When your driver isn't in the chase?

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THREAD NOT FOR JIMMIE JOHNSON FANS

What do you do when your driver doesn't make the chase? Personally, I'm a fan of Jeff Gordon, Kyle/Kurt Busch, and Brad Keselowski. Potentially, 3/4 of those drivers may not make the chase including my favorite, Jeff. If he doesn't make the chase I honestly do not know if ill watch half of the final 10. Ill just keep updated after football Sundays. The only thing could relate it to is if your favorite football team missed the playoffs and you're just rooting for the team you hate most to lose. It's different because in NASCAR's playoff system, the unqualified still compete for wins.... So what do you do when your driver isn't in the chase?
 
Watch races! They're still out there and its more of an accomplishment if ur driver can crash a chase race... I always noticed Joey drove his ass off and got great finishes in the chase... so that kept me interested along with the points fight.. This year however they might be one and the same. :)
 
I always watch the races! I still pull for Jeff to win, as I am always waiting for him to add to his win count (will #88 EVER come?!?) I also pick a driver in the chase to pull for to win it all. So if Jeff don't make it..that is what I will be doing...
 
ChexOrWrex said:
THREAD NOT FOR JIMMIE JOHNSON FANS

What do you do when your driver doesn't make the chase? Personally, I'm a fan of Jeff Gordon, Kyle/Kurt Busch, and Brad Keselowski. Potentially, 3/4 of those drivers may not make the chase including my favorite, Jeff. If he doesn't make the chase I honestly do not know if ill watch half of the final 10. Ill just keep updated after football Sundays. The only thing could relate it to is if your favorite football team missed the playoffs and you're just rooting for the team you hate most to lose. It's different because in NASCAR's playoff system, the unqualified still compete for wins.... So what do you do when your driver isn't in the chase?
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Hope that they still can compete and win races. I don't have one favorite since Rusty left.. still looking for one tbh but I'd still watch. That said, The Cowboys take priority during football season. I do alot more flipping back and forth regardless if my favorites are in or not..
 
I would cheer for my driver to win races I guess or just pick 1 team out of the 12 that make it or both.......tony missed the chase in '06 and I still cheered for him...then he won 3 races in the chase ....personally.... I'm cheering for anybody but Jimmie Johnson...but in the end...I will still watch just to see who wins the race and who wins it all...
 
Every week I watch for the racing and my driver, regardless of winning or losing, regardless of how he qualified and regardless of chase or no chase. Its unlikely that he will make the chase, but that doesn't stop me from getting up at some very very early hours to watch the race live and I will be watching every race till the end of homestead. I classify myself as a nascar fan and a fan of my driver, not just a fan of (insert current winning or popular driver).

I have to say that some of the comments which I have read lately about members bagging 'their driver', saying that he's not worthy, may as well just park it .... or whatever the comment may be, show a pretty poor character. Some may call it a passionate fan and a win at all cost but thats not right because its just not possible. Sure everyone want to be associate with a winner, but don't be embarressed about less than winning performance. Remember, there are a lot of people behind the driver in the team who are all striving for the best.

It reminds me when we lived in the USA for a year with our friends in Florida. We went to the Superbowl with the Cardinals and the Steelers. Steelers won and from the next week on it looked like every 3rd car had steelers stickers and steelers fan stickers on it as if they are long term steelers fans.
 
leroy17 said:
Every week I watch for the racing and my driver, regardless of winning or losing, regardless of how he qualified and regardless of chase or no chase. Its unlikely that he will make the chase, but that doesn't stop me from getting up at some very very early hours to watch the race live and I will be watching every race till the end of homestead. I classify myself as a nascar fan and a fan of my driver, not just a fan of (insert current winning or popular driver).

I have to say that some of the comments which I have read lately about members bagging 'their driver', saying that he's not worthy, may as well just park it .... or whatever the comment may be, show a pretty poor character. Some may call it a passionate fan and a win at all cost but thats not right because its just not possible. Sure everyone want to be associate with a winner, but don't be embarressed about less than winning performance. Remember, there are a lot of people behind the driver in the team who are all striving for the best.

