RATE the RACE: Pocono II

The race, considering it was at Pocono...7. (Though I do think the rain made the drivers race much harder, which made the race more exciting.)

Jeff Gordon winning the race...breaks the scale!
 
Today's winner: 10! WTG Jeff!
Today's race: 7 - Actually a pretty good race, especially for Pocono. Seemed like there was a good amount of passing.
Yesterday's race at Iowa: 9 - Awesome race! Now I want this track in the Cup series.
 
I don't normally rate races but I really enjoyed the race today.
 
..as far as "at the track fans"..this race likely stunk. They had to wait - watched 2/3rds of a race - then got soaked going to their cars.

But for a TV race at Pocono it was pretty good...actually excellent for Pocono IMO. Decent racing early - the "Oh No" moment when it looked like JJ would dominate - two Busches into the wall - bummer about Jr's tranny - Jeff wins and keeps the hope for the chase alive and Tony gets a top 5. What else can you ask for from the big P.

On the Pocono scale I give it a 9.
 
Tony1930 said:
..as far as "at the track fans"..this race likely stunk. They had to wait - watched 2/3rds of a race - then got soaked going to their cars.

But for a TV race at Pocono it was pretty good...actually excellent for Pocono IMO. Decent racing early - the "Oh No" moment when it looked like JJ would dominate - two Busches into the wall - bummer about Jr's tranny - Jeff wins and keeps the hope for the chase alive and Tony gets a top 5. What else can you ask for from the big P.

On the Pocono scale I give it a 9.
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That's the weather this time of year. There's a threat of rain every single day. Personally, I think they should host NASCAR races in the streets of St. Charles because it might actually rain that way.
 
The wife made me put a 12 because JG won even though we didnt see it, we were on the road and the dvr didnt record it due to a power failure. :D
 
I will give it a 10. Best race I've watched in a while and with the winner I would say that broke the scale. LOL
 
Any race the shrubs crash out of is a great race! Hard to accept that a guy that never led a green flag lap is declared the winner. Rulez is rulez I guess.
 
SST55 said:
Any race the shrubs crash out of is a great race! Hard to accept that a guy that never led a green flag lap is declared the winner. Rulez is rulez I guess.
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If not for the 24 having such a rotten year there'd be lots of complaining. Or if it was his 3rd or 4th win we might even get treated to a few conspiracy theorists points of view.
 
It was pretty good race. I think Johnson drove into the corner a little harder than he normally would to defend against Kensith. I think Kensith was in a good position to give Johnson a run. I would have liked to have seen that. I call the wreck a racing deal.
 
Zerkfitting said:
It was pretty good race. I think Johnson drove into the corner a little harder than he normally would to defend against Kensith. I think Kensith was in a good position to give Johnson a run. I would have liked to have seen that. I call the wreck a racing deal.
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Racing deal alright. Just wait until the next time a Roush driver goes under a HMS driver a bit too hard and watch this place light up like Hiroshima.
 
Zerkfitting said:
It was pretty good race. I think Johnson drove into the corner a little harder than he normally would to defend against Kensith. I think Kensith was in a good position to give Johnson a run. I would have liked to have seen that. I call the wreck a racing deal.
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Heh ...Jimmy Wes Johnson...I kinda like it .
 
#17D500winner said:
Racing deal alright. Just wait until the next time a Roush driver goes under a HMS driver a bit too hard and watch this place light up like Hiroshima.
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I don't think so. I am pretty sure there are plenty here who detest HMS more than Roush. Unless of course you mean Moe Joe spamming the board with his JJ love.
 
Jeffrey00 said:
I don't think so. I am pretty sure there are plenty here who detest HMS more than Roush. Unless of course you mean Moe Joe spamming the board with his JJ love.
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LOL @ JJ love.

If you have some spare time, go back to the July Daytona race thread and you'll see what I mean.
 
There are higher ratings for this race I think because the rain took the "dead time" out of the equation.
 
MOEJOE said:
There are higher ratings for this race I think because the rain took the "dead time" out of the equation.
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True. It was approaching boring time, and it ended with an action packed restart. I guess shorter races are better. ;)
 
I'm a Kenseth fan and Johnson has earned my respect. I've seen most every driver run out talent/traction and use 8 tires when they are available/in the way.
 
MOEJOE said:
He blew a right rear. Just saying
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dude JJ needs just to man up. I am not going to deny JJ is a very talented driver, it just seems that when he actually does mess up he messes up royally. It is like 97% of the time JJ is one of the most talented drivers out there, but that other 3% it is utterly awful!
 
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