Originally posted by steveluvs3+Nov 14 2003, 04:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (steveluvs3 @ Nov 14 2003, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -majestyx@Nov 14 2003, 04:20 PM
Originally posted by -Old Ironhead@Nov 14 2003, 02:53 PM
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@Nov 14 2003, 12:12 PM
One guy I would LEAST pick to be my crew chief is Tony Eury Sr.
Whats the matter with Tony Eury Sr.?
He hasn't exactly made some of the greatest calls for Dale Jr. this year. Most of them actually cost him race positions. 
thank you, just what I thought . Even tony sr. said himself that some pitcalls probably costed the team a couple of victories, also I wish they would make up their mind on who is the crewchief tony sr, or tony jr. I think it depends on how many buds tony sr. throws back before the race
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I don't believe it's entirely the Budweiser crew's fault for the lack of better results.
Dale had a car that was loose the entire race at Chicago and instead of settling for what the car was capable of doing; he overdrove the car trying to get to the front. Hence, he lost control of the car all by himself and backed it into the turn 2 wall. If he had some patience and rode it out, possibly giving the crew a chance to fix the problems, he may have had a better finish than 38th.
At Rockingham in the Spring race, he got into the back of someone who checked up & he didn’t have time to check up himself. Understandable, that happens to everyone at some point. But take what the car will give you after that, instead of running like a maniac. He decided to chance it and stayed out 30 laps after that while the car was smoking and eventually cut his tire down and later lost his brake rotor from the effects of the rubber wrapping around the axle. 70 laps later in his haste to get back up front, he took out Jerry Nadeau. 50 laps after that he lost control in turn 2, trying to keep from getting lapped, and went a lap down any ways. With about 100 laps to go in the race, he did it again. Lost control of the car in turn 2. Perfect examples of over driving the car that cost him a decent finish.
Look at Talladega in the spring, he was in trouble early with the accident. But the crew had a chance to work on the car, and the fact that he is normally good at this track, and you see what the final results are. Even if it was a disputable finish, he was up running up front the whole second half of the race after all the contact from the 'Big One'.