It reminds me when we lived in the USA for a year with our friends in Florida. We went to the Superbowl with the Cardinals and the Steelers. Steelers won and from the next week on it looked like every 3rd car had steelers stickers and steelers fan stickers on it as if they are long term steelers fans.
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When I was younger in my teens I had "my driver", those days are long gone, I am a student of motorsports, love it for what it is and isn't, like they used to say on the wide world of sports, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat". It doesn't take long to find out who is a race fan and who is a casual fan. So be it, never could understand people leaving the race early when Earnhardt was out of it, my mind doesn't work that way. And the bandwagoneers that will stick the winning drivers decal on their car and when you talk to them they don't know squat about the driver or the sport. Can't understand stick n ball on a racing forum. I can understand dishing a driver. Like Humpy says racing is about rivalries. Not too many lately because Nascar has changed, hardly any back and forth for the lead anymore, but there are mistakes made and penalties and dumb moves to talk about.
 
I think Dale was a special case because he was loved by so many and dying on the track.. it was just too much for some people. I know for my dad, he was a big race fan, not really a huge Dale fan but when he died, My dad's passion for the sport diminished.
 
leroy17 said:
It reminds me when we lived in the USA for a year with our friends in Florida. We went to the Superbowl with the Cardinals and the Steelers. Steelers won and from the next week on it looked like every 3rd car had steelers stickers and steelers fan stickers on it as if they are long term steelers fans.
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And as a lifelong Steelers fan we welcome each and every one of them. ;)
 
Lazyking said:
I think Dale was a special case because he was loved by so many and dying on the track.. it was just too much for some people. I know for my dad, he was a big race fan, not really a huge Dale fan but when he died, My dad's passion for the sport diminished.
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sorry should have said Dale Jr.
 
There is a silver lining to all this and you can find fulfillment if use the following procedures.

Object : Establish a Hierarchy of Hate.

1 . List the drivers in the 2013 chase in the order of how much you hate them. The biggest scumbags should be at the top of the list, then the next etc.... you should do this until you have eliminated or identified at least 9 of the 12 (the wise ones can list 11).

2. If you cannot come up with eleven naturally, then start looking at who has the most obnoxious fans to finish your list. The kind of people you never want to see celebrating, especially when they and world expects you to congratulate them if their driver wins.

3. Realize that if those near the top of your Hierarchy of Hate should fail, you have dodged the major problem of having to tolerate the happiness of those scumbags, all while your favorite driver didnt even qualify for the chase.

Note: Anytime you do something worthwhile you will encounter the naysayers. There will be some pious perverts claiming they have learnt not to hate, and they will try to convert you into some sweety tootie fruity state of having no feelings. Dont let them ruin your worthy pursit, life is too short for that kind namby pamby misery. When his engine blows up, imagine him and his wife crying in their bed, and his fans crying in bed too and on this forum , and just ENJOY, ENJOY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!
You cant waste an opportunity to enjoy the suffering of the low lifes in your life.
You dont have to tell them that their misery has given you great satisfaction, eternal peace and joy, just thank the Lord that they didnt win either.

End of post fade out with evil laughing :)
 
ChexOrWrex said:
What do you do when your driver doesn't make the chase? Personally, I'm a fan of Jeff Gordon, Kyle/Kurt Busch, and Brad Keselowski. Potentially, 3/4 of those drivers may not make the chase including my favorite, Jeff.
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I cheer for my driver to win those Chase races. I watching the races anyway because I'm a fan of the sport, not just one or a few drivers; the same reason I watch other series and forms of racing where I don't have a favorite driver.

And I'm not sure why this thread is "not for Jimmie Johnson fans", or how you propose to keep them from replying in a public forum.
 
Greg said:
There is a silver lining to all this and you can find fulfillment if use the following procedures.

