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Today In Nascar History
April 16, 1950
Tim Flock collects his first of 39 career poles. However, Flock's speed at Langhorne Speedway, a one-mile dirt track in Langhorne, Pa., is not recorded.
Should Winston Cup drivers be limited on number of tire changes under caution like the Busch Series?
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from Brian
In response to your closing quote from Dale Earnhardt, I love it. Dale
Earnhardt was an inspiration both on and off the track to and continues
to do so even after his untimely death. Even his biggest rivals on the
track count him as an inspiration and will miss his competitive nature
on the track. Keep the quote and keep up the great work on this fantastic
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from Wanttaberacer
Here's the kind of thing that just jumps out at you--the inequity of
the winnings. (The ones that I really don't understand are highlighted
in red.)
Take Kyle Petty: finishes 11th, on the lead lap, $84,000--Tony Stewart & Mark Martin finish 25th & 26th, more than 30 laps behind, win $20,000 & $30,000 more than him...Bobby Labonte, 32nd, 70 laps out, $25,000 more than Kyle... and the most egregious inequity, Rusty Wallace, 37th, more than 170 laps out, only completed 12 laps, $25,000 more. I know there's all kinds of money awarded for all kinds of accomplishments during a race, but just what the hell did Rusty accomplish in his 12 laps to justify paying a 37th place finish way more money than an 11th place finisher who ran all 188 laps? If I'm Kyle, I gotta be going, "what the..........." This isn't a case of sour grapes or whining about my favorite driver or un-favorite driver. It's a case of one of those things that make ya go "hmmmm..........."
Results
Order Driver (No.)
Car Laps Finished Laps Led
Winnings
1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (8)Chevrolet 188
34 $204,367
2 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet 188
12 $179,233
3 Elliott Sadler (38) Ford
188
1 $162,955
4 Ricky Craven (32) Pontiac 188
0 $139,575
5 Terry Labonte (5) Chevrolet 188
1 $122,221
6 Sterling Marlin (40) Dodge
188
2 $126,380
7 Ward Burton (22) Dodge
188
5 $114,386
8 Jeff Gordon (24)
Chevrolet 188
24 $128,458
9 Matt Kenseth (17) Ford
188
9 $104,730
10 Robby Gordon (31) Chevrolet 188
0 $105,367
11 Kyle Petty (45)
Dodge 188
0 $84,375
12 Dale Jarrett (88)
Ford 188
2 $116,473
13 Bill Elliott (9)
Dodge 188
1 $109,823
14 John Andretti (43) Dodge
188
1 $109,388
15 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet 188
65 $89,930
16 Tony Raines (74) Chevrolet 188
0 $74,640
17 Kenny Wallace (23) Dodge
188
0 $86,825
18 Jeremy Mayfield (19) Dodge
187
19 $84,285
19 Kurt Busch (97)
Ford 186
1 $87,195
20 Steve Park (1) Chevrolet
184
1 $97,302
21 Joe Nemechek (25) Chevrolet 182
0 $70,695
22 Greg Biffle (16)
Ford 178
0 $66,375
23 Dave Blaney (77) Ford
178
0 $91,565
24 Michael Waltrip (15) Chevrolet 177
10 $83,935
25 Tony Stewart (20) Chevrolet 156
0 $118,708
26 Mark Martin (6)
Ford 154
0 $102,783
27 Jamie McMurray (42)Dodge
154
0 $65,395
28 Todd Bodine (154) Ford
152
0 $79,045
29 Jeff Green (30) Chevrolet
124
0 $76,285
30 Mike Wallace (09) Dodge
120
0 $65,390
31 Mike Skinner (4) Pontiac
120
0 $76,214
32 Bobby Labonte (18) Chevrolet 118
0 $109,658
33 Ken Schrader (49) Dodge
110
0 $65,350
34 Jack Sprague (0) Pontiac
109
0 $64,310
35 Jeff Burton (99) Ford
107
0 $97,597
36 Jerry Nadeau (01) Pontiac
73
0 $67,050
37 Rusty Wallace (2) Dodge
12
0 $101,567
38 Jimmy Spencer (7) Dodge
9
0 $66,025
39 Ryan Newman (12) Dodge
3
0 $93,215
40 Casey Mears (41) Dodge
3
0 $71,090
41 Johnny Benson (10) Pontiac
3
0 $89,640
42 Ricky Rudd (21) Ford
3
0 $70,690
43 Hermie Sadler (02) Chevrolet 3
0 $62,746
Ok lower in the list, you will find the explanation as to how the money is divvied up between all the drivers and why some, although finishing lower, make more than others who finished ahead of them in the race. Good one Wanttaberacer!
