Anybody here watch NASCAR?

<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="uistorymessage"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN"><font face="Calibri">If you missed Saturday night's race, I have an excerpt from winner's circle-<br><br>From Carl (Mr. Ed)ward’s victory lane interview Saturday night- "As a ‘roid fueled, horse faced DB, I know I was lucky not to send that feller to the hospital or worse and I know I tore up half a million dollars worth of race cars in a series full of underfunded cars, but let me just say aw shucks, good to be in victory lane, and thanks to Aflac and Subway for the sponsorship..."</font></span></span></p>

I watched and I thought what Carl did was way out of line...spinning him into the guard rail just to win...He could have hurt him real bad.

Underfunded? That's the problem with NASCAR. Go back to racing real cars.

Hey, it's NASCAR, and they love it because it sells tickets... so it's pretty much encouraged.

I'll admit I like a well executed 'bump and run' but hooking a guy on a straightaway, nope, not cool.

Nascar is cool. Edwards may have stepped over the line a bit? But those 2 have a running bump theme going. Thats baby racing anyway. Watch the 48 car and see a real driver.<br><br>Mike<br>

Not a 48 fan, but I'll give you this. A couple of weeks ago in Loudon, Kurt Busch moved Johnson aside late in the race. A few laps later, Johnson came up behind him, tapped him, moved him out of the groove, went by and won. That's how it's done, not hooking a guy straight into the fence.

Not a huge NASCAR fan but do and have done a ton with racing and seeing that wreck on sportscenter wanted to make me puke. I am stunned NASCAR is doing nothing. With Mark Nivar dying the previous week (a guy we used to race against) any time I see a wreck in racing I lose interest a little more. Racing is a tough living. I realize sometimes people do not see these drivers as athletes but they certainly are putting it all on the line every time they climb in a car. A ballplayer might blowout a knee or arm, which is terrible and sad to see, but these racers too often lose their lives.

<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15">I guess Keselowski could have done worse if it wasn't for getting nailed after the initial wreck and getting 'whacked' across the finish line for 14th place. Otherwise, he'd have finished further back. His dad thought Carl was trying to murder him!<img src="http://static.yuku.com/domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif"><p><br><img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15">Keselowski didn't seem to think it was a big deal.<br><br> Andy<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15"></p>

You could put Elliot Sadler in the 48 and it would still win.

<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15">Methinks cousin Carl is running the risk of becoming known as a bad cowboy with the black cowboy hat and all.<br><p><img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15">We need to get the Sprint Cup thing to expand up into Canada here. It would do good if they built a track in southern Ontario somewhere between Windsor and Toronto. If they got a big 2 miler they'd fill it. Folks would come from all around and from across the border from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, NY, etc...Hey Frank, how big is your farm?<br><br>Andy<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15"><br></p>

<blockquote><strong class="quote-title">cockycpa wrote:</strong><hr>Not a 48 fan, but I'll give you this. A couple of weeks ago in Loudon, Kurt Busch moved Johnson aside late in the race. A few laps later, Johnson came up behind him, tapped him, moved him out of the groove, went by and won. That's how it's done, not hooking a guy straight into the fence.</blockquote>Yep watched that race. It was a gooood one. And if ya think the 48 car could win with anybody behind the wheel YOUR NUTS! Jimmie is a GREAT DRIVER. Gordon gets pissy about it? LOL He Brought Jimmie in!!! LOL Gordon SUCKS!<br><br>

You could put Casey Mears in the 48 and it would still win.

<blockquote><strong class="quote-title">McGoose wrote:</strong><hr>You could put Casey Mears in the 48 and it would still win.</blockquote><br>NOPE<br>

I watched this video and thought it stunk...very fortunate that he didn't get seriously injured, it could have been very ugly.* It was ugly, but could have been very ugly...<br><br><span> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1mILVJMXcDA?f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425" allowscriptaccess="never"></embed></span><br>

Hey, Scott, they got that label in your avatar pic wrong! The NATO phonetic alphabet word for the letter "W" is "Whiskey". Or maybe they just didn't want to put the word "Whiskey" on a bottle of Tequila.<br><br>
Okay, back in my happy little padded cell now...

You never hook somebody in the wall like that. wishihad....I'm just kidding with you.

Its all good goose. What fun would it be if we all agreed on everything. <br>

I have not heard if NASCAR did anything to the driver? If NASCAR did something what was it?

60 driver points and 25k. Both drivers on probation.

<blockquote><strong class="quote-title">297joshua wrote:</strong>
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60 driver points and 25k. Both drivers on probation.</blockquote>I'm sorry, but that "punishment" is a heap of bullsh*t.<br>Edwards isn't going to learn a thing from this, all he got was a slap on the wrists.<br>I remember back in '02 when Kevin Harvick was parked (suspended) for a post-race altercation with Biffle and rough driving in the Truck series. Why hasn't Edwards been parked. This is the second time this season that he has hooked Brad in the wall.<br><br>This penalty isn't even enough for Edwards to learn from. 25k is nothing for a driver who has made $489,291 this year so far and $33,862,314 in his career. 25k is like $5.00 to us, we wouldn't even realize its missing.

I was surprised he got punished at all, although I felt he needed it, up to getting parked Saturday night. I must say I'm looking forward to the NW race Saturday night at ORP. That race is usually more interesting than the boring Brickyard most years anyways.<br><br>
I think the comparison to the Harvick thing back in '02 is a little misleading because as I recall, Harvick was behaving like a petulant teenager through the first half of that year. I think for instance, he ended one race, and parked his race car by the NASCAR trailer. I do believe Bill France sat him for showing up the 'powers to be' as much as punishing him for dumping other drivers.<br><br>
I suspect Jack Roush's sponsors will get into Edward's ear over this and have as much an impact as anyone.

<strong>I was there. I just figure, it's all part of racin' who cares. <br><br>Good time had by all! lol</strong> <strong>Wrecks are cool.</strong>

^ spoken like a someone who has never driven on a track <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif">

Gave up on it after two events..<br>
1. Dale passing<br>
2. Toyota on the track...