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This blog off NOL was so incorrect I had to say someting...lol
Are we there yet?
Wednesday March 25, 2009 @ 09:43 PM EDT
The results are in and the top thirty five is set. It looks a lot like it did after Homestead Miami.
There are only four cars in the top thirty five that weren’t there last year.
There are only five drivers in the top thirty five that weren’t there last year.
There is only one car and driver that moved into the top thirty, coming into the year as go or go homers, that’s John Andretti in the #34.
Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman were both in the top thirty five in points last year but their cars were not.
Allmendinger, Ambrose, and Stremme have all done incredible jobs of making the race and finishing well, Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th .
Andretti is 33rd and is the only small one car team go gor go homer that has managed to qualify into the first five races on time and finish well enough to get a top thirty five spot going into Martinsville.
JTG/Daugherty , Front Row and, Robby Gordon are the only one car teams that are in the top thirty five.
While my dislike of the top thirty five rule is no secret I think the next thing I dislike is no practice. If the small and new teams can’t get any practice then Nascar needs to drop the top thirty five rule and have all cars time their way in. We’ve seen cars that were faster than some in the top thirty five go home, I saw a car not even make a qualifying run get in the race while cars that did went home.
I just don’t know how much longer they can continue to ignore the smaller sponsors that are trying to support this sport and work with some smaller teams get in some races.
Right now the environment is perfect for some company’s to get the most bang for their buck in Nascar, Teams are giving good deals on hood space and there are a lot of new teams trying to sell these hoods. The downside being, if these teams aren’t given a fair chance to get in the race then Window World and All Sport are going to take their money and spend it somewhere else. Or are we only afraid of losing Budweiser?
How much money does it take to get noticed by Nascar?
If you can change the format for the All Star race every year, then you ought to be able to change a bad/outdated rule once in awhile.
Next time.
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TheJimBeam7
Mar 25 2009 23:28
We're there..you're not even close...
I think I got lost in your overall point, but there are so many inept and incorrect statements above that I have to correct them…
“There is only one car and driver that moved into the top thirty, coming into the year as go or go homers, that’s John Andretti in the #34.”
John Andretti in an alliance with DEI and Front ROw Motorsports actually got the owner points from the 15 car and was locked in for the first 5 races (and stillis at 33rd after Bristol)
“Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman were both in the top thirty five in points last year but their cars were not. "
Wrong. Ryan Newman’s car was locked in for the first 5 races this year via the 66 Haas car piloted by Scott Riggs. Tony Stewart was not locked in, but with his untrumpable Past Champions Provisional, he was mathematically guaranteed a spot in the first 5 races no matter what
“Allmedinger, Ambrose, and Stremme have all done incredible jobs of making the race and finishing well, Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th.”
What are you smoking? Of the first 3 names you mentioned only Allmendinger had to qulaify on speed for the first 5 races (and it is to note that he, along with Tony Stewart, are the only drivers not locked in for the first 5 to make all first 5 races..but since Tony was in regardless due to his PCP, I give that honor solely to Allmendinger)/ Ambrose was locked in via the #00 pts from last year and Stremme inherited Ryan Newman’s #12 car pts which you referenced in the prior paragraph that Newmans car was locked in but he was not…lol
“Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th .”
You are half right. Logano is holding on. Mr. Speed needs to qualify on time at Martinsvile….note to self
As you can see whatever point you were trying to make was lost on me in the multitude of errors in this blog post.
Are we there yet?
Wednesday March 25, 2009 @ 09:43 PM EDT
The results are in and the top thirty five is set. It looks a lot like it did after Homestead Miami.
There are only four cars in the top thirty five that weren’t there last year.
There are only five drivers in the top thirty five that weren’t there last year.
There is only one car and driver that moved into the top thirty, coming into the year as go or go homers, that’s John Andretti in the #34.
Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman were both in the top thirty five in points last year but their cars were not.
Allmendinger, Ambrose, and Stremme have all done incredible jobs of making the race and finishing well, Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th .
Andretti is 33rd and is the only small one car team go gor go homer that has managed to qualify into the first five races on time and finish well enough to get a top thirty five spot going into Martinsville.
JTG/Daugherty , Front Row and, Robby Gordon are the only one car teams that are in the top thirty five.
While my dislike of the top thirty five rule is no secret I think the next thing I dislike is no practice. If the small and new teams can’t get any practice then Nascar needs to drop the top thirty five rule and have all cars time their way in. We’ve seen cars that were faster than some in the top thirty five go home, I saw a car not even make a qualifying run get in the race while cars that did went home.
I just don’t know how much longer they can continue to ignore the smaller sponsors that are trying to support this sport and work with some smaller teams get in some races.