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Round 9 Results -- McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championhsip fueled by POWERade - Tiebreaker Gives Bobby Labonte's Pit Crew First Place Prize in Martinsville: The Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway (April 13) marked the first time a tiebreaker criteria was needed to determine the race winner of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade. Bobby Labonte's and Elliott Sadler's pit crews tied for top honors with each team's car spending 292 seconds on pit road - the least amount of time for participating teams of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship. Labonte's pit crew was named the winner and recipient of the $20,000 first-place check by virtue of having a higher finishing position in the race. Labonte's Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Chevrolet finished second while Sadler's Robert Yates M&M's Ford was fifth.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR officials announced Tuesday that two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series crew chiefs have been fined, due to rule infractions last week at Martinsville Speedway prior to the Advance Auto Parts 250.
David F. Bridgeman, crew chief of the No. 27 Chevrolet, has been fined $2,500 under Section 12-4-A in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rule book (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and Section 12-4-W (improperly attached weight). The infraction occurred during the event's first practice session.
Lonnie L. Troxell, crew chief of the No. 93 Chevrolet, has been fined $2,500 under Section 12-4-A in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rule book (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and Section 12-4-W (improperly attached weight). The infraction occurred during qualifying.
In both instances, the improperly attached weight fell off the trucks while they were on the race track.
The National Stock Car Racing Commission has reduced the penalties assessed to Joe Nemechek's Busch Series team after he won the March 29 O'Reilly 300 race at Texas at Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR had fined owner Andrea Nemechek $25,000 after her husband's No. 87 car was found to have an unapproved left front spring and fined crew chief Eric Phillips $5,000. The three-member panel of the commission found the fines were disproportionate to those in similar cases and cut them in half, but it left Phillips' two-race suspension unchanged.
Kurt Busch was to test Roush Racing's No. 97 Winston Cup Ford at Richmond International Raceway today to kick off three days of testing this week. Ricky Rudd, who had been expected to start testing Wood Brothers Racing's No. 21 Ford today, is now expected to test Wednesday and Thursday, the track says, along with fellow Winston Cup drivers Sterling Marlin and Larry Foyt. Busch Series testers this week include Ron Hornaday, Coy Gibbs, Chad Blount, Martin Truex Jr., Stacy Compton and Kevin Grubb today, and Dave Blaney and David Green on Wednesday.
Johnny Benson, Ricky Craven, Bill Elliot, Tony Raines and Jimmy Spencer are scheduled to test their Winston Cup cars at Kentucky Speedway Wednesday and Thursday, the track says. Ford Racing has the facility booked for today, but no testers are specified. Kyle Busch and Paul Menard are scheduled to test Busch Series cars Wednesday and Thursday. While testing is not open to the public, the track says fans may watch from the visitor center in turn three.
RACING PERSPECTIVES
End Of Stage One, Chevy Rules
by Paul Miron-Staff Writer
With Martinsville behind us, Winston Cup gets its first weekend off. Two races, California and Richmond lead to the next break then it's a push through the months of May and June with the delightful Winston as prelude to the season's most grueling race, the 600. Before the next break we'll have seen Dover, Pocono, Michigan and the road course at Sonoma.
The season is beginning to take shape. Though the manufacturer's standings don't show it, Chevy is in command. Consider the stats- Chevrolet has won 4 of eight. After Richmond, the top ten are overwhelmed by Chevy drivers (six) leaving three makes scrapping for what's left. The manufacturer's battle is slanted by design and Ford trails the Bowtie by one point (61/60) while Dodge and Pontiac are waging their own war, out of the picture (39/38).
Chevy/Ford rivalry harks back through America's automotive history. Historians note that Louis Chevrolet once worked for Henry Ford. Walter P. Chrysler's legacy was based in engineering long before the Hemi, long before his company purchased assets of the Dodge Brothers. Pontiac, the revered Indian chief from Michigan became indemnified by General Motors. This bit of Jepoardy! sets stage for the current mission, narrowly yet clearly led by Chevrolet.
