FenderBumper
The "good old days" ??
WTF is going on at Penske? Fuel pressure issues at Phoenix last held Brad back, but he still got a 5th. This week, the team can't get the tank in his NW car full, and then his CC decides to try and fix the issue with 17 to go. What the heck? Then AJ gets sidelined for 40 laps in the cup race with fuel pressure trouble, and Brad gets dumped out of second because his fuel pressure dropped like a rock on the restart. Of the drivers Tony had to battle on those restarts, Brad was the only one who actually caught Tony and got alongside him....when his pumps worked. It could have been a great 3 way battle at the end.
The issue seems to be so bad that people are speaking out in public. AJ on twitter. "not the luck hoped to have in vegas. Will look at some things back at the shop before the shellracingus 22 Dodge heads to Bristol. Not even sure what to say.... hey boss man...we do have bad luck..but we cant control everything. Ur wri crew and 22 crew have so much faith in u!".
Paul Wolfe "We've just got to figure out these problems we're having with the pumps," crew chief Paul Wolfe said. "You can't race for a championship this way; we're just going to have to go to work and figure it out. You keep putting Brad in position, he's doing his job, and we're letting him down on the other end there."
Tony's restarts and his foward bite from center off was on display again, picking up where he left off at the end of last year. Penske had dominate foward bite all last year, but starting during last years chase, Tony seemed to get off the corners as well or better. I'm still wondering about Addington feeding his future boss a little Penske secret.
If you're wondering what I mean by foward bite, watch Brad battle JJ at Phoenix. JJ gets in the corner better and beats Brad to the center, but Brad was tearing it up on exit. The same thing was happening this week when JJ was trying to catch Tony at the end. JJ would close on Tony until the apex, then Tony would just drive off hard while JJ gets sideways trying to keep up. When Brad was racing Tony for the lead, he was almost able to make the pass because he was matching Tony on exit, even when Brad was stuck on the bottom.
Tony's restarts also have JJ wondering what's going on. After the race, he said the team will have to look into what Tony has. It makes we wonder how long JJ and the rest will put up with getting beat by their own stuff.
The issue seems to be so bad that people are speaking out in public. AJ on twitter. "not the luck hoped to have in vegas. Will look at some things back at the shop before the shellracingus 22 Dodge heads to Bristol. Not even sure what to say.... hey boss man...we do have bad luck..but we cant control everything. Ur wri crew and 22 crew have so much faith in u!".
Paul Wolfe "We've just got to figure out these problems we're having with the pumps," crew chief Paul Wolfe said. "You can't race for a championship this way; we're just going to have to go to work and figure it out. You keep putting Brad in position, he's doing his job, and we're letting him down on the other end there."
Tony's restarts and his foward bite from center off was on display again, picking up where he left off at the end of last year. Penske had dominate foward bite all last year, but starting during last years chase, Tony seemed to get off the corners as well or better. I'm still wondering about Addington feeding his future boss a little Penske secret.
If you're wondering what I mean by foward bite, watch Brad battle JJ at Phoenix. JJ gets in the corner better and beats Brad to the center, but Brad was tearing it up on exit. The same thing was happening this week when JJ was trying to catch Tony at the end. JJ would close on Tony until the apex, then Tony would just drive off hard while JJ gets sideways trying to keep up. When Brad was racing Tony for the lead, he was almost able to make the pass because he was matching Tony on exit, even when Brad was stuck on the bottom.
Tony's restarts also have JJ wondering what's going on. After the race, he said the team will have to look into what Tony has. It makes we wonder how long JJ and the rest will put up with getting beat by their own stuff.
