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by **Mike Donnelly J** » Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:23:34

I've suspected it for a while but you just confirmed it. Man, you are a sicko.
:)

Wings are for airplane and chickens. Not cars.

Road race? Yawn, wake me up with 3 to go...

> > But Dave, *WHY* switch to the CART race??? It's only a road race and the
> first
> > event at that. No way could it provide the action of Atlanta...

> Because I still remember the days when Lola was King and Mikey and Al Jr.
> could start mid-pak and blast their way to the front....Seems like those
> days
> are becomming as rare as a pass in F1. Anyhooo....a road course will grab
> my attention quicker than an oval anyday...plus....the Champ cars have one
> thing the Winston Cup cars are missing.....WINGS! Still waiting for a
> patch
> so I can slap slicks on an F15 Strike Eagle and jet around Bristol....
> dave henrie

> > > switched over from Nascar to watch the CART race...Thanks bozo I
> guess I
> > > can shut off my tape machine now...
> > > dave(every year we talk about SPOILER titles..)henrie

> > > > Great to see the Goodwrench Monte Carlo back in Victory Lane again.
> Even
> > > if
> > > > it's #29 instead of #3. Congrats to Kevin again.

> > > > Russ

by **Mike Donnelly J** » Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:46:18

Actually, even though I'm a member of the Bowtie Brigade, I think that there might
be something with the idea that ford might have a disadvantage. OTOH, take a good
look at the winning teams. DEI is definitely an up and coming unit, and if you put
$1M on the line each week he'd probably win half the races.

The one thought that does scare me is what's going to happen when Dodge gets it's
engine package sorted out? For something new as that to be contenders right out of
the box is scaring. Particularly when you consider it's lead team is one that just
last year was one of the laughing stocks of the paddock. I think before the year
is out they'll lose a little bit of spoiler.

Of course, the demise of the Rouschkateers is a huge thing. If they come back they
could be a force. Or, they could remain a farce. Is it possible that ford is
throwing away the first part of the season, hoping to get some help and then making
a run? Possible, but not likely. Could end up giving up too much ground that they
can't take back later.

> >Back to real life NASCAR, is anyone gonna complain that Chevy's have won all
> >the races so far this season?

> >Russ

> They've BEEN complaining. Even though I like Dale Jarrett, I feel he's whining
> too much...

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...

> Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
> with experience...
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by **Russell D. Laughlin Jr., MCS** » Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:01:04

I agree with the you on the Dodges. Those boys look damn impressive so far.
Of course if you have 5 or 6 teams work together in R&D then you'll get some
results much quicker. I read some stuff where Chrysler orchestrated all the
testing, data sharing, and the like so all the teams would benefit from one
testing.

And of course, there's that Ray Evernham thing too.....

Russ

> Actually, even though I'm a member of the Bowtie Brigade, I think that
there might
> be something with the idea that ford might have a disadvantage. OTOH,
take a good
> look at the winning teams. DEI is definitely an up and coming unit, and
if you put
> $1M on the line each week he'd probably win half the races.

> The one thought that does scare me is what's going to happen when Dodge
gets it's
> engine package sorted out? For something new as that to be contenders
right out of
> the box is scaring. Particularly when you consider it's lead team is one
that just
> last year was one of the laughing stocks of the paddock. I think before
the year
> is out they'll lose a little bit of spoiler.

> Of course, the demise of the Rouschkateers is a huge thing. If they come
back they
> could be a force. Or, they could remain a farce. Is it possible that
ford is
> throwing away the first part of the season, hoping to get some help and
then making
> a run? Possible, but not likely. Could end up giving up too much ground
that they
> can't take back later.

D.

> > >Back to real life NASCAR, is anyone gonna complain that Chevy's have
won all
> > >the races so far this season?

> > >Russ

> > They've BEEN complaining. Even though I like Dale Jarrett, I feel he's
whining
> > too much...

> > Eldred
> > --
> > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> > F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...

> > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> > with experience...
> > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

by **Eldre** » Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:06:38

>Actually, even though I'm a member of the Bowtie Brigade, I think that there
>might
>be something with the idea that ford might have a disadvantage. OTOH, take
>a good
>look at the winning teams. DEI is definitely an up and coming unit, and if
>you put
>$1M on the line each week he'd probably win half the races.

But if Ford isn't doing as well as they want, they should just work harder. In
my opinion, crying to NASCAR just means they can't win without help. They
should shut up and work harder. And I'll say it again - if NASCAR wants
everything totally *even*, make the races SPEC races. Everyone gets the same
car, and the best team and driver wins. These constant rule changes to give
one team an advantage, or take advantages from another are absurd. Don't
punish a team because they got it RIGHT...or help another because they got it
WRONG...sheesh.

Eldred
--
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...

Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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