^yeah, that was kinda funny to me

11/9/2008 9:28:05 PM

not to mention I have never heard of a rain delay...in the desert.

11/10/2008 3:18:04 AM

^^shit aint funny when you miss the last 35 laps cause you tivo'd it

just when you think nascar tv coverage couldnt get any worse they pull that crap

11/10/2008 7:47:41 AM

god i hate rick hendrick

did anyone else just see that son of a bitch politicking for GM? why in the holy fuck would someone listen to his crooked ass on economic matters?

i hope johnson hits the wall on lap 1

11/16/2008 3:24:32 PM

god forbid he campaigns for a sponsor

11/16/2008 3:37:45 PM

it went further than "GM makes good cars" or "the lowe's chevy ran good today"

keep the fucking politics out of sports

11/16/2008 4:38:14 PM

cmon carl edwards

11/16/2008 6:06:14 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS HIS 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE SECOND DRIVER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And his congratulatory commercial was the first commercial after the interview!

[Edited on November 16, 2008 at 7:20 PM. Reason : 2ND]

11/16/2008 7:14:06 PM

i thought they said it had been done once before?

11/16/2008 7:16:24 PM

Yeah, that's right. To Cale Yarborough, oops!

STILL AWESOME!!!!

11/16/2008 7:20:37 PM

give these guys a bigger fuel cell. i'm tired of seeing races come down to fuel mileage. i mean, i was glad to see edwards win, but winning on mpg is for pansies.

11/16/2008 7:42:10 PM

11/16/2008 8:15:26 PM

not half the driver that yarborough was

11/16/2008 8:30:09 PM

This shit still exists? People still watch it?

11/16/2008 8:44:47 PM

stock car racing isn't going anywhere, bitch

11/16/2008 8:57:48 PM

mannnnn

fuck Jimmie Johnson

11/16/2008 10:09:31 PM

i would..he is so dreamy

11/16/2008 10:30:57 PM

You dang right he's dreamy!

But no, thst is not my reason for him being my top driver.

[Edited on November 16, 2008 at 10:36 PM. Reason : ]

11/16/2008 10:33:06 PM

he's your top driver because gordon went to shit, isn't he?

11/16/2008 10:42:29 PM

48 fans: Jimmie Johnson is on Live with Regis & Kelly this morning (9 a.m. ABC11)

11/18/2008 9:20:54 AM

only 1 more month and the season starts over!!!

11/18/2008 9:21:33 AM

well with nascar banning all official testing this year that means that Daytona Speed Weeks has been cancelled so most of travelling guys will get a good 2 months to be at home.

11/18/2008 9:26:16 AM

Technically Speedweeks hasnt been cancelled, just testing. That does mean we get a few more weeks off, but we still have to be in Daytona for 3 weeks for the 500.

Thats awesome that they cancelled testing though...no Daytona or Vegas/California in January!

11/18/2008 12:46:55 PM

Quote :

"he's your top driver because gordon went to shit, isn't he?"

The last three years Gordon has been 6th, 2nd, and 7th. That's hardly shit.

Hell Junior would love to have those numbers.

11/18/2008 12:50:32 PM

RvrRat: Hardly. Jimmie has been my driver since I started watching NASCAR. Gordon is my Mom's favorite driver though. Guess that's why I'm a Hendrick fan, all around.

Also:

Quote :

"The last three years Gordon has been 6th, 2nd, and 7th. That's hardly shit."

Precisely.

11/18/2008 2:12:28 PM

to be honest, if you started watching nascar when jimmie johnson was racing, you haven't seen enough to know a truly great racecar driver.

that post really explained a lot for me. i now understand that it's not your fault that you pull for them, you just don't know what nascar was/should be. you've only seen a bastardization of something great.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 3:27 PM. Reason : ^^i'm not a goddamn earnhardt fan]

11/18/2008 3:06:42 PM

^ you are my new hero

I agree 100% with that

11/18/2008 3:12:46 PM

Let me re-phrase: Since I started watching NASCAR regularly. I watched it before he started racing the cup series in 2001. I've always watched it, but got more into it with age. Not to mention I am older than you are... please tell me how you have seen anymore of what "nascar was/should be" than I have?
I live less than 5 miles from the Petty's, I've always kept up with the Petty's, I watched Earnhardt race, I've watched some of the older greats race before they retired. I chose Jimmie Johnson as my driver once I was old enough to pick a driver and knew enough about the sport, and he's been my pick since then. I'm not going to be stuck in the past like many of the posters in this thread, and compare everyone to "how it used to be", or how "they would have never been able to do that before they added the restrictor plate", blah blah blah...

The sport advances and moves along. Go with it.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 9:44 PM. Reason : ]

11/18/2008 9:34:47 PM

watch some ESPN classic. or "back in the day" with dale jr.

hell, go to a wake county or southern national race

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 10:30 PM. Reason : the vast majority agrees that nascar has gone to shit]

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 10:31 PM. Reason : i'm not trying to be an asshole or anything. just discussing...]

11/18/2008 10:29:51 PM

I'm sorry... I missed the part where I said that I've NOT watched any of the classic re-runs...

I'm not saying that its so much better than it was then... I don't even want to beat that dead horse any further.

Anyhow, JIMMIE JOHNSON MADE HISTORY WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE CUP WINS!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 10:59 PM. Reason : ]

11/18/2008 10:59:07 PM

Quote :

"^^i'm not a goddamn earnhardt fan"

Who said you were?

Just pointing out that Gordon's bad years are better than Junior's best....

11/19/2008 12:44:52 AM

and what does that prove? his worst years are better than a lot of other shitty drivers' best years too.

11/19/2008 9:51:55 AM

this is why i do not post in nascar threads on this site. 98% of you are fucking worthless and do not know shit...

11/19/2008 5:27:11 PM

Quote :

"iphotou idontphotou 12649 Posts user info edit post I have a prediction for NASCAR 2009. There will be less than 40 teams racing in a substantial number of races. DEI (or whatever it will be) will barely run 1 or 2 teams, certainly not 3 or 4. MWR (Waltrip) will not run 3 teams next year. Ganassi is already down to two teams, and I doubt the third team will be back next season. Robby Gordon won't be able to run a full season next year. This year 45 teams normally show up for the 43 spots. Assuming everything else stays the same, that would give us 41 teams competing. Now consider teams like 21-Woods Brothers, 78 - Furniture Row, Petty Enterprises' two cars, and the three cars of Gillette Everham and Penske that might not field as many cars next year, and NASCAR could have a large problem. 7/7/2008 9:01:09 PM"

Well, I told you so!

from http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&page=BlountsBlitz :

Cars and sponsorships

Cars committed to running the full schedule -- 37

We aren't counting the famous 43. That would make 38. And one or two others could run the full schedule.

Fully funded cars -- 29 of the 37

Four have no listed sponsorship. Four others have sponsors for part of the season but not the entire season.

12/24/2008 5:37:33 AM

yeah because nobody knew the economy sucked and sponsorship was hard to find 5 months ago.

12/25/2008 7:58:32 AM

there are a TON of people looking for work in the nascar biz right now...its sucks bad.

12/29/2008 8:18:37 AM