[Alvin]

John Force wearing his Auto Club Race uniform while being interviewed by Mickey Waltrip in his pink shirt and tie was interesting. Force got NHRA's name in there and never said NASCAR. NHRA owes John for that free publicity and plug to NASCAR fans.
Interesting, especially when Mickey told John "they'll be going 210 or better here today...(and as he walked away continued) that doen't matter to John though, they go 320, 340 or something like that..."

Where did Danicants squeeze end up finishing? IIRC Jr finished 2nd...good for him!

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

I think Danica WON an Indy car race overseas..... guess it was fro Motorolla.

Yes, she wasn't driving for GoDaddy. My point was that she is internationally known as the "GoDaddy Girl", and her bright florescent green car, in both NASCAR and IndyCar, is always the focus of attention. Most people that don't follow NASCAR or IndyCar seem to think she's a legend, and one of the top drivers in the sport.

Danica won her one and only race 5 years ago for Andretti Green racing.

Correction to my earlier post : Danica did in fact drive in the Grand Am Rolex Series at Daytona in 2006 and 2009.

[Racer81x]

Originally Posted by 63Banshee

Good guess. Lead lap? I haven't bothered to check.

Finshed one lap down, she only finshed ahead of 6 or 7 cars that did not retire from the race, and all those cars are marginal drivers, or good drivers with underfunded teams and equipment.

[63Banshee]

Originally Posted by Racer81x

Finshed one lap down, she only finshed ahead of 6 or 7 cars that did not retire from the race, and all those cars are marginal drivers, or good drivers with underfunded teams and equipment.

WOW! She is so consistent!

[Region Warrior]

Dic w/ears Logano again...

[arbys]

Originally Posted by 63Banshee

Just watched the last 12 laps. I'd like to see Panica leading that hornets nest off the restart. Would be joke, I'm sure.

Logano was racing pretty dirty, but I hope Tony was pissed about all he was seeing rather than just 1 block.

He kind of had done to him what he does to everyone else but feels that Joey hasn't paid his dues yet.

[Region Warrior]

He screwed himself try'n to block a faster car.
Let a "big dic w/ears" win.

[ho428]

Joey did exactly what he should have done on a re-start with 11 to go. KB spun the tires, he couldn't pass him before the line which gave TS a run, block him or lose your own shot at winning, Joey did the right thing and didn't cause any harm for it other than cause TS to check up, perfect block.
TS is just PO'd he finally got done back what he does all the time. Don't think for a second he wouldn't have done the same thing.

The last lap wreck was another story, he drove in deep and Denny kept it low, the outcome was inevitable.

[63Banshee]

He was too aggressive with everyone those last laps, but I too give him a pass (no pun intended) regarding the block on Fastso. I'm sure NASCAR is covering it with him.

[MikeNoun]

I'm a Tony Stewart fan, but I have to say I didn't see anything wrong with Logano blocking Stewart with only a few laps to go.

Tony Stewart just blew his top, and I think it's a combination of the fact that Danica (his driver) ain't looking so pretty these past few races, and the fact Ryan Newman (his other driver) is not having a good season.

Stewart sees Joey Logano as a little rich kid, what he considers the "new blood" in the sport, where mommy and daddy fund your racing career. Tony Stewart had poor parents, who sacrificed a great deal to support Tony. Tony is the "old school" guy, working his way up through the various racing series, cutting his teeth on local dirt tracks. Joey Logano never worked a day in his life, and at the tender age of 18, they sat him in the Home Depot car, the very same car Tony Stewart made famous.

But here's the irony. Stewart hates it when these silver spoon kids get a ride in a top notch race car, yet didn't go through the pain and suffering that you're supposed to go through to make it to Sprint Cup. That's why he hates Logano. But Stewart did exactly that with Danica Patrick, allowing her to jump into a top notch Sprint Cup car without her paying her dues on short tracks, dirt tracks, or proving herself in Nationwide for a few years.

And seriously, Tony Stewart was pissed off about blocking down low? Wasn't Tony the one that was caused a wreck at the pre-season Daytona race, and he admitted he intentionally blocked Marcus Ambrose, causing a massive 6-car pileup?

And it was Tony Stewart, leading at Talladega on the last lap, that admitted he intentionally blocked a hard charging Michael Waltrip that triggered a massive 25-car pileup last fall, which forced Dale Earnhardt Jr. to miss two races because of concussion symptoms.

