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Whilst it was a great race it was, IMHO, totally ruined by the constant
breaks for adverts (or "commercials" if you prefer <g>). Toward the end
it was plain ludicrous with more breaks than racing.

Why don't all you US fans start writing to the companies that advertise
during these breaks and tell them that you don't appreciate this sort of
coverage and that you won't buy their products if they continue to buy
advertising time whilst CBS or whoever show too many adverts. Enough
people write to them and they will take note and so will CBS as they
won't be able to sell the advertising time!

Adverts during yellows are fine and the occasional one if there is a very
long green period maybe, but 5 minutes of adverts every 10 minutes is a
farce :((

If ITV have more than two advert breaks during a F1 race this season I
will be writing to the advertisers and complaining.

Cheers,

Richard

Indeed. I saw one shot where he was having to lean over to the right
because the left side of the roof was too caved in for him to sit
upright!

Cheers,
Richard

Earnhart was well aware of Gordon's position and knew he was clearly on
the inside and pinching.
Again, he shoulda checked up and since he didnt he put himself outa the
race by tagging the wall.

You sound like your an anaylist on "where" the best line is to run a
Nascar on a superspeedway!
"where it shoulda been"?! Gimme a break. Gordon was racing a "clean"
line and was pinching the outside
car(Earnhart) like any good driver does to insure the pass. Earnhart
evidently did NOT want to
lose the position and gambled his line. The gamble didnt fly and he
brushed the wall and almost
took Gordon out! If Gordon hadnt controlled his car properly after the
tap, he'd have been takin out.
If you look closely at what really happened, you'll see that Gordon did
not cause the accident.
After Earnhart brushed the wall he had to check up to maintain control
and Jarret didnt check up in time and got up under the 3 car and flipped
ole' "Iron Head". Look at it a little closer, its called "replay"!

-David Gary-

It would have been the best if there had been more passing, no cautions,
and either Terry or Earnhardt would have won it.

Thank goodness for cable television. I'd be willing to pay good money to
see a race broadcast without interruptions.

Dave Sparks
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 01:13:01 -0800, MIRANDA GREENHILL

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Dave Starr

Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

Dale was not supposed to let him by.  I you were out on the track fighting
for a win and you only had a few laps to go you wouldn't let him by!!  You
would race him hard.  If this would have happened a little earlier in the
race I might agree with your statement.
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Hell not only that, did you see how Earnhart was driving that car when it
came down just to keep from hitting anything else, it was obvious he was
still in control.  I was pulling big time for Elliot and man did you see
his new woman? WOW.

Great Race!

That's more or less what I understood, but why on earth do you all put up
with it? Write to the advertisers, let them know how much you detest the
practice. If enough do it, they will listen & so will the networks.

It's bad enough in the UK with breaks every 20 minutes or so :((

Cheers,
Richard

Q.B.M.

Were you watching last years race?I seen passing all over the place.

Yes CBS was sorry last year. ESPN has the best coverage.

Ok, my 2 cents worth:

about 2 laps before Earnhardt's crash (2-5 laps, OK?) the announcer
reported that DE was complaining that his car was loose.

as there were about 10 laps to go (about?), this denotes the point
where most drivers "make their move" to try to get past everybody else
to get a win (especially Daytona, where reporters said all day "It's
tough to pass here")

As I watched the replays, I did notice J.Gordon never touched
Earnhardt's car  (he did get damn close, tho!), so I'll speculate the
following:

        (1). DE made the mistake of complaining of being loose.
        (2). "someone" from the #24 crew  overheard the complaint and
informed Gordon's spotter.
        (3). Gordon's spotter informed JG that, and JG took advantage
of the situation by 'taking the air off the 3 car spoiler' which put
DE into the wall in the first place.
        (4). the 88 car, saw the 3 car getting loose, so 'helped' the
spin by giving a little nudge.  What DJ didn't expect, is that he'd
get involved as much as he did. (He may be a good driver, he isn't
that good!)  Yes, I feel DJ could have avoided touching DE...ever hear
of "brakes" -- I didn't say to lock them up, he could have slowed and
allowed DE to correct his fishtailing.
        (5). The 28 car may have been able to avoid losing his hood
the same way.  I don't think I would have lifted in his case, either
tho...

Which only goes to re-affirm my belief that DE is a true sportsman
after listening to his post-race interview as to why he got back into
his car to finish the race.

Opinions welcomed via email, that address again is

--John Melair

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