.
"I'm on the outside, right against the wall, and he comes flying up and drives through me, knocks the side off of it, completely ruins the car.
"Then, he pulls up alongside and starts flipping me off on the restart. I wanted to get out of the car and whip his rear end, I'll tell you what. The kid needs to calm down a little bit. He's really frustrated for some reason."
Stewart saw it differently, saying Wallace was the instigator.
"We came off of (Turn) 2 and we got together, and that put him in the wall," Stewart said. "But the corner before that he drove right down into the left side of us like we weren't even there. So I don't know why he's pointing the finger at somebody else."
Jimmie Johnson, Sunday's second-place finisher, had a front row seat for the skirmish.
"I think what you had today was a battle of two very strong-minded guys, competitive guys," Johnson said. "Being behind it, I saw those guys racing really hard. Nobody was doing anything wrong.
"The problem was they were racing so hard, so early, that they were so close it sucked the air off the back of (Stewart) and took (Wallace) into the fence. I could see something was going to take place, it was just a matter of time."
Ironically, it was Wallace that stood up for Stewart in the media this past week. Folks wanted answers why Stewart was having so many on-track run-ins. He'd gotten into Andy Hillenburg and Kasey Kahne at Darlington and hit Scott Wimmer during a caution at Bristol.
Last week at Talladega, he hit Kurt Busch to trigger the "Big One," then swerved into Terry Labonte after taking the checkered flag.
Wallace said his defense of Stewart is over.
"I'm not sticking up right now, 'cause I'm about sick of this childish action," Wallace said. "The boy needs to grow up a little bit. I think he's just frustrated. I don't know. He's just got to keep his emotions in check. I'm tired of getting taken out by him. This is ridiculous."
Wallace said he felt Stewart had lost respect from many of his peers this season.
"He's a good kid, but hey, we respect everybody out in this field and I'm not respecting him at all right now," Wallace said. "Half the garage area's not respecting him. He's going to have to get out there and earn the respect his peers again, because he's screwed up a lot of cars because he's pouting."
Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs doesn't view it as much of an issue.
"He had a meeting with Darby the other day and that went pretty well, so as far as we're concerned, that was racing, there," said Gibbs of the run-in with Wallace. "I was watching the replay, and I don't think either of them had seen it yet.
"I'm sure (Wallace) is frustrated. His car is totaled now. I'm not sure how much Tony had to do with that. This is racing. More often than not, you'll walk away unhappy."
Wallace's team repaired the damage and returned him to action 43 laps down. He finished 57 laps down in 35th position.
"I had a good top-10 car. I don't know what (Stewart is) driving like that for. I'm tired of poor lil' ol' Tony right now. He needs to get his act together. He's a good driver and needs to act like one instead of driving like an idiot and taking a bunch of cars out."
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I do love NASCAR myself, but the early days of NASCAR Nextel Cup in the 1950's, men raced cars that were just bought off the dealer and taken to the track without any changes made to it. Nowadays the present Nextel Cup cars does not look like the one you can get off the dealer floor. What dealer has a rear-drive Ford Taurus with a V8 in his showroom? No.
If NASCAR wants Nextel Cup to stay true to its roots, I say its time to bring the Aussies in since their V8 Supercars does look like the Falcons and Holdens people can buy the next day after the races. Also the races are more interesting because it is not just oval tracks. The V8 Supercars run on road courses.
Craig Lowndes' Ford Falcon BA V8 Supercar:
Greg Murphy's Holden Commodoer VY V8 Supercar: (the Aussie equal of Chevy)
http://www.v8supercar.com.au
If NASCAR adopted the V8 Supercars format, I would love to see the Chrysler 300C Hemi, Ford Mustang, and the Pontiac GTO battle it all out on the Nextel Cup tracks
But that's wishful thinking
If NASCAR wants Nextel Cup to stay true to its roots, I say its time to bring the Aussies in since their V8 Supercars does look like the Falcons and Holdens people can buy the next day after the races. Also the races are more interesting because it is not just oval tracks. The V8 Supercars run on road courses.
Craig Lowndes' Ford Falcon BA V8 Supercar:
Greg Murphy's Holden Commodoer VY V8 Supercar: (the Aussie equal of Chevy)
http://www.v8supercar.com.au
If NASCAR adopted the V8 Supercars format, I would love to see the Chrysler 300C Hemi, Ford Mustang, and the Pontiac GTO battle it all out on the Nextel Cup tracks
But that's wishful thinking
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Yes it would be very interesting to see these V8 supercars run on Nascar's tracks...although, I do believe these sort of cars are more thrilling to watch on the type of courses they now run...with the agility they possess on winding curves, etc....With the setup now in Nascar, it's more of a trend and a favorite pasttime, racing, pit-stop times, the various tracks and the fans is what makes Nascar interesting, fun and entertaining to watch!! 
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Now that Jeff Gordan has won back to back races...how many of you would think he may win the next race at Richmond International Speedway; Chevy American Revolution 400? Nahhhhh...he better not!! Sorry Cheri... but your driver now has won two...*dialing up Jeff Gordon...umm, sir, you're wanted OFF the track....* *ahems*...letting someone else win this one....who? Who seems likely to have a good chance winning this next one?
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its more likely that Michael waltrip will win this race... and 2nd place will be Dale Jr. 3rd place will be #17
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DeafSCUBA98 said:
Errr...umm...been checking with the ol' Nascar crystal ball???
I would LOVEEEEEEE to say that Sterling Marlin is gonna win this one...*shrugs*, but I guess not....I wouldn't be surprised if Matt Kenseth, number 17 wins it...or Jimmy Johnson, number 48 or Dale Jr., number 8 win it...but we may be in for a surprise this weekend...as this race will be held in the evening...and I have a 'gut' feeling that someone who hasn't won yet this year will win it this Sunday.....
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yeah.. just like last sunday i thought #9 (rookie) will win the race.. somehow he got in bad luck and jeff gordon pass him, etc..Roadrunner said:Errr...umm...been checking with the ol' Nascar crystal ball???
I would LOVEEEEEEE to say that Sterling Marlin is gonna win this one...*shrugs*, but I guess not....I wouldn't be surprised if Matt Kenseth, number 17 wins it...or Jimmy Johnson, number 48 or Dale Jr., number 8 win it...but we may be in for a surprise this weekend...as this race will be held in the evening...and I have a 'gut' feeling that someone who hasn't won yet this year will win it this Sunday.....
I was shocked that #9 is doing excellent job in that race been in lead for many laps and been battling with jeff gordon back and forth for 1st place.
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Oh really? I missed last Sunday's race as I had to be somewhere else...if I had seen Kasey Kahne, the number 9 car, doing as well as he was as you stated, I sure would have cheered him on....*pass him, passssss him!!*...ya know? Pass Jeff Gordon....!! I'll miss the very beginning of the next race, but I'll be able to see it before it ends...*chantin', number 40, 40, 40!*....
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is the next race on mothers day?
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DeafSCUBA98 said:
Heck, how would I know?...I don't even know when it's Mother's Day...if it is THIS Sunday...man, time to hit the stores...finding a Mother's Day gift....!