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Best racer out there today IMHO is Dale Earnhardt Jr. He is following in his father's footsteps and will become a legend in due time. Who are your favorite drivers? There's some info on Dale E. Jr. on his sponsor's website
 
Robby Gordon and Ken Schrader ~ Cup
David Green and Kenny Walace ~ Busch
Ted Musgrave, Mike Skinner and Ron Horaday ~ Truck
 
DEI is done.. time for those fools to move over and let Hendrick deliver an azz-kicking to Roush
 
DEI is done? ok... after a bad start to one season? and both of its cars finishing in the top 10 in the last race. Every race team goes through this at some point....dont forget DEI is still very young compared to some of these teams out there...RCR Yates Roush Hendrick...the big boys...have been at it for 20 - 25 years...DEI is in its 7th year in Cup and has ran very well in the majority of those years...i would say your jumpin the gun to say DEI is done...if we go by those standards, i guess RCR is done too then. out of 3 cars at JGR only 1 is running well.....so is the 18 car done as well?
 
DEI is far from done but placing Jr. as the best driver in NASCAR might not be accurate. Go Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
 
well JR. is nothing LOL he is a pos. all he is is hype. SR. is a legend and no one can take that away but jr will never win a champ.

just watch the roush team take it for the 3rd time
edwards
busch
kenseth
mark
greg
 
I know my cup drivers will most likly never win the cup, but im starting to belive Jr never will eather, unless he steps up him game a little.
 
Boy, the rookies are out today...I think Jimmie Johnson is the class of the field so far this year.
 
Five years in the series and he doesn't have a Championship so he's all washed up as a driver!! :rolleyes: How many years did DJ run in the series before he got his first title? How about Bobby Labonte? Yeah I know, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, and Kurt Busch are all within a couple of years of that five years in the series and they already have one.......so don't toss that argument out. It's just no one can tell me that Jr's all washed up when he's been in the top ten in points at the end of the season all but one of those five years. He's in good equipment, he can drive, he can win........so he probably will get a Championship before it's all over for him. Who knows he may get multiple Championships. :)
 
The Kenseth, Stewart, Busch argument is, IMHO, is as valid as LaBonte, Jarret.

Mark Martin has never won one and I think Earnhardt Jr has a ways to go before he's in that class. They're not won on popularity - yet.
 
Does Mark Martin have one?

How many does Rusty have?

It's pretty hard to win one.
 
don't get me wrong i am a huge jr fan, but he is not the best driver in the world. he is a awsome driver, but not the best in the world. there are plenty of good drivers out there in other leagues that are as good or probally better then he is. but like i siad i like jr, but he is not the best driver ever or in the world
 
i personally dont think you have a shot at winning the championship unless your in a Hendrick or Roush car...those teams are years ahead of the rest of the series right now...DEI and the rest of the series has a lot of catching up to do.
 
But once they catch up then Hendrick and Roush will be chasing...........that's been happening since day one!! :) Look just a year or so ago when DEI was miles ahead of everyone on the plate tracks.......now they are working hard to keep up with Hendrick and Roush. You can't judge a driver as "washed up" because he has no Championship. They don't just give them out.........they are earned.

And who said anything about popularity, anyway? :confused:
 
And who said anything about popularity, anyway?
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Surely you understand that because Lil'E is the most "popular" driver on the planet he must be the best driver on the planet as well. Why none of the other drivers can hold his jock strap. He is the bestest most greatest ever to put on a helmet in any sport. :eek:

Excuse me. Now I need to go take a shower. I feel so dirty...
 
DEI seems to be turning things around now....still think DEI is done?
 
HA ok...if you say so bud. Jr is now sittin 13th in points...thatsa vast improvement from where he was a month ago...he could still win the championship this year also.....he's in the chase if the cut off was today.
 
But, thankfully it isn't. So we have a few more weeks for him to enjoy bad luck and sink back to the depths of KP or below. NASCAR would be a better place for it... :)
 
Nascar would be a better place if Jr slipped back to the ranks of KP? LOL yea highly doubtful. Nascar would be in worse shape due to the fact Jr is their most popular driver ;)
 
barely...i see the pack icon..are you from NC? if so what part? Mooresville/Charlotte here.
 
Some of you may think he's the best on the track but he just took out 3/4 of the field at dega. Good job, Junior.
 
Seth said:
Best racer out there today IMHO is Dale Earnhardt Jr. He is following in his father's footsteps and will become a legend in due time. Who are your favorite drivers? There's some info on Dale E. Jr. on his sponsor's website
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Somebody tell Jr. that you're not supposed to bumpdraft in the tri-oval!
 
guess none of you are going to comment on the fact that JJ and McMurray might have caused that wreck..you failed to look forward to wear the bumping started.
 
CypressTrout said:
Some of you may think he's the best on the track but he just took out 3/4 of the field at dega. Good job, Junior.
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Man your grasping just a bit there.
 
Some of the 25 cars that were damaged in the Big One on Sunday at Talladega. Credit: AP

The Big One strikes again at Talladega
A total of 25 cars suffer damage in wreck with 56 laps to go
By Ryan Smithson, NASCAR.COM
May 1, 2005
06:43 PM EDT (22:43 GMT)




TALLADEGA, Ala. -- A 25-car accident on Lap 132 of the Aaron's 499 brought out a 43-minute red flag and raised the ire of drivers who had hoped to make it through Talladega unscathed. for TrackPass now and earn Fan MilesBUY YOUR NEXTEL DRIVER PHONE
The incident happened heading into Turn 1. Mike Wallace, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got together, setting off a chain-reaction accident that involved over half the field.

