RATE THE RACE: Montreal

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Rate the race on a scale of 1-10

Race: 6.5

Finish: 10.5

Winner: 1 (can't stand Cup drivers in Nationwide)

ESPN: 5 (good commentary, crappy camera work)
 
The race

reminded me of a figure-8 race I saw once.. Race'n on a wet track ain't racing.. Bout maybe a 1.5.
Betsy:rolleyes:
 
Race: 7

Finish: 10

Winner: 3 (woulda preferred ranger or ambrose to win)

ESPN: 5 (good commentary, crappy camera work)
 
Race 7

Finish I couldn't watch and the wrong guy won so

Winner 2 :(
 
LOL@North American drivers and rain.

What is it with North Americans and rain?, can't they drive in a bit of wet weather?. Ambrose was ripped off, through the consistent FAILURE of local drivers to be able to keep their cars on the track in a little bit of rain. Had the meeting run its course, Ambrose would have lapped the WHOLE field, and whoever watched knows this as a highly likely fact. Except for the record amount of restarts made by all the local crash artists in the race, i rate the race a total farce, and a joke from the drivers efforts and skill i seen on display. I guess they can only turn one way, like oval track racing. Ugly racing at its finest. Watch the the Bathurst 1000 if you would like to see a display of what a real touring car driver is, or at the very least, should be capable of doing. Being the son of some has-been, does not qualify you to be a racer living off a name built by someone else. Heads up for NASCAR owners.....start sourcing your drivers in Australia, then you may have some success, or a straight car anyway.:sarcasm: Thinking of emigrating to the U.S. to open a body repair shop....i will be rich.
 
Chonkster said:
What is it with North Americans and rain?, can't they drive in a bit of wet weather?. Ambrose was ripped off, through the consistent FAILURE of local drivers to be able to keep their cars on the track in a little bit of rain. Had the meeting run its course, Ambrose would have lapped the WHOLE field, and whoever watched knows this as a highly likely fact. Except for the record amount of restarts made by all the local crash artists in the race, i rate the race a total farce, and a joke from the drivers efforts and skill i seen on display. I guess they can only turn one way, like oval track racing. Ugly racing at its finest. Watch the the Bathurst 1000 if you would like to see a display of what a real touring car driver is, or at the very least, should be capable of doing. Being the son of some has-been, does not qualify you to be a racer living off a name built by someone else. Heads up for NASCAR owners.....start sourcing your drivers in Australia, then you may have some success, or a straight car anyway.:sarcasm: Thinking of emigrating to the U.S. to open a body repair shop....i will be rich.
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Let me guess, F1 fan?

The worst NASCAR races are still 10x's more exciting than F1.
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Chonkster said:
What is it with North Americans and rain?, can't they drive in a bit of wet weather?. Ambrose was ripped off, through the consistent FAILURE of local drivers to be able to keep their cars on the track in a little bit of rain. Had the meeting run its course, Ambrose would have lapped the WHOLE field, and whoever watched knows this as a highly likely fact. Except for the record amount of restarts made by all the local crash artists in the race, i rate the race a total farce, and a joke from the drivers efforts and skill i seen on display. I guess they can only turn one way, like oval track racing. Ugly racing at its finest. Watch the the Bathurst 1000 if you would like to see a display of what a real touring car driver is, or at the very least, should be capable of doing. Being the son of some has-been, does not qualify you to be a racer living off a name built by someone else. Heads up for NASCAR owners.....start sourcing your drivers in Australia, then you may have some success, or a straight car anyway.:sarcasm: Thinking of emigrating to the U.S. to open a body repair shop....i will be rich.
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Ambrose wasn't ripped off. That's called racing for the win on the last lap, something they can't do in F1.
 