Winston Cup teams at NASCAR's highest levels are manufacturers themselves. Engineers in white clothing work in "clean rooms" around the clock. Every eventuality is examined, every possibility is explored. Reading spark plugs is old school- CAD and RAD are buzzwords. NASCAR teams design their next offering virtually, just like Detroit. NASCAR, clinging to old tech (carbs, live axles) gives dominant warriors a hedge. The so-called red phone from team-to-maker is merely in place for transfer of funds.
Cost? Who cares? Win on Sunday, write off on Monday.
Back to the season break, wins tell the story. Teresa Earnhardt is the owner getting it done; Mikey won Daytona and Dale Jr. scored his exciting win at Talladega then threatened to back it up by stealing the show at Martinsville by leading the most laps. Railbirds think he's got his old man's genes while the effort from his step-mom's operations led to much shaking of heads in the garage. They're for real. Powerhouse teams are chasing DEI. They can do short tracks! (PSSST- he got it from his old man.) Suppose he wins Sonoma? Don't dismiss Kenseth: he beat out Jr. for ROTY, but at the break his lead is tenuous and Roush is concerned about Junior.
Then Gordon won Martinsville. Hendrick had delivered another bomb for the bowtie. Gibbs jumped to Chevy and scored another hit. Jimmie, Harvick, Robbie (who loves Sonoma) the hits keep comin'.
Meanwhile Yates is fiddling, dismissing crew for insubordination while the Dodge Boys (Davis, Evernham, others) squabble with those abandoned Indians. White coats are hard at work while Jack and Robert read plugs; Ray's fighting fire at his ankles. Henry and Walter P. would not be amused. Maybe if Rudd gets a week off he can level the playing field at Sonoma. Pick up the phone, somebody- the white coats are on O/T!
Happy Easter.
You can reach Paul Miron at: pmiron@...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Who wins what amount of money from competing in a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race can seem like a complicated process -- with the most compelling question being how a driver that finishes far back can win more money than a driver that finishes in the top 10?
An example would be the 2002 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway, where Jimmie Johnson won $49,550 for his sixth place finish, while Jeff Gordon won $90,753 -- the fifth highest payout in the race -- for his 36th place result.
The biggest reason for the money disparity is in the bonus programs that Gordon, as the defending champion and driving for one of the leading winners in the series, Hendrick Motorsports, is eligible for more special award plans than a newer team, such as Johnson's first-year operation, is.
As convoluted as it seems, the process is actually fairly simple and
is regulated by the entry blanks that the NASCAR Competition Department
issues in advance of each event.
Each race carries a purse figure, or its "posted awards."
The purse is comprised of a number of segments, including the racing purse; television awards; NASCAR Winston Cup car owner special award plans, including the Winner's Circle Program; and a list of qualifying and special awards that may or may not be paid depending on the eligibility of the driver finishing in the appropriate position.
The racing purse breakdown designates a set amount for positions 1-43 that decreases on a sliding scale. "Television Awards" are also posted for each position, using the same sliding scale from first to 43rd.
NASCAR Winston Cup team owners may participate in special award plans,
such as "Plan 1," which allows for a set figure for each owner. Car owners
participating in Plan 1c win money for their finishing position in relation
to the other owners in the plan, again on a decreasing scale.
Those owners participating in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Car/Champion
Owner Program are also entitled to additional awards, per the regulations
of the program.
Among the largest special awards at each race are the NASCAR Winston Leader Bonus, Time Trial Awards and the Gatorade Front Runner Award.
The Winston Leader Bonus is a modern day version of "Studebaker money." The money is available to the race winner IF he is also leading the Winston Cup standings after the event. If the winner is not the point leader, the money -- which accrues at the rate of $10,000 per event -- is not paid.
The Gatorade Front Runner Award, $10,000, goes to the driver that leads the most laps in the race, regardless of finishing position.
Most of the other manufacturers' and special award prizes are contingent on using the products and displaying uniform patches or decals.
At certain events special prizes are awarded to the leader of each lap in the race. These days, about 75 percent of the posted awards are paid after each event, per the official NASCAR race report. The balance of the posted awards is the "Manufacturer's Point Fund Awards," a prorated share of nearly $15 million in manufacturer and sponsor funds that are distributed at the end of the season.
While a certain portion of each purse is guaranteed to be paid after the event, some of the cash is what formerly was referred to as Studebaker money, placed in the purse simply for appearance sake.
