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Originally posted by Emfa
Interesting stuff Tim, you did a good job pulling all that together.  There is little doubt that nascar.com is pretty worthless these days.
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Thanks... And that was my point. All it takes is a little research to look all this stuff up. And it is all right there on NASCAR.COM in the "Know You NASCAR" section,
IF they bothered to look. Normally I would question that as well, given that it is on NASCAR.COM, but that particular section is copied from the old site from last year, when it was considerably better.
It wasn't my intention to compare them as drivers from different times. I only wanted to demonstrate that if you look at the numbers, total races ran vs. wins, etc., that Jeff Gordon has a very good chance to match or surpass them statistically. Not that he could take the title of "The King" away from Petty, because he will always be "The King", and nobody can ever take that from him any more than they could take it from Elvis, the other "King". And it goes without saying that nobody intimidates like "The Intimidator". But while the seasons may be different, a race is a race, and a win is a win, so my ststistical run down makes sense. (To me at least. I can't speak for anybody else...
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Ever since this year's TV deal, Turner Sports Interactive, CNNSI, and a few others have been writing all the stories of NASCAR.COM, so it's obvious to me it's all tied together in some way. I mean look at the TV coverage this year. Fox and FX are basically one in the same, and as much could be said for TNT and NBC in the second half of the season. And we all know CNN is a Turner station, or at least it used to be before he sold everything to Time Warner, who are now partners with AOL. That bit about 8 championships for Petty was rediculous, considering all the stats are readily available in the "Know You NASCAR" section, which Richard Petty is the spokesman for on TNT. And since it was about him, you would think they would strive to be just a tad more accurate in their reporting. Or at the very least, do enough research to not make themselves look like a bunch of idiots.