But....I still like Tony Stewart. Hard nosed, great driver, multi-talented, he reminds me of A.J. Foyt.

[J.D.]

yeah i love tony too but joey did what tony would have done. too bad hamlin got hurt , but joey just gave him a little payback for last week. have at it boys !

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by J.D.

yeah i love tony too but joey did what tony would have done. too bad hamlin got hurt , but joey just gave him a little payback for last week. have at it boys !

I think in this case Hamlin was racing clean and was giving him all the room he needed coming through 3 & 4 - but Joey was in blocking mode and it cost Hamlin a night in the hospital.

[MikeNoun]

Denny Hamlin has a compression fracture in his lower back. Not sure how long he'll be out.

Roger Penske defended his driver Joey Logano, who now appears to be the most unpopular driver in the garage area (maybe Juan Pablo Montoya is giving Joey some pointers?). It's true that Logano's dad's business (Waste Management) has netted him a fortune, and his dad wanted to see the dreams of his son Joey, and his daughter (a figure skater), come true, so he bankrolled their careers.

Joey had run-ins with Ryan Newman and Kevin Harvick in the past where it nearly came to blows. He also ticked off the usually very sedate Elliot Sadler last year in a Nationwide race when Joey dumped Elliot on the last lap.

So on Logano's poop list are : Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, and Elliot Sadler. Is it a coincidence that Stewart and Harvick are best friends, and Newman drives for Stewart, and Sadler for Harvick? They all seem to have an axe to grind now with Logano.

During the race broadcast, either McReynolds or Waltrip made a comment that Logano was not well-liked while on the Gibbs team, which surprised me a bit. But after I thought about it, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin always raced Logano hard in the Sprint or Nationwide Series, as if he was from a rival team, so maybe it's true.

Logano IS a good driver, he can handle a road course and a high speed track. The kid is pretty talented.

As for the Hamlin crash, Joey was low and trying to push as hard as he could and his car washed up into Hamlin. That was Logano's fault, but it was NOT intentional. It was Joey not wanting to back off when he should have.

Logano did the same thing a couple years ago when he slid up into Ryan Newman, who crashed out of the race. Newman tracked Logano down after the race and nearly flattened him national TV.

[arbys]

It has made me wonder where the true talent comes from. Does it come from your daddy or Sugar Daddy getting you into a great ride and then you get experience, Legano, Menard, Patrick, or in Montoya's case, diversity and sponsorship? As much as I hate to admit it DE Jr. also gets great rides because of his name. As someone on these boards says, just sayin'.

[The Boss]

No fine for Tony????

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by arbys

It has made me wonder where the true talent comes from. Does it come from your daddy or Sugar Daddy getting you into a great ride and then you get experience, Legano, Menard, Patrick, or in Montoya's case, diversity and sponsorship? As much as I hate to admit it DE Jr. also gets great rides because of his name. As someone on these boards says, just sayin'.

Jr. is a hot franchise and gets the ride he does 1. because of his name & 2. because of his merchandising $$$$$$$$$$.

There has to be some talent in each of them, simply having the right car with the right crew isn't enough.

[arbys]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Jr. is a hot franchise and gets the ride he does 1. because of his name & 2. because of his merchandising $$$$$$$$$$.

There has to be some talent in each of them, simply having the right car with the right crew isn't enough.

I agree but if he didn't have that connection would he have the great rides? I don't think so because there were probably 500 other young guns as good as him that didn't get a ride when he first got his.

[J.D.]

Originally Posted by The Boss

I think in this case Hamlin was racing clean and was giving him all the room he needed coming through 3 & 4 - but Joey was in blocking mode and it cost Hamlin a night in the hospital.

denny was racing him clean and gave him room. absolutely. but after hamlin dumping joey last week , joey didnt care. he went in extra hard for the win and im sure he would have prefered a win. good old fashioned racing . very unfortunate that denny got hurt.

[arbys]

Originally Posted by J.D.

denny was racing him clean and gave him room. absolutely. but after dumping joey last week , joey didnt care. he went in extra hard for the win and im sure he would have prefered a win. good old fashioned racing . very unfortunate that denny got hurt.

There may be more than just Denny that's gunning for Joey at Martinsville.

[Held for Ransom]

Speaking of Hamlin.

I just heard a snip of it. Did someone hear the comment to the effect of the driver's and crew can't figure out how good this Gen-6 car really is? Basically calling them stupid?