The term refers to money offered on a purse, say "$10,000 to the winner if he is driving a Studebaker." The $10,000 would be reflected in the total posted awards, making them more impressive, but the chance of a Studebaker winning would be miniscule.
Hope this helps everyone!
By LARRY WOODY
Staff Writer
As NASCAR pauses to catch its breath with the first open date of the Winston Cup season, here's a look at the top 10 people or trends to watch when racing cranks back up April 27 at Fontana, Calif.:
1. Here comes Gordon
After a tortoise-like start, the preseason favorite to win his fifth championship is picking up speed. Jeff Gordon is fresh off his first victory of the season last Sunday at Martinsville, a win that boosted him to third in the standings. Distracted last year by a messy divorce, Gordon this year appears to have his groove back. Bachelorhood seems to be suiting him well.
2. Popularity and power
Dale Earnhardt Jr. wobbled out of the season-opener at Daytona 38th
in the standings but regrouped and has soared to second. With his on-track
razzle and off-track dazzle, Little E is easily the most popular driver
in NASCAR. Gordon is a close second. If the two lock horns in a tight championship
battle down the stretch, it could be a title fight for the ages.
Should Earnhardt win the championship, get ready for a NASCAR-record
celebration.
3. Nice guy finishes … ?
So far Tony Stewart's anger management counseling lessons have paid off. But the kinder, gentler Tony is also a winless Tony through nine races, and the defending champion has slipped to seventh in the standings. If his struggles persist, how much longer will the new, Nice Guy persona last? We may have received a hint last Sunday when Stewart rammed Elliott Sadler in the rear after a late-race encounter.
4. Crafting a comeback
Injury ended Sterling Marlin's best career championship run last year, and a sputtering start buried him in the standings early this season. But he has surged from 29th to 12th in recent weeks, and suddenly there is new hope for one of NASCAR's most popular veterans.
5. Speaking of veterans …
Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd and Terry Labonte have 205 career victories among them, but only one this season. Wallace is coming off his first winless season in 16 years, and Labonte hasn't won in more than three years. Martin carried the senior citizen banner to a second-place finish in the standings last year but now is mired in 15th. Clearly, the guard is changing.
6. Special K
Matt Kenseth continues to cling to the points lead, but his grip is becoming slippery. He was last year's winningest driver (five), but inconsistency doomed his title hopes. Can he pull it together this year and not just be good, but be consistently good?
7. Schedule shakeup looms
Look for the 2004 Winston Cup schedule to be announced around Labor Day, but don't look for Nashville Superspeedway to be on it. Nashville's best — and probably only — chance for a Cup race is for Dover Motorsports to move one here from its Dover track, and officials say they absolutely will not do it. Rockingham probably will lose its spring race, and nobody's sure where it will land. But it won't be Music City.
8. Going nowhere fast
What was supposed to be a breakout season for Evernham Motorsports has become a backslide season. Bill Elliott is 19th and Jeremy Mayfield 32nd in the standings. Mayfield, one of the sport's bright young drivers, is in danger of suffering the same fate as Nashville's Casey Atwood — tossed overboard because he can't make a slow car go fast.
9. Continuing confusion
Controversial calls, judgment calls, admitted blown calls. If NASCAR officials were a race car they would be belching smoke and bouncing off the walls. NASCAR needs to make its rules more clear, then enforce them more consistently. Otherwise it faces a credibility crisis.
10. Poised for more parity
Nine races, nine faces. There were 18 different winners last season, one shy of the modern-era record set in 2001. Since some of last year's most successful drivers have not yet won (including champion Tony Stewart) there is a chance a new parity record could be set. With 27 races to go, there's no telling how many finish-line flags will flap over fresh faces.
RacingOne Report
The following is a glance at the NASCAR Top 10 in the championship following Sunday’s Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The NASCAR Winston Cup Series is idle this week before preparing for the Auto Club 500, set for Sunday, April 27 at California Speedway.
No. 1 – Matt Kenseth (No. 17 DEWALT Power Tools Ford), Roush Racing. Points: 1,330. Last week’s ranking: 1. Kenseth finished 22nd at Sunday’s Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway, but despite a season-worst performance he held onto the No. 1 position for the sixth consecutive week. The finish, however, ended a run of seven consecutive top-10 finishes and trimmed his advantage over No. 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. from 129 points to 51. After opening the season ranked No. 19 following Daytona, Kenseth has been in the NASCAR Top 10 for the last eight consecutive weeks. Kenseth, who had never led the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship prior to this season, was second in the title race at this stage of the season last year.
