Marlin out

Moncada69 · 3 Oct 2002, 14:48 (Ref:394965)

you know this isn't the way I really wanted to see marlin go out! I wouldn't wish any of these guys to get hurt like that! I think that Marlin is lucky to be alive, he hit that wall darn hard, probably as hard as Dale sr. he is very lucky he was wearing one of the two new devices for that exact kinda wreck, as far as this guy having a chance at the title, I DONT THINK SO, but it could of happened.... now back to Jeff.......he is going to do it!!!! I can feel it in my bones!!!!!!

muggle not · 3 Oct 2002, 15:34 (Ref:394983)

I echo your post regarding Sterling. I hate to see any driver get hurt. It would have been nice to see Sterling have a honest shot at the Championship. As for Jeff winning the Championship, it will be close but you must have "old bones" as Tony will win by a whisker.

Moncada69 · 3 Oct 2002, 16:02 (Ref:394995)

we will see!!!!!

Joe Fan · 3 Oct 2002, 23:47 (Ref:395329)

I really hate seeing Marlin out of the championship hunt. We will have to wait and see who gets caught up in the big one this week at Talledega to get a better handle on who the championship contenders will be. Right now, it appears that it will be Martin or Stewart. I can't see a rookie winning the championship but Jimmie has been pretty consistent all year long. Gordon and Wallace need to finish near the front and hope that Mark or Tony have problems. A hundred point deficit will be hard to make up with six races left if they don't.

muggle not · 4 Oct 2002, 02:30 (Ref:395397)

I agree, Talladega can have a BIG IMPACT on the title hunt. The race probably will result in a number of DNF's. It would be nice if all the contenders finish the race. I do not mean to imply that I dont care if the others dont finish, it just would be nice to see all contenders "racing" for the Championship.

Moncada69 · 4 Oct 2002, 13:34 (Ref:395769)

ya' and with the new smaller fuel cell being used it should be very intresting, I still don't see were Nascar thinks that this will eliminate or ruduce the chance for the "big one" if its going to happen, it's going to happen in one lap at any point in time during the race o'well we will see......

muggle not · 4 Oct 2002, 15:45 (Ref:395842)

The fuel cell has been reduced from 22 gal to 13 gal. This will make for some interesting pit strategy. Wonder if teams will be taking on 4 tires during stops. Geez....the points race just keeps getting more and more interesting. Talladega is developing as one of the most important races this year with so much depending on the outcome.

Moncada69 · 4 Oct 2002, 16:22 (Ref:395873)

Ya' i kinda think the smaller fuel cell will be a negative for some guys though...as far as fuel economy is concerned I think the dodges are at a loss, it could mix things up so much that it might cause a "big one"

Roselady3 · 4 Oct 2002, 23:29 (Ref:396095)

Yep- More chances for the boys to get caught up in pit road accidents. More chances for "stupidities" to happening while entering & exiting pit road. Certainly will add to the timeage of this race.

I don't think it's the cure. The plates are the real problem. Take off the plates & lets see some real racing.

Moncada69 · 7 Oct 2002, 13:08 (Ref:397515)

Well it did turn out to be a no caution race, and it was a kinda intresting race at that! what with drivers running out of gas and all the Hendricks cars having engine problems, I really thought that Jeff would have a shot at this race for a while there till ........the engine deal...o' well I was very happy to see Dale Jr. win.....Another chevy

Roselady3 · 7 Oct 2002, 13:31 (Ref:397530)

I don't think that the 13 gallon tanks were the reason for the caution free race. I believe that it was the ability of the drivers. They still all remained in 1 pack & it was still all hairy 3 wide racing.

All the smaller tanks did was to eliminate 1/4 of the field because they ran out of gas. Another 1/4 of the field was eliminated because of Henderick engine probs.

This all left 1/2 of the field in contention for the win. BUT---- My two dudes won!!!

WhooHoo!!!!!!

Moncada69 · 7 Oct 2002, 13:44 (Ref:397537)

well I was happy to see Dale Jr. win I like dale Jr. he has done better but my JG can't win then, hopfuly Dale can. As far as Tony, I'll reframe from commenting

muggle not · 7 Oct 2002, 14:25 (Ref:397579)

Drivers think that the 12 and a half gal tank was somewhat successful. It did help towards the end of the race. They say some tweaking may help even more in future races. Nascar cannot permit cars to run without restrictor plates with today's cars at the 2 tracks. It is simply too dangerous having forty three 3400 pound cars flying around a racetrack at speeds in excess of 200 mi/hr.

Moncada69 · 7 Oct 2002, 14:29 (Ref:397582)

I don't know Muggle not, it seems like it is dangerous no matter how fast they are going!!!!

muggle not · 7 Oct 2002, 14:47 (Ref:397594)

Yes, it is dangerous no matter what but a 3400 pound Nascar car does not drive like an Indy car at those high speeds and the very slightest mistake may result in really bad accidents.

Moncada69 · 7 Oct 2002, 14:53 (Ref:397599)

kinda like the one that killed Dale, and the one that hurt sterling, I am sure he didn't get more badly injured because of the device he was wearing....he seemed to hit at the same angle as dale did...it looked hard....those indy cars seem to come aprt realy fast after a hit ...

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