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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 3:11 pm
Nascar is back on network tv tonight YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA 
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 12:35 pm
Damn that Ryan Newman... now he's ahead of Jeff Gordon in the standings... where's Darrel Jarrett when we need him?
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 8:15 pm
wake up you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!! who made the chase?????????? thank you 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 1:06 pm
Tony Stewart Greg Biffle Rusty Wallace Jimmy Johnson Kurt Busch Mark Martin Jeremy Mayfield Carl Edwards (tie) Matt Kenseth (tie) Ryan Newman
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 2:51 pm
I hope some of the races are on NBC now.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 12:15 pm
Looking at that top 10, I don't know who to cheer for. Since Jeff Gordon didn't make it, I'm tempted to cheer for Jimmie Johnson. However, I wouldn't be upset if one of the veterans does well (i.e., Martin or Wallace). I refuse to cheer for Newman, Edwards and Biffle. And Tony Stewart has me sitting on the fence.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 12:40 pm
I have been fans of Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle ever since they started racing in the truck series. Back then they were known as the "Killer B's". I LOVE those trucks. I've been to LOTS of truck races. I have a soft spot for all the guys who raced in the truck series. I have been a fan of Matt Kenseth's since his very first Busch race, when Robbie Reiser asked him to come on down and help him out after Tim Bender wrecked most of his race cars. We Yoopers consider Wisconsin our next door neighbor, so it's like the neighbor's kid is racing. I was REAL proud of Matt when he won the last Winston Cup...and I would like to see him win a Nextel Cup. He and Robbie have been through so much this year, and have made an amazing come back. I feel like I helped raise these boys and love them as if they were my very own. I am hoping of the three of them wins...which one doesn't matter. And then there's Carl Edwards. I swear I don't know what to make of that kid. He has totally stolen my heart with that big ol' smile of his, and his "gosh and golly" manner of speaking. I keep saying that Carl doesn't have enough experience to win...Carl doesn't have enough experience to make the Chase...and the boy just goes out and does it anyway. So I for sure ain't gonna say "Carl doesn't have enough experience to win the Cup"...because as soon as I do...he'll go right out and prove me wrong again!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 1:58 pm
I, of course, am pulling for Rusty to go for his second championship as he retires...and if he doesn't then I would probably pull for Mark Martin 2nd...but I'm liking Tony Stewart more and more (and I used to HATE him!). Jeff Gordon pretty much dumped his crew chief today (Robbie Loomis) although they made it look good for the rest of the year, and Tony Eury, Jr. will be Junior's crew chief this week at NH. That didn't take long (although about 26 races too long!).
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 2:59 pm
Wow...Roxip, I just read about Robbie Loomis going to the #48 immediately and then to Petty Enterprises at the end of the year. They sure didn't waste any time. I think Robbie was experiencing a severe case of burnout. When life comes at you from all sides, somethings got to give. I think he will be much happier at Petty Enterprises. Their first priority is to have fun. Robbie is good guy and hopefully he can help get things better over at Petty Enterprises. They really need someone to come in and take over and try to things back on track.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 4:09 pm
Wow...I've seen a lot of racing in my time, but I don't think I've ever seen anything quite as "whacky" as what went down today in New Hampshire. I would say that the folks in the stands sure got their money's worth entertainment wise...and the racing wasn't bad either! They really have to get these races back on NBC. There is no reason for this to be delegated to a cable network at this point in the season. Last year I said if you were going to win the championship in this new format, you were going to have to beat the man to be the man. Last year Kurt Busch had to beat Jeff Gordon. This year, whoever wins it is going to have to go through Tony Stewart. Tony is definitely the man right now.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 5:50 pm
Mary, I missed the race, what happened in 50 words or less? Were they lots of wrecks? I am slowly becoming a Tony Stewart fan ever since he was banging on Jeffie earlier this year.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 8:59 pm
Oh Beach...you missed a doozy. In the first three laps, Kurt Busch got taken out when Scott Riggs got loose and got into him. Kurt was majorly pissed as his car was heavily damaged. So Kurt gets out of his car and goes stomping off to have a little talk with crew chief of the #10. Cameras and officials in tow. Kurt was calm and collected and after he climbed up on the box...and had a word or two...went back to the garage and waited out over 50 laps while they put his car back together. He ended up finishing 35th after other had to drop out. Then Kyle Busch got into the back of Kasey Kahne...and I guess Kasey had been taken one too many times this year...so he backed up his car and waited for Kyle to come around again..and then ran into him...on purpose! He said he was taking lessons from Dale Jarrett on retaliation. Then! the capper. Michael Waltrip wrecked Robbie Gordon...and Robbie Gordon went nuts! (I know ...short trip). First Robbie tried to T-bone him...and then he got out of his car and took his helmet, walked out onto the track and threw it at Waltrip. Then he tells the media that "Everyone thinks Michael Waltrip is this really nice guy that they see on television, but he's not....he's a piece of shit." Expect lost of fines, loss of points, and who knows what else coming down from NASCAR this week. They actually red flagged the race and had the NASCAR officials line up with the cars. Like they were all being put on "time out." Then they told all the crew chiefs to tell their drivers that they had had enough and they weren't going to tollerate anymore behavior. Most bizarre. Lots of emotion. Lots of temper. You would have thought there was a full moon or something. I am really sorry you missed it. And then at the end, Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart had an incredible back and forth race to the finish...with Ryan coming out ahead.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 9:06 pm
Great entertaining race....wish they were all like this! I hate to say it, but Mary, you are right... it looks like Tony is the man to beat. Looking forward to hearing what NASCAR has to say on Tuesday...