No. 2 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet), Dale Earnhardt Inc. Points: 1,279. Last week’s ranking: 2. Earnhardt Jr. finished third at Martinsville and moved closer to being ranked No. 1 for the first time in his NASCAR Winston Cup career. He cut his deficit with No. 1 Kenseth more than half this week, slicing it from 129 points to 51. Earnhardt Jr., ranked 38th following Rockingham in Week 2, maintained his No. 2 position for the second consecutive week and has been in the NASCAR Top 10 for six straight weeks, dating to a No. 10 ranking following Atlanta in Week 4. The top-five finish was his series-leading fifth of the season and third in a row. At this point last season, Earnhardt Jr. was ranked fifth in the NASCAR Winston Cup championship.
No. 3 – Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet), Hendrick Motorsports. Points: 1,191. Last week’s ranking: 5. Gordon captured his first win of the season at Martinsville to move up to No. 3, which is currently his season-best ranking. He became the ninth different winner in nine races this season, one shy of the NASCAR Winston Cup record to start a season that was set in 2000. He trails No. 1 Kenseth by 139 points and No. 2 Earnhardt Jr. by 88 as he enjoys his fourth consecutive week in the NASCAR Top 10 and fifth overall. Gordon has improved 12 positions in the last four races since being ranked No. 15 following a 33rd-place finish at Darlington. He has posted a top-10 finish in each of those races to buoy the run. Gordon is ahead of last season’s championship pace when he was ranked No. 7 at this point of the season.
No. 4 – Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet), Hendrick Motorsports. Points: 1,151. Last week’s ranking: 4. Johnson finished ninth at Martinsville to secure his No. 4 ranking for the second consecutive week and remain one of three drivers – Tony Stewart and Michael Waltrip are the others – to be situated among the NASCAR Top 10 all season long. Of the nine weeks that Johnson has been in the NASCAR Top 10, he has spent seven among the top five, including a high of No. 3 for the first three weeks of the season. Dating to last season, he has been ranked among the NASCAR Top 10 for 42 consecutive races. Johnson trails No. 1 Kenseth by 179 points and is just 40 behind his co-owner, No. 3 Gordon. Through nine races in his rookie season of 2002, Johnson was ranked sixth in the championship.
No. 5 – Kurt Busch (No. 97 Rubbermaid Ford), Roush Racing. Points: 1,125. Last week’s ranking 3. Busch finished 28th at Martinsville to slip two positions to No. 5, but was able to remain in the top five for the fourth consecutive week. He has been in the NASCAR Top 10 eight of the nine weeks, his only miss coming after a 40th-place finish at Atlanta that left him at No. 14. It is the only week he has not been ranked among the top six in the NASCAR Winston Cup championship. Busch trails No. 1 Kenseth by 205 points and No. 4 Johnson by 26. At this stage of the season last year, Busch was ranked fourth in the championship.
No. 6 – Kevin Harvick (No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet), Richard Childress Racing. Points: 1,097. Last week’s ranking: 8. Harvick finished 16th at Martinsville, but was able to climb two positions to No. 6, his best ranking since being at No. 4 following the season-opening Daytona 500. It marks Harvick’s third consecutive week in the NASCAR Top 10 and seventh overall. He has improved 12 positions in the last four races following a 36th-place finish at Darlington that left him at No. 18. He trails No. 1 Kenseth by 233 points and No. 5 Busch by 28. Harvick is well ahead of his championship pace of a year ago, when he was ranked No. 29 after nine races. The improvement of 23 championship positions from a year ago is easily the largest among the current NASCAR Top 10.
No. 7 – Tony Stewart (No. 20 The Home Depot Chevrolet), Joe Gibbs Racing. Points: 1,092. Last week’s ranking: 9. Stewart, who slipped two positions last week, regained them this week and moved back to No. 7 following a sixth-place performance at Martinsville. He remains one of only three drivers – Johnson and Waltrip are the others – to be in the NASCAR Top 10 since the outset of the season. He is 238 points behind No. 1 Kenseth, just five behind No. 6 Harvick and 33 behind No. 5 Busch. The reigning NASCAR Winston Cup champion is ahead of last year’s pace when he was ranked eighth at this point of the season.
