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Bonehead of the week: Talladega Nights

I've gotta vote for NASCAR for their double standard on the yellow line (again) not penalizing the two cars (can't remember who) for passing below the yellow line.
 
I think carl said it best about racing in a box that nascar sets. These guys followed the rules and it could of ended real bad.

Gotta give props to carl for admitting he was at fault for his own flip
 
We're watching parts fly over the fence and one of the dummies in the booth says something like, "good thing nothing went into the stands." My husband and I looked at each other and said, "What's he looking at?!" I hope the fans are OK. Glad Carl was OK. That was really scary. Did they say anything about Ryan? My husband switched to IRL.
 
Watched the news conference --- Ryan was there, and fine.

Junior opened up a can of whoop-ass on the media and NASCAR for celebrating and playing up the wrecking to get fans to come to the races. Go, Junior!
 
ESPN just reported that everyone, fans included walked away unscathed. If that's true, and of course we hope it is, everyone was very lucky!
 
Good for Junior and I'm glad to hear Ryan is OK as well. I feel so bad for the fans hurt. :(
 
ajk112802 said:
ESPN just reported that everyone, fans included walked away unscathed. If that's true, and of course we hope it is, everyone was very lucky!
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OK so which is it? I hope it's that everyone walked away OK.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
Watched the news conference --- Ryan was there, and fine.

Junior opened up a can of whoop-ass on the media and NASCAR for celebrating and playing up the wrecking to get fans to come to the races. Go, Junior!
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Way to go Jr.....and that is another reason he is so popular....calls it the way he sees it.
 
WNY24Fan said:
OK so which is it? I hope it's that everyone walked away OK.
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I dunno...I only know what I saw on TV. I flipped on the draft and they had a reporter at the track saying everyone was fine. ...I saw the wreck and found it hard to believe that no one was hurt.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
The best I can find is 8 injuries -- 2 airlifted out because of traffic. None life-threatening. Most serious that I know is a broken jaw.
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Having a broken jaw is not going to be a picnic for anyone. They're in for a long road to healing.
 
Broken jaw annoying, drinking out of a straw sucks and what ever you do don't sneeze, won't get into not being able to brush the inside of your teeth:eek:. Speaking from experience here. I actually am more concerned about the facial cuts that can leave scars you can see. :(
 
From NASCAR.com

"...We'll race like this until we kill somebody," Edwards said afterward. "Then they will change it."

Edwards was referring to the high speeds at NASCAR's fastest track, which are combated by horsepower-sapping restrictor plates. The plates typically keep the field bunched tightly together, and one wrong move by a driver can cause a massive accident.

In addition to Edwards' frightening flight into the fence, Sunday's race was also marred by a 13-car crash on the seventh lap and another 10-car accident with nine to go.

"Talladega is short for 'We're going to crash, we just don't know when,"' said Newman, the third-place finisher, who also recalled Matt Kenseth's fiery tumble in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday.

"We saw that two times this weekend, so maybe we need to look at things that keep the car down on the ground...."
 
Talladega Results

RESULTS
2009 Unofficial Race Results : Aaron's 499
Aaron's 499 | April 26, 2009 | Race 9 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 9 09 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 190/5 188 Running
2 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 175/5 188 Running
3 25 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Prelude to the Dream / U.S. Army 170/5 188 Running
4 34 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox 160/0 188 Running
5 8 82 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 160/5 188 Running 6 28 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 155/5 188 Running
7 2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 151/5 188 Running
8 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 147/5 188 Running
9 22 20 Joey Logano * Toyota The Home Depot 143/5 188 Running
10 20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 139/5 188 Running
11 41 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge U.S. Air Force 130/0 188 Running
12 10 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 132/5 188 Running
13 24 98 Paul Menard Ford Turtle Wax / Menards 129/5 188 Running
14 17 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 126/5 188 Running
15 6 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet National Day of Prayer / Furniture Row 118/0 188 Running
16 15 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 120/5 188 Running
17 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 117/5 188 Running
18 43 113 Max Papis * Toyota GEICO 109/0 188 Running
19 39 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 111/5 188 Running
20 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Tums Dual Action 108/5 188 Running
21 31 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA 105/5 188 Running
22 18 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 102/5 188 Running
23 29 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot 94/0 188 Running
24 16 99 Carl Edwards Ford Claritin 96/5 188 Accident
25 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Pedigree 98/10 188 Running
26 33 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 85/0 188 Running
27 40 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 87/5 188 Running
28 12 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com 79/0 179 Accident
29 42 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Jim Beam 76/0 179 Accident
30 36 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 78/5 179 Accident
31 37 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 70/0 179 Accident
32 27 41 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota Big Red 72/5 179 Accident
33 3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 69/5 179 Accident
34 4 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Truck Rental / AAA 66/5 179 Accident
35 38 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Hunt Brothers Pizza 58/0 164 Running
36 35 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 55/0 133 Running
37 14 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi Throwback Challenger / DuPont 52/0 128 Running
38 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 49/0 127 Running
39 5 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 46/0 8 Running
40 26 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 43/0 6 Accident
41 21 36 Scott Riggs Toyota Tommy Baldwin Racing 40/0 6 Accident
42 32 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 37/0 6 Accident
43 7 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg's 34/0 6 Accident

