Knockout Qualifying - Bristol

FenderBumper said:
this isn't the old Bristol. The high line may be THE line again.
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This is Gordon you're talking about here. He would wait for Danica to go by before protecting his spot outside.

I'm much more comfortable with him starting on the inside since it doesn't take as much effort protecting the bottom as it does the outside lane.
 
reck said:
It will be when he's unable to get the car right and he gets to start outside a gazzillion times.
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Ugh, hate it. 6th to 8th to 12th and a GWC where's he's shuffled to like 17th and race over.
 
We haven't seen this exact car on a short track yet but Bristol isn't a one groove track anymore. I'm sure we'll see people making passes around the outside.
 
BobbyFord said:
We haven't seen this exact car on a short track yet but Bristol isn't a one groove track anymore. I'm sure we'll see people making passes around the outside.
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Wasn't last years racing all high groove? They ground the top, and that's where everyone went for grip.

I looks like GY brought a softer tire this year. Perhaps to keep the racing off the rough high line they did the grinding on.
 
FenderBumper said:
Wasn't last years racing all high groove? They ground the top, and that's where everyone went for grip.

I looks like GY brought a softer tire this year. Perhaps to keep the racing off the rough high line they did the grinding on.
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I hope there's more than one groove. Hopefully the handling will vary enough that there will be some side by side racing
 
FenderBumper said:
Wasn't last years racing all high groove? They ground the top, and that's where everyone went for grip.

I looks like GY brought a softer tire this year. Perhaps to keep the racing off the rough high line they did the grinding on.
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Geez the racing was so good with only the low groove, its almost as if somebody redid the track and screwed it up. :rolleyes:
 
define "outside for Gordon"
I can only assume that means he is starting outside, my favorite is inside I believe. sooooooooo when Jeffy goes in too hot and bangs the wall he will bounce off and hit my favorite driver causing me to have a caniption fit or worse.
How did u know I just had mexican food for dinner ???
 
Kyle18fan said:
define "outside for Gordon"
I can only assume that means he is starting outside, my favorite is inside I believe. sooooooooo when Jeffy goes in too hot and bangs the wall he will bounce off and hit my favorite driver causing me to have a caniption fit or worse.
How did u know I just had mexican food for dinner ???
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Well, Gordon isn't the one who put himself in the wall in practice so we probably don't have to worry about that.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
If your worried about the line he's starting the race in having an affect on the outcome after 500 laps... I think the issue is that he just doesnt even care anymore.
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If the rubber gets rained off the track, those on the outside may be fortunate to get one lap in.
 
"By being the fastest in the first round, Logano has also sat atop the charts in four of the seven rounds of knockout qualifying that have been run this year (first session in Phoenix, second and third sessions in Las Vegas, first session in Bristol)."
 
reck said:
It will be when he's unable to get the car right and he gets to start outside a gazzillion times.
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bro we've had 3 awesome race cars & 2 top 5s & a top 10. Gordon would've won Bristol last yr barring a tire failure. We got this chit man. Faith.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
When you say u would rather punch someone in the face then talk to them... I'd say there's a bit of tryin to be a tough guy in there lol
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That isn't what he said. He was talking about how there is no way to express how angry you are with them using words, and I don't think the comment was directed at Joey in particular.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
bro we've had 3 awesome race cars & 2 top 5s & a top 10. Gordon would've won Bristol last yr barring a tire failure. We got this chit man. Faith.
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That's my kids name lol... Yeah I think he'll be fine... we all know qualifying poorly doesn't mean you've given up completely.. well....... most of us ;) lol... I think the main thing isn't where he starts on the starts or restarts but if he actually does have a car that's not driving well then it wont matter where he starts really. He should be fine though.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
When you say u would rather punch someone in the face then talk to them... I'd say there's a bit of tryin to be a tough guy in there lol
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I guess we just see it differently. I thought he was being honest and I suspect that he's not the only driver that feels that way, especially after a short track race.

I'm curious, how do you feel about a driver going to confront another driver while he's still in his car?
 
FenderBumper said:
That isn't what he said. He was talking about how there is no way to express how angry you are with them using words, and I don't think the comment was directed at Joey in particular.
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Meh... I think it was.. considering the whole interview is about his feud with Joey... not tat I really care.. he can "act" tough all he wants but I know if Joey pushes him down and he lands on his ass wrong he could be out for another month :XXROFL:

I may be looking at it wrong but I couldn't care less lol I just don't like Hamlin
 
#17D500winner said:
I guess we just see it differently. I thought he was being honest and I suspect that he's not the only driver that feels that way, especially after a short track race.

I'm curious, how do you feel about a driver going to confront another driver while he's still in his car?
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Fine.. if he is going to fight him that's wrong.. but to just approach him to say something to him I see no problem with. All Joey said was "Im comin for you mother ******"... There wasn't about to be a conversation about it lol.. U know?
 
#17D500winner said:
I guess we just see it differently. I thought he was being honest and I suspect that he's not the only driver that feels that way, especially after a short track race.

I'm curious, how do you feel about a driver going to confront another driver while he's still in his car?
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Denny could have been out of the car and talked to the guy he wrecked. Sitting in the car was just Denny trying to be like Harvick at Pocono.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
Fine.. if he is going to fight him that's wrong.. but to just approach him to say something to him I see no problem with. All Joey said was "Im comin for you mother ******"
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Well, there is something wrong with it. If you're going to mouth off at someone, wait for them to get out the car and get their helmet off.
 
#17D500winner said:
Well, there is something wrong with it. If you're going to mouth off at someone, wait for them to get out the car and get their helmet off.
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LMAO You know u r defending someone that started talking **** on Twitter first right? Or did we all forget about that?


On another note I just received a trophy for 5000 posts and another for having 1000 likes in that time lol... "well liked" :D Thank guys :) lol
 
SlicedBread22 said:
When you say u would rather punch someone in the face then talk to them... I'd say there's a bit of tryin to be a tough guy in there lol
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That wasn't directed at Joey, it was a general statement. What a lot of people do no realize or understand that if a driver is in a hard enough collision, there will be a mild concussion & as a result the natural emotion to emerge is anger. It's the most primal of all of our emotions so it's the easiest to come by. It takes a few minutes till it passes and that's why you see a lot of drivers go after one another after an incident & then are miraculously cooled down for the interview.

But I don't believe Denny was being a tough guy, he was just expressing how any driver would handle that situation.
 
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