Object : Establish a Hierarchy of Hate.
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I'll be darned if I'm going to spend any time paying attention to people I dislike. This reminds me of people at the track that stand up every time Driver X goes by so they can give him the finger (that the driver can't see anyway). Dude, you spent between $70 and $150 to focus for 3+ hours on someone you claim to hate? You're in denial like Cleopatra's barge.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I'll be darned if I'm going to spend any time paying attention to people I dislike. This reminds me of people at the track that stand up every time Driver X goes by so they can give him the finger (that the driver can't see anyway). Dude, you spent between $70 and $150 to focus for 3+ hours on someone you claim to hate? You're in denial like Cleopatra's barge.
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I didnt say you have to boo or give them finger (I dont do those things). But there are people you like and dont like and life is to short to miss out on the chezzie, sleazy pleasures. Having class is highly overated, at least when one has forsaken the pursuit :).

Last of all, my previous post was an attempt at humor, maybe a fail but still nothing more.
 
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Lazyking said:
I think Dale was a special case because he was loved by so many and dying on the track.. it was just too much for some people. I know for my dad, he was a big race fan, not really a huge Dale fan but when he died, My dad's passion for the sport diminished.
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Me too, I wouldn't miss a race when SR was racing. Now I only make time to watch the plate races, road races and the night race at Bristol.
 
Well I have 4 drivers I usually root for, those are Dale & Truex Jr, Stewart & Kyle Busch. When one of them doesn't make the chase, i'm disappointed but I don't stop watching because I wanna see if they can win any of the final 10 & still play a part in the season outcome or be better than the chase drivers like back in 2006 when Stewart heated up during the chase. Maybe Brad will have that kinda thing happen to him, they've struggled all year & now they're gonna miss the show so now it's just straight race wins...
 
Watch the races all the same.

Maybe with even more enthusiasm because I know he'll do anything to get a win as he has nothing to worry about.
 
When Kenseth missed the chase in 2009 after Richmond (way to miss your pitbox) I was pretty sour but got over after a couple of races. It didn't help that he won the first 2 races of the year and slowly went downhill from there :mad:
 
#17D500winner said:
When Kenseth missed the chase in 2009 after Richmond (way to miss your pitbox) I was pretty sour but got over after a couple of races. It didn't help that he won the first 2 races of the year and slowly went downhill from there :mad:
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I still get mind screwed when I hear Kenseth missed teh Chase. I thought for the longest time he, along with Jimmie had made all the chase playoffs.

Cant even remember how he missed it. That's how consistent he is.
 
reck said:
I still get mind screwed when I hear Kenseth missed teh Chase. I thought for the longest time he, along with Jimmie had made all the chase playoffs.

Cant even remember how he missed it. That's how consistent he is.
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Poor performance coupled with paranoia over flat tires and I poor qualifying effort at Richmond when he was 12th in points to begin with.
 
You guys have all pretty much said it very well. I'm one of those that is more or less just a fan of the sport in general and as such will always have a reason to watch a race.

I envy those of you who just have that one driver you've supported for years, everyone else be damned. Sometimes I wish I was like that. Sure, I have my drivers I like more than others, and if you held a gun to my head and made me choose one favorite, I'd pick Junior. However, I just feel like there are too many cool personalities and good drivers in the garage to limit myself. I mean, you have Brad, Kurt, Bowyer, Kenseth, Vickers, Harvick, the tasty Danica...and the list goes on. This year I've even found myself rooting at times for the three drivers I used to dislike, Kahne, Kyle, and my arch-nemesis, good ol' Hammy.

I think I've turned into one of those sweetie tootie fruity namby pambies Greg was talking about. LOL.
 
reck said:
Maybe with even more enthusiasm because I know he'll do anything to get a win as he has nothing to worry about.
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Or turn the last 10 races into a testing session for 2014 and lose focus on being competitive because all of the attention is controlling the car with experimental setups.
 
I will watch and cheer for Jeff every race as always. Points are typically an afterthought for me when I'm watching races (except right now since Jeff is fighting to get in).

The main reason I watch races is for the racing, not the points.
 
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