Wonderboy or the Intiminator

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Wind Tunnel Special Wed: Wonderboy or the Intiminator UPDATE: As part of its weeklong All-Star programming lineup leading up to the Nextel All-Star Challenge, SPEED will deliver a special episode of Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain. The 90-minute special, entitled "Wonderboy or The Intimidator ... Who's Better?" will air live at 7:00pm/et on Wed., May 16, as Despain brings in experts to compare the careers of the sport's ultimate all stars -- Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. Despain will lead an all-star panel discussion, with early confirmations from team owner Rick Hendrick and former drivers Darrell Waltrip and Rusty Wallace. Wallace, the 1989 Nextel Cup Series champion and current ESPN broadcaster, and Waltrip, a three-time Nextel Cup Series champion and current FOX/SPEED broadcaster, will each make the case for the driver of their choice.(SPEED PR)(5-4-2007)
UPDATE: Jeff Gordon and former Dale Earnhardt crew member Danny "Chocolate" Myers have confirmed their participation in Wednesday night's Wind Tunnel All-Star special which aims to answer:" Wonderboy or The Intimidator ... Who's Better?" Gordon and Myers will join host Dave Despain, team owner Rick Hendrick and former racers Rusty Wallace and Darrell Waltrip for the 90-minute program scheduled to begin at 7:00pm/et. One of the most recognized crew members on Earnhardt's famous #3 race team, Myers spent 17 years as Earnhardt's gasman, winning six Cup championships for Richard Childress Racing. At the end of the 2002 season, Myers retired from the road and currently is in charge of RCR's Museum in Welcome, N.C.(SPEEDtv PR)(5-16-2007)
 
tkj24 said:
The 90-minute special, entitled "Wonderboy or The Intimidator ... Who's Better?" will air live at 7:00pm/et on Wed., May 16,
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Well how was it?......or do they replay it all week maybe??
 
Did a quick search to see how it all shaked out and found some interesting fodder. I did see a five minute clip of Jeffy talking to Dave, DW and Rusty. He had nothing but good to say about the old Ironhead.

I read a blog of someones and that too was interesting. The comments that followed from the question, "What do you think" was very predictable. There are those people who loved Dale and hate Jeffy, so it doesn't take much imagination what they wrote. Then there are the opposite and again, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what they wrote. So those two canceled each other out and that left those fans who either loved them both, or didn't think much of either to give the better answers.

My opinion, and given not having seen the program, is that this is one of those age old questions that always seem to pop up when people from two different eras are compared. It's fun to compare, but there really isn't any way to be totally accurate and therefore, it becomes a popularity contest to see who has the move votes. Both of these men were/are great in what they do and it shows in their dominance of the sport. But they both had two totally different approaches to the sport. While Dale was brought up behind stock cars, getting his hands dirty, working on the cars from the "good old boys" stand point, Jeff had a different upbringing. He was more or less designed to be a driver, not necessarily a total car person. And Jeff didn't drive stockers until he was already a star racer. Overall, it's the talent in these guys that have put them where they are/were and they only got to compete against each other for a short period of time, but long enough to make people take notice of the youngster and that the elder started calling him Wonderboy. One only has to think about that fact to know that the elder knew that Jeff was good...very good.

In 10, 15, 20 years, someone will begin asking, who is better, Jeff Gordon or the new kid on the block. At present, we don't know who that will be, but for sure, someone will come along and be at the top of their game and someone will ask the age old quesiton, "Who's better"?
 
I watched the whole hour

It seems Rusty and DW had the choice of who to speak about being the "best". DW took wonderboy and Rusty took Dale. As the hour progressed it appeared the two were being politically correct in what they had to say about the driver they had chosen. Of course they both spoke about their driver and had nothing bad to say about the others driver.
Then near the end it seemed Rusty was being drawn over to the DW side of things.
All in all there was little to be learned from the hour but it was enjoyable just to hear all the remarks everyone had about both drivers.
It almost certainly will be rerun again this week.
Betsy;)
 
Betsy said:
It seems Rusty and DW had the choice of who to speak about being the "best". DW took wonderboy and Rusty took Dale. As the hour progressed it appeared the two were being politically correct in what they had to say about the driver they had chosen. Of course they both spoke about their driver and had nothing bad to say about the others driver.
Then near the end it seemed Rusty was being drawn over to the DW side of things.
All in all there was little to be learned from the hour but it was enjoyable just to hear all the remarks everyone had about both drivers.
It almost certainly will be rerun again this week.
Betsy;)
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Are you saying Rusty is EASY? Whooooo lets go get him then. LOL:beerbang:
 
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