* Denotes Rookie
 
I agree- carl's fault and he took the blame. Like they said on TV- for the plate races, they're basically running spec cars, so of course they're going to be all +- one half of one thousanth of a second. If the cars weren't so close in tolerances, we wouldn't have this problem.
 
What happened with Tony? Suddenyl, at the last restart, it looked like the car just didn't wanna go.
 
DanicaRules said:
Carl always shows class I think before, during, and after a race.
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agreed. He had no problem taking his own time to sign just about everything that the people had when they were lined up outside the garage at TMS. he probably took a good 5 minutes to sign things before he finally went in the garage.
 
I actually thought down the stretch, with 4 to go, that Logano was going to find a way to pull it out. He ran a really good race.
 
See this is why i get mad at Nascar. They made the rule no passing below the yellow line and when your going 190+ at the end of the race people are gonna drive like there car is a weapon. What happend last year with Regan Smith was BS. If he would of held his ground i belelive we would of seen Tony Stewart going into the catch fence. So after seeing Nascar make an example out of Regan Smith of course Kesolowski aint gonna go to the bottom to avoid an accident when he knows he will lose over 20 positions. I know Nascar needs to stick to there guns but after an accident like this they need to think about changing the rules if its avoiding a possible wreck.

By the way if it was about a hundred yards further Edwards would of wiped out the flag stand.
 
my vote goes to agressive blocking in plate racing. kudos to Brad for not giving in to the block. kyle's overagressiveness is going to bite him real bad some day.
 
Spike said:
I actually thought down the stretch, with 4 to go, that Logano was going to find a way to pull it out. He ran a really good race.
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He needed a rerally good race to keep from dropping out of the top 35.
 
muggle not said:
my vote goes to agressive blocking in plate racing. kudos to Brad for not giving in to the block. kyle's overagressiveness is going to bite him real bad some day.
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ANYTHING that Kyle does bites him on the Internet EVERY week.
 
they'll just close up the holes a little more on the plate and slow em down to about 180-185 instead of 200+ down the back superstrech
 
zevious said:
ANYTHING that Kyle does bites him on the Internet EVERY week.
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Yes, it does! People love to hate a winner. My vote for the "BONEHEAD" of the race would have to be NASCAR for not enforcing the "below the yellow line rule".
 
Don't think they need a smaller plate, like Ryan Newman said they need to do something about them getting airborn. Carl was still somewhat in the air when he hit Ryan on the hood that's when he flew into the fence. If he had been on the ground the fans most likely would not have been injured.
 
muggle not said:
my vote goes to agressive blocking in plate racing. kudos to Brad for not giving in to the block. kyle's overagressiveness is going to bite him real bad some day.
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Even though it could've hurt someone..

But if he would've laid off him, NASCAR would black flag him.

The plate packages have got to be modified. They're gonna kill someone if they keep this up. :rolleyes:
 
I'm going with Denny for causing the second big one, the first big one was early but it looked like a just racing deal. I'm sorry he just got shuffled to the back but patience was needed.:mad:
 
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