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 8:24 am
Great recap Marys...I remembered how much fun I had watching the race by reading your description of it. I'm glad Robbie is going back to the Pettys too. Maybe that will give Kyle a chance to get back to only racing and not running the whole organization. I would like to see them get a good driver and dump Jeff Green. He has the personality of a stump!
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 4:58 pm
HOLY CRAP!!!! Thanks for the recap Mary. I can't wait to see what penalties are handed out. I hope they fine Robbie 25 points for saying shit, but wouldn't that put him into the negative? LOL Glad to see some personalities coming out and everyone not being PC, oh for the good ole days when they just get out of the car and duked it out. Remember the Allison brothers vs. Cale Yarborough at Daytona?
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 7:28 pm
Robbie got fined $25,000 for trying to hit Mikie's car and then $10,000 for cursing and docked 50 points. Kasey got fined $25,000 and 25 points. And the worst of all, Mikie got fined $10,000 and some points for shooting the bird!!! WTF?
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 3:22 pm
Well, Robbie's heart is in the right place, even though his head isn't always. He is auctioning off his thrown helmet on ebay and donating the proceeds to the Katrina relief fund. Right now it's up to $62,200.00 It still has 6 days to go. It started this morning at $1,000.00. The bidding has been fast and furious.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 6:23 pm
Wonder what the fines/punishment was for the Allison brothers fight vs. Cal Yarborough in Daytona in the 70s? Oh for the good ole days when men were men and not corporate spokesmen.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 12:16 pm
My favorite line from this weekend's race...NASCAR's going to have to get a bigger trailer...HAHAHA!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 12:25 pm
Hey as long as they don't involve their cars and potentially putting others in danger, I'm all for them settling it in the grass, one on one. *L* Robby Gordon, in my opinion, needs to leave the sport. If he doesn't make the "Winston" or whatever it's called these days, he calls it a hooligan's race and is glad he's not in it. But if he makes it in then he's happy as can be. He was whining about Danica racing in the Indy 500, saying it wasn't "fair" because she was so small and the men were so big. So if she had been a man and was small would it not have been fair too? Is there a Size requirement for racing, other than being small enough to actually fit in the car you are racing?
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 3:31 pm
No size requirement, but I think I heard one time that they do add weights to the car to compensate for smaller drivers to even things up in Nascar. Robbie must be really rich to afford the fines and owning/driving his own team when he has struggled from day one. I don't tolerate whiners well and really miss Big E because he was a man's man and they aren't many left in Nascar these days.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 11:40 am
Why aren't the races on NBC anymore? Either Nascar isn't the draw I thought it was or NBC management are morons. Eyether case is vexing 
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 3:37 pm
Ketchup lover, I've been wondering the same thing. My own personal opinion is that NBC and NASCAR aren't getting along very well..and this is NBC's way of sticking it to them. It's bad because they still have one more year on the contract. The fans are paying the price and the sport is suffering as a result.
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Racsan
Member
04-09-2004
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 6:35 pm
At a NASCAR forum I read/post to they said that it's costing NBC too much to pay for the 7 second delay and if they have it on TNT they don't have to worry about the FCC with the possible bad language.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 12:39 pm
why is there a 7 second delay? The people who watch the NASCAR broadcast have all heard any bad language, etc. before. If there are children watching the broadcast, I'm sure they've heard (and said) it all (and even worse). This whole language deal with the FCC seems so wrong...
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