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Gaylord Ent. Sold out to them, So guess who's got their NASCAR dates?

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True enough.

The way it looked on my TV, Gordon was passing Dale, not the other way
around. Since when are you are supposed to slow down and let someone pass
you?

been.

Yep,  he was really aggressive, running in line like that.  Where he
shouldn't have been?  Gotta agree with you there.  I don't know the deal (
thanks for nothing CBS ) with his pit crew, but they had big trouble
yesterday.  Come in 1st, go out 9th.  Come in 3rd, go out 15th.  Yep, he
was right where he shouldn't have been.  He should have been in the lead,
and out of the pack, not coming up through it.

having the line so he stood his ground.

If he had slowed, not that he should have, Jarret would have ass-ended him.
 Hey, wait, that is what eventually happened, isn't it?

How can you call hitting someone who suddenly slows in front of you "
Freaking out "?  Ever race those AI cars?  He didn't freak, he just had
nowhere to go.  

What about when Grissom just ran Schrader into the infield instead of
letting him pass?  Dale Earnhardt did nothing like that. All he did was
hold his line as best he could and keep his foot down.  If Jeffy had been
able to keep his car on the bottom of the track there would not have been
an contact with Dale. Instead his car was up a full car width higher than
it should have been, so when Dale bounced off the wall, little Jeffy got
tagged.

At least part of Dale's car is part of history.  See that mark on Jeff's
passenger door?

     The end was more than a little disappointing.  Yellow flags and
teamwork wrote the story.  Bill Elliott deserved to win (and I'm a Chevy
guy).

      Maybe instead of restrictor plates they should make special narrow
tires for the "too fast"  tracks.  As it is restrictor plate racing is
definately a team sport.  Bill just didn't have a teammate.

                        bob

Jeff

: > >When is Nascar going to learn you can't beat the quality of ESPN.
CBS
: > >goes to a break with Marlin in the lead and when they come back
he's
: > not
: > >even in the same time zone.
: >
: > NO Kidding And Ken Squire SUCKS he made at least 12 mistakes
throuhout
: > the brodcast and thank GOD for ned and buddy or I would have to
watch it
: > with NO sound...
: > Mike Gillie
:
: Mike, I'm not sure what you mean when you say Ken Squier made a lot of
: mistakes (from my seat, with 25 people talking all at once, I couldn't
: hear much of anything anyway). I do know that Ken Squier has been
around
: racing for a very long time...and all racing fans owe him a lot as one
of
: the pioneers in motorsports television. And if you have seen anything
: with the World Sports logo at the end of it, be aware that this is
Ken's
: company. And besides, if you spent 30 seconds in the TV truck and saw
: what a madhouse it truly is to produce and call a live race, you would
: definitely have a much different opinion of what's going on before it
: hits the air.

        I used to give Ken the benefit of the doubt since he was broadcasting
NASCAR when NASCAR wasn't cool, but after the race Sunday, I wish CBS
would never broadcast another one.  Ken was horrible.  It seems that the
sport has passed him by and he's not willing to relearn it.
        They would flash to a shot of Earnhardt and Ken would say, "Here comes
Earnhardt" as three cars would pass him.  He goofed many times in
getting names with cars.  He tried to tell technical facts he had no
clue about.  Ken needs to step down and let the masters--Ned Jarrett,
Benny Parsons, Eli Gold and the others take over.  I wish I had set it
up in advance to listen to MRN and turn the volume down on the TV.
        And what about the year it rained and CBS decided to go to golf?  When
it stopped raining and they raced, CBS didn't go back.  ESPN and TNN
will wait all day for a race.  Sure, they'll broadcast the previous
year's race and keep checking in, but they show the race once it starts.

I also think cbs stands for commercial broadcasting station.  is it me
or was it show 6 to 8 laps of racing then go to commercial.  then come
back with a race summary because we missed 10 laps?  and squire got to
learn who's in what car and he's got to learn when someone loses the
draft its just that how many times did he say ohh whats wrong with this
one when they just simply got out of the draft.  buddy baker has got to
go as well.  I think he has hit just about every wall in the series.
they should stick them too in a booth and let them commentate their own
race.  If CBS wanted to have good commentating the should hire Mike Joy
Benny Parsons and bob jenkins.  Ned jarrett is cool but he's talks about
Dale Jarrett to much.  i know its his son but there are 42 other drivers
out there as well...One thing that is great though is the pit
reporters.  Jerry Punch John Kernan do a hell of a job......

OK, here's more...

  Earnhardt held his line as "Jeffy" went under him.  Dale was where he
WAS, not "where he shouldn't have been".  Dale ain't gonna back off for
nobody; EVERYBODY knows that...:) As they came off the corner, both cars
pushed up, and Dale tagged the wall.  When he came off the wall, he
tagged "Jeffrey", hit the wall agin, and then back down in front of
Ernie.  Ernie, having no place to go, was hit from behind by "the other
Dale", Jarrett then sent Ernie into Earnhardt.  Irvan's car sent the 3
spinning wildly, and the way that the air got under Earnhardt just sent
him up and over Ernie.  Too bad "Jeffy" didn't get caught up in it like
Irvan and Jarrett.

  About the Grissom/Schrader thing:  Grissom just flat mirror-drove
Schrader to the grass.  By the time he tried get back up in the groove,
it was too late.  Schrader's LR got down off the track and it turned him
up into Grissom.  It was all Grissom's fault; he should have let Kenny
go by.

  As far as Elliott:  I was pulling for him and the 3.  We saw the old
Awesome Bill on Sunday; mixing it up.  He was pretty much all alone
against the team cars of Hendrick and Childress.

88fan,
Tom Seiner

  Huh, Did you watch the race?? Irvan was BEHIND Jarrett and tapped Jarrett
 into Earnhardt.

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Travis