The incident sent 10 drivers to the infield medical center, but all were treated and released.

Most drivers were in the garage trying to get back out onto the track to get points, including Scott Riggs, who had spent 93 laps in the top 10.

"That's superspeedway racing," Riggs said. "I'm not really sure what happened there. We were on the outside of the 4 (Mike Wallace) and I don't know-something happened.

For a time, it appeared that the 188-lap race would finish without a multi-car accident, as the race had featured just four brief caution flags.

"It was definitely a good race going on," said Kyle Busch, who was eliminated by the accident. "I kind of hung back."

Busch thought that Johnson drifted too high the track, but like most drivers, he had to watch the wreck via a TV replay. No one could see through the smoke generated by the spinning cars.

"It looked like the 48 (Johnson) squeezed the 4 (Mike Wallace) up into towards the fence," Busch said. "The 8 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) was behind him, nowhere to go."

"All I saw was smoke. All of a sudden I saw smoke pouring up front," said Rusty Wallace. "Just got collected. I couldn't see what happened at all."

Wallace owns a Busch Series car that was involved in a 17-car accident on Saturday, and he says he was trying to avoid meeting the same fate.

"Watching the race yesterday, I was being extra careful not to screw up," Wallace said.


Don'tpoint fingers!
 
CypressTrout said:
Some of you may think he's the best on the track but he just took out 3/4 of the field at dega. Good job, Junior.
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The 48 caused that. He also cause the last one by hitting the wall and getting into Harvick.
Nothing new for him though. Just ask Tony and others.
 
Im not a JJ fan.....but....this is restrictor plate racing....things happen....if you want to point fingers..i think they should be pointed towards NASCAR....NASCAR has set the rules that make these cars run as close as they do....I swear these races would be safer if the motors were unrestricted and these guys could get away from each other...These guys are driving in a train at 200 mph for 200 miles....its going to happen.
 
This Buds For Me said:
Im not a JJ fan.....but....this is restrictor plate racing....things happen....if you want to point fingers..i think they should be pointed towards NASCAR....NASCAR has set the rules that make these cars run as close as they do....I swear these races would be safer if the motors were unrestricted and these guys could get away from each other...These guys are driving in a train at 200 mph for 200 miles....its going to happen.
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Could not agree with you more. Good thing for me is that my driver was a "buzzard" and ended up with a top 10 finish!
 
This Buds For Me said:
guess none of you are going to comment on the fact that JJ and McMurray might have caused that wreck..you failed to look forward to wear the bumping started.
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Seems to me the bumping was Lil'E all over Riggs and then he moved over to Wallace when Riggs wouldn't get out of his way. When he bumped Wallace, Wallace bounced off of JJ and into Riggs. So maybe if JJ wasn't there then Wallace wouldn't have hit him and been able to correct his car. Then again, maybe Wallace would have turned around more and taken out the culprit who started all of it in the 1st place...
 
The culprit was the 48 car. It clearly moved up the track. If you missed it then you probably only listened to DW.
 
So you're saying that Lil'E wearing out Wallace's bumper had absolutely nothing to do with it?
 
Seems to me the bumping was Lil'E all over Riggs and then he moved over to Wallace when Riggs wouldn't get out of his way. When he bumped Wallace, Wallace bounced off of JJ and into Riggs. So maybe if JJ wasn't there then Wallace wouldn't have hit him and been able to correct his car. Then again, maybe Wallace would have turned around more and taken out the culprit who started all of it in the 1st place...
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Jr was bumpdrafting...thats what you do at those tracks....as soon as he nudged Wallace, the hole in front of Wallaced closed, due to the fact that JJ went up the race track and ran into McMurray...and the wreck insued.....this wreck was a combination of things....if JJ hadnt have moved up and into McMurray it wouldnt have happened...if JR had not been bump drafting Wallace at the time..it wouldnt have happened....its plate racing...**** happens....you cant lay blame on one single driver for this wreck...if you do..your blinded by your hatred for one driver or your love for another driver.
 
No I'm saying that JJ moved up the track into Wallace.
Jr. was bumping Wallace coming out of the tri oval.
If JJ didn't come up, there would not have been a wreck.
I'm not a big enough fan of Jr. to think he can do no wrong. I just don't think this wreck was his fault. He's wrecked people in the past and has been man enough to fess up to it.

JJ blames everyone but himself.
He caused the last wreck and still swears someone got into him.
Yeah Jimmie, it was the wall!
 
Steve007 said:
No I'm saying that JJ moved up the track into Wallace.
Jr. was bumping Wallace coming out of the tri oval.
If JJ didn't come up, there would not have been a wreck.
I'm not a big enough fan of Jr. to think he can do no wrong. I just don't think this wreck was his fault. He's wrecked people in the past and has been man enough to fess up to it.

JJ blames everyone but himself.
He caused the last wreck and still swears someone got into him.
Yeah Jimmie, it was the wall!
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It was a combination of BOTH the 48 AND the 8 with the 4 car that started 'the big one'. Nothing more than a result of plate racing and the aero package that the cars must run with. If you have cars running nose to tail and 3 and 4 wide for 200 miles, a wreck is gonna happen. Nascar has got to figure out a way to keep these cars out of these huge packs and spread them out a little more. The smaller fuel cell isn't cutting it. Put the driving back into the driver's hands more!
 
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