No. 8 – Michael Waltrip (No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet), Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Points: 1,088. Last week’s ranking: 7. Waltrip finished 23rd at Martinsville to slip one position to No. 8, but he still remains one of just three drivers – Johnson and Stewart are the others – to be ranked in the NASCAR Top 10 all season long. Included in that streak is seven consecutive weeks among the top five from the outset of the season, including two weeks at No. 1. Waltrip, who opened the season with a win in the Daytona 500, is 242 points behind No. 1 Kenseth and only four behind No. 7 Stewart.
No. 9 – Ricky Craven (No. 32 Tide Pontiac), PPI Motorsports. Points: 1,082. Last week’s ranking: 6. Craven finished 27th at Martinsville – his worst effort since a 36th at Las Vegas in Week 3 – to drop three positions to No. 9. Despite the slip, it marks his fifth consecutive week in the NASCAR Top 10 and sixth overall. The recent streak began when he won at Darlington and earned the No. 5 ranking, his highest of the season. Craven trails No. 1 Kenseth by 248 points, but finds himself just 15 points out of the No. 6 ranking held by Harvick. Craven is ahead of his championship pace of 2002, when he was ranked No. 15 at this stage of the season.
No. 10 – Elliott Sadler (No. 38 M&M’s Ford), Robert Yates Racing. Points: 1,055. Last week’s ranking: 10. Sadler finished fifth at Martinsville, and his second consecutive top-five finish of the season allowed him to maintain the No. 10 ranking for the second week in a row. He has posted four finishes among the top seven in the last six races to vault from 27th in the championship – following a 42nd-place finish at Las Vegas in Week 3 – to his current position. It marks his third week overall in the NASCAR Top 10, and all three have been at No. 10. He is 275 points behind No. 1 Kenseth and 27 behind No. 9 Craven. Among the current NASCAR Top 10, he has made the second-largest gain in the championship standings from a year ago. Last season he was ranked No. 23 through nine races, an improvement of 13 positions that is second only to Harvick (23).
Weeks at No. 1: Kenseth, 6; Waltrip, 2; Busch, 1.
New arrivals in the NASCAR Top 10 this week: None.
Most weeks in the NASCAR Top 10: 9, Waltrip, Johnson, Stewart.
Largest gain among the NASCAR Top 10: No. 3 Gordon, No. 6 Harvick, No. 7 Stewart, two positions each.
By-Heather N. Tygrett
Many fans, including myself, love to watch short-track racing and the
beatin’ and bangin’ that goes on. However, it can get frustrating for the
drivers, especially when they’re fighting lapped traffic. And, obviously,
many “thoughts” go through drivers’ minds – and many comments are
made to their spotters – when they’re trying to get around a lapped
car.
But here are the…
10.) “Wow; that lapped stooge is wearing me out. And in this heat and humidity, by the time the race is over, I’ll be sprouting moss like a Chia Pet”.
9.) “Geez. That idiot must be the first person in his family to walk upright”.
8.) “Ugh!!!!! Boy, when I ‘snap’, he’ll be the first to go”.
7.) “Just look at that dope! He even missed pit road by a ‘Dukakis-like’ margin! He was so high up the racetrack that oxygen masks deployed”.
6.) “There’s only so many words I can drag out of my vocabulary to explain how much I hate lapped traffic”.
5.) “How do I feel about that lapped driver’s ‘execution’ ? – I’m for it!”
4.) “That lapped moron; he should consider a rewarding career in valet parking”.
3.) “I hate fighting lapped cars. But, unfortunately, the ‘administration’ has instituted a strong policy of not giving a crap”.
2.) “Man; I wish I raced against guys with an IQ higher than a head of lettuce”.
And the #1 Thing Said by Drivers About Lapped Cars at Martinsville is:
1.) “Hey, what’s that guy thinking??? Stevie Wonder could drive better than that!”
NOTE: Yes, this list was written tongue-in-cheek and meant to make you laugh (which we all need to do during these troubling times in the world)…But I’m sure those of you with a SENSE OF HUMOR are already aware of that. So, lighten up.
Until next time…be safe. And God bless America – 9/11: “We will never forget”.
Your 
Momma
"Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat that candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt – 1998
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