Chonkster said:
What is it with North Americans and rain?, can't they drive in a bit of wet weather?. Ambrose was ripped off, through the consistent FAILURE of local drivers to be able to keep their cars on the track in a little bit of rain. Had the meeting run its course, Ambrose would have lapped the WHOLE field, and whoever watched knows this as a highly likely fact. Except for the record amount of restarts made by all the local crash artists in the race, i rate the race a total farce, and a joke from the drivers efforts and skill i seen on display. I guess they can only turn one way, like oval track racing. Ugly racing at its finest. Watch the the Bathurst 1000 if you would like to see a display of what a real touring car driver is, or at the very least, should be capable of doing. Being the son of some has-been, does not qualify you to be a racer living off a name built by someone else. Heads up for NASCAR owners.....start sourcing your drivers in Australia, then you may have some success, or a straight car anyway.:sarcasm: Thinking of emigrating to the U.S. to open a body repair shop....i will be rich.
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Not exactly the best way to join a new community. If you're trying to stir up controversy and trouble instead of contributing, go somewhere else.
 
And here I thought ambrose was a good road racer. He sure screwed up at the end. That was a dumb move on his part and it was entirely his fault, no one touched him. he needs to learn, it isn't over until you cross the finish line. Maybe some more experience with the likes of good drivers like Jeff Gordon and Tony may help him learn the basics of Nascar.
 
muggle not said:
And here I thought ambrose was a good road racer. He sure screwed up at the end. That was a dumb move on his part and it was entirely his fault, no one touched him. he needs to learn, it isn't over until you cross the finish line.
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Other than that last corner he drove a hell of a race...
 
AMBROSE,NOT RIPED OFF

Marcos was not ripped off,maybe a bit unlucky but that is racing.He was the best driver on the day but one mistake is all it takes at this level of racing.He only needed 1 more lap and he would have got passed Carl,just the way it goes.I could not believe the amount of yellow flags,must be some sort of record. Ya gotta love this nascar.
Aussie Al.:cheers:
 
Looks like there are some who actually dislike Ambrose for one reason or another. Muggle, it seems that your suggestion that Marcos learn from Jeffy and Tony means that you aren't impressed with his road racing ability. I'd bet you would find that both Jeffy and Tony would disagree with you.

I only got to watch the finish of the race and the wife was hootin and hallerin for Carl while I was rootin for Ambrose. While it was obvious to me that he made only one mistake during the race, backed by the comments in the booth, that one mistake happened at the wrong place at the wrong time. To say that he hasn't learned yet is ridiculous. I can recall many times the late Dale Earnhardt made a mistake at the wrong time as well as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and many others who are well respected veterans of the top series in NASCAR.

What gets me is the difference of opinions with so many NASCAR fans about this race from being a road race that many detest, to the running of this race in the rain. I've seen plenty of road racing in the rain and this one was no different. But it does show that there are some very good ringers out there as well as how good the regulars are getting.

Just from what I saw in this race, I'll give it a solid 9, but remember, that was only for the green/white/checker.
 
2, just for the last couple laps when the track started to dry. If NASCAR intends to keep this kind of thing up, they need to start a new division: Mud Bog Demo Derby.
 
The missus and I came down from the cottage today, taking separate routes since she prefers to go out of her way to avoid traffic and construction, and I like to go right up the middle, damn the torpedos, full speed ahead. I was maybe 10 miles east of her heading south. I got a bit of drizzle. The highway she was one slowed to 40kph. I beat her home by over 20 minutes. That rain they were driving in was nothing to sneeze at. It might not have appeared all that serious on camera ... but that was on camera, using filters to let you see the cars and track.

Kudos to NASCAR for bullying up and letting them race.
 
Chonkster said:
What is it with North Americans and rain?, can't they drive in a bit of wet weather?. Ambrose was ripped off, through the consistent FAILURE of local drivers to be able to keep their cars on the track in a little bit of rain. Had the meeting run its course, Ambrose would have lapped the WHOLE field, and whoever watched knows this as a highly likely fact. Except for the record amount of restarts made by all the local crash artists in the race, i rate the race a total farce, and a joke from the drivers efforts and skill i seen on display. I guess they can only turn one way, like oval track racing. Ugly racing at its finest. Watch the the Bathurst 1000 if you would like to see a display of what a real touring car driver is, or at the very least, should be capable of doing. Being the son of some has-been, does not qualify you to be a racer living off a name built by someone else. Heads up for NASCAR owners.....start sourcing your drivers in Australia, then you may have some success, or a straight car anyway.:sarcasm: Thinking of emigrating to the U.S. to open a body repair shop....i will be rich.
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It's people like You that give the foreigners the bad name in my book......
 
buckaroo said:
Looks like there are some who actually dislike Ambrose for one reason or another. Muggle, it seems that your suggestion that Marcos learn from Jeffy and Tony means that you aren't impressed with his road racing ability. I'd bet you would find that both Jeffy and Tony would disagree with you.