Right now the environment is perfect for some company’s to get the most bang for their buck in Nascar, Teams are giving good deals on hood space and there are a lot of new teams trying to sell these hoods. The downside being, if these teams aren’t given a fair chance to get in the race then Window World and All Sport are going to take their money and spend it somewhere else. Or are we only afraid of losing Budweiser?
How much money does it take to get noticed by Nascar?
If you can change the format for the All Star race every year, then you ought to be able to change a bad/outdated rule once in awhile.
Next time.
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TheJimBeam7
Mar 25 2009 23:28
We're there..you're not even close...
I think I got lost in your overall point, but there are so many inept and incorrect statements above that I have to correct them…
“There is only one car and driver that moved into the top thirty, coming into the year as go or go homers, that’s John Andretti in the #34.”
John Andretti in an alliance with DEI and Front ROw Motorsports actually got the owner points from the 15 car and was locked in for the first 5 races (and stillis at 33rd after Bristol)
“Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman were both in the top thirty five in points last year but their cars were not. "
Wrong. Ryan Newman’s car was locked in for the first 5 races this year via the 66 Haas car piloted by Scott Riggs. Tony Stewart was not locked in, but with his untrumpable Past Champions Provisional, he was mathematically guaranteed a spot in the first 5 races no matter what
“Allmedinger, Ambrose, and Stremme have all done incredible jobs of making the race and finishing well, Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th.”
What are you smoking? Of the first 3 names you mentioned only Allmendinger had to qulaify on speed for the first 5 races (and it is to note that he, along with Tony Stewart, are the only drivers not locked in for the first 5 to make all first 5 races..but since Tony was in regardless due to his PCP, I give that honor solely to Allmendinger)/ Ambrose was locked in via the #00 pts from last year and Stremme inherited Ryan Newman’s #12 car pts which you referenced in the prior paragraph that Newmans car was locked in but he was not…lol
“Logano and Speed are barely holding on, the one thing they have in common is that they all are in the top thirty five from last year, this year the first three are in the top twenty five and Speed and Logano are 34th and 35th .”
You are half right. Logano is holding on. Mr. Speed needs to qualify on time at Martinsvile….note to self
As you can see whatever point you were trying to make was lost on me in the multitude of errors in this blog post.
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Permalink Reply by john mcglasson on
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not worth it
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Permalink Reply by John on
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Basically some guy named NOL wrote an article criticizing the top 35 rule and used a ton of examples about who is in and who isnt. He was factually incorrect in 90% of what he said. Like Tony Stewart having to qualify on speed. Past Champion, so he was in even if he sucked. Ambrose is new but his ride was in for the first 5 because of owner points but the tard said he wasn't. Stuff like that.
Apparently it pissed off JB7 and he gave him both barrels of 'you are stupid and heres why!'
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Permalink Reply by Zippy on
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It's given me a good laugh this morning anyway! Sounds like this NOL guy is just trying to wind people up or is just plain stupid. Funny though. Wonder if he's one of the ' experts ' who anchor the live NASCAR show on TV here in the UK ? It does sound like the kind of dumb thing they would say.
If any of you guys had to listen to these fools talking about the sport, trying to inform the British public about a sport they know very little about then that would kill you ! It's embarassing. We have these 3 so called experts who must get paid a tonne to talk crap for half an hour before they hand over to the FOX network or who ever. They get away with it because the British viewers are all new to the sport and they don't know any different. It drives me mad and I'm for ever sending email to them correcting mis-information. I have to have the TV on mute most of the time when these guys are on because I can't cope with em !
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Permalink Reply by Keith on
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Somebody call the ALLSTATE triplets... JB7 hasn't had any lately. LOL! ;)
People still go to NOL?
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Permalink Reply by Lance on
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Great job. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone messes up that much and IT'S THEIR JOB TO KNOW THESE THINGS! We are fans and we know more than the people who are paid to research and write thoughtfully about the sport of Nascar. It seems like there is way too many guys on both ESPN and NOL that just throw articles together at the last minute. Marty Smith is the only one I read.
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Permalink Reply by alan4s on
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That was just a blog entry by some schmuck on Nascar.com communities - not a journalist.
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Permalink Reply by Blues on
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That blog's as accurate as one of 'Good ol' DW's' babbles during a qualifying show.....
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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on
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LOL..yeah this was just some schmuck on NOL blogging in the community. I left out his SN on NOL out of a little respect.
This came up on a Google search for recent news on Robby (as I normally do every dau to see if ther are any articles mentioning him).
Normally I wouldn't be so harsh...but this friggin idiot was SOO erroneous it wasn't even funny.
I like John's line "Apparently it pissed off JB7 and he gave him both barrels of 'you are stupid and heres why!'
Pretty good summation...lol
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Permalink Reply by Mario on
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JB7, after reading the article, I wanted to do the same thing you did. What's that old saying? "It's better to keep you mouth shut and appear a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"...something like that. This person shoulda kept their mouth shut (not typed this drivel).
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