| Not pathetic, Its the dam truth wake up!!, Sure all drivers cheat, I seen
| the ways drivers cheat and cover up their work very well. I like most
people
| are realists. The fact is the 8 car had more of an advantage, As a
realists,
| I see 42 cars which are Equal and I see one that is not equal. To me that
| raises a red flag right there.
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Bob
> If Jimmy Spencer's comments are meant to detract from Dale Jr's
> accomplishment just remember that Jimmy gets a little carried away
> sometimes (see his remarks/accusations about Mike McLauglin after the
> Subway 300). Jimmy apparently has a very competetive nature and and
> goes a bit sour grapes when things aren't going his way.
> There are so many intervening factors in a race with 43 competitors
> that it would be virtually impossible to fix a race, keep it secret
> and still achieve the ultimate result you desire. If anything I think
> DEI just knows a good setup for Daytona. Elsewise, NASCAR also gave
> Michael Waltrip a bogus plate as well as Eliott Sadler. And I guess
> they gave Jeff Gordon one with real little holes this time!
> BD
> On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 16:52:38 GMT, "chainbreaker"
> >> On SportsCenter this morning, Jimmy Spencer said he was not surprised
that
> >> Dale Earnhardt, Jr., won the Pepsi 400. Though he said that the #8 car
was
> >> "fast here in February and in practice," he also said that "he wasn't
> >> surprised that (Dale Earnhardt, Jr.), won (the Pepsi 400), considering
> >what
> >> happened here in February."
> >> Could he be implying that he thinks that NASCAR had something to do
with
> >the
> >> outcome? What do you guys think?
> >Well, I suppose if someone just happened to get issued a restrictor plate
> >with, say slightly larger openings than everyone else, then it just might
be
> >possible to stay out front just about all the race using only 3/4
throttle.
> >That is, if NASCAR had any particular interest in seeing that any
particular
> >driver had any particular advantage during that particular race. Which
I'm
> >absolutely sure they didn't.
> >After all, it'd be damn near impossible to fix the outcome of a NASCAR
race
> >as tight as NASCAR's controls and inspections are, and with how
> >even-handedly they apply the rules.
> >Jerry Morelock