I only got to watch the finish of the race and the wife was hootin and hallerin for Carl while I was rootin for Ambrose. While it was obvious to me that he made only one mistake during the race, backed by the comments in the booth, that one mistake happened at the wrong place at the wrong time. To say that he hasn't learned yet is ridiculous. I can recall many times the late Dale Earnhardt made a mistake at the wrong time as well as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and many others who are well respected veterans of the top series in NASCAR.

What gets me is the difference of opinions with so many NASCAR fans about this race from being a road race that many detest, to the running of this race in the rain. I've seen plenty of road racing in the rain and this one was no different. But it does show that there are some very good ringers out there as well as how good the regulars are getting.

Just from what I saw in this race, I'll give it a solid 9, but remember, that was only for the green/white/checker.
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Actually buckaroo, I kinda like Ambrose. I kinda reacted to the chithead who posted earlier. Ambrose, however, did blow the race as it seemed the pressure got to him at the end and I agree with TRl, he was paying to much attention to Carl.

I would rate the race a 5, didn't like them racing in the rain at all.
 
i enjoyed the race. it certainly wasn't boring like a lot of the races we get now. they should have used more local cautions instead of full course cautions. ambrose got screwed because of the full course cautions but that's how it goes. nascar should run all events in all weather conditions. the races would be more exciting and bad weather racers might even teach the fair weather racers a thing or two. hell, maybe robby gordon would win a championship. :D:D:D
 
7

Pretty good, but the cautions at the end got a little annoying. Great 2-lap shootout at the end, though. I really wanted Ambrose to win, but kudos to Carl for making it a clean finish.

In my mind, Ambrose has proved that he's worthy to race for the top teams in NASCAR. Not only is he the one of the best road course racers in the garage, but he's also showing he can hang with the best on any oval track. His 17th place in the Cup points proves this.
 
honestly I thought Carl was gonna knock Ambrose outta the way but he didn't need to, he just intimidated him the same way Dale Sr did Mark Martin at Sears Point back in 95. And when is Kyle gonna learn how to stop gettin knocked around, man his point lead would be outta reach if he was a smarter luckier driver...

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Theres something you don't see everyday, kyle and smarter in the same sentence!:D

How disappointing for Ambrose,,more I see him race the better I like him.:beerbang:

<edit< when shrub quits knocking others around maybe they won't be so quick to retaliate. I'm just sayin'.
 
SST55 said:
Theres something you don't see everyday, kyle and smarter in the same sentence!:D

How disappointing for Ambrose,,more I see him race the better I like him.:beerbang:

<edit< when shrub quits knocking others around maybe they won't be so quick to retaliate. I'm just sayin'.
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"Smarter"?

Um, Carl Edwards got impatient and wiped out half the field, not sure how that's Kyle's fault.
 
foehammer111 said:
Not only is he the one of the best road course racers in the garage, but he's also showing he can hang with the best on any oval track. His 17th place in the Cup points proves this.
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correct me, but that's while also only running half the schedule, correct?
 
ambrose choked on the last turn....plain and simple... and his restarts were.... kinda crappy... same kinda stunt that shrubby was booed for... just race the darn car!!!!!! had the best car out there hands down... too worried about that canuck rainger? pay more attention to the road in front of ya!!!! < and so ya know I like marcos!> To me it was like the races that were ran in Japan... Motegi? japan... was it not the late Dale sr who when asked if he was going back out there made a remark about why would I wanna go back out there! he thought putting the local Japanese drivers on the field with the Winston cup veterans was ludicrous... simply put.. cup drivers know how each other drive.. they get comfortable with each other... now add in a bunch of guys who do not know the cars... or the driving styles... all those guys knew was they wanted to prove to Dale they could drive rough like he was known for... they just lacked the talent to do it right, to me.. the Canadians were like the Japanese... they were not N'wide drivers... and the N'wide drivers did not give them much respect either... egos clashed with abilities... them vs. us... with that blend... the wrecks should be expected... kinda reminds me of JPM *****ing about being called a rookie... lol
 
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