High-Eeeh-Yigh-Yigh... High-Eeeh-Yigh-Yigh...

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

(Rain dance over Kansas Speedway)

[kajamelu4]

Mmmmmm........I'm just not sure.....is that spelling correct?????



Karol

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Well Karol,
It must not be, 'cause they went back to green...
Thank You Kurt Busch for drop kicking my driver through the goal post of life!!! (Jerk)

Thank You NASCAR for the chaos, confusion and controversy in Kansas...

NASCAR has always stated that if the the prescribed distance can not be accomplished after a delay, they won't restart the race if it has past the halfway mark.... Well, they sure did it up good today.
They knew that they'd never reach the prescribed distance because of pending darkness.
To make matters worse they decided to shorten the race from 247 laps to 225... When they restarted, many cars were in front of the leaders scored as being on the tail end of the lead lap... Good prescription for "The Big One"!!!
TV didn't show how dark it was really starting to get... Drivers and spotters were having problems seeing as the track is not lighted.
The brains of NASCAR decided they had better even shorten the race to 210 laps after "The Big One".
Hey NASCAR,
Stick to your rule book and quit manipulating the outcome!!!
Oh, one other thing... If Greg Biffle was deamed to be maintaining a reasonable speed behind the pace car as the race ended under caution, why wasn't Jimmy Johnson or Clint Boyer penalized for passing the leader???
The way Biffle slowed, it looked to me like he was trying to cover up that he had a problem and tried to make it look like he was just pulling down in the grass to celebrate right AT the checkers... Drivers make one more lap before doing that.
In my opinion Clint Boyer won that race.
Our local short track pulls some real doozies now and then, but you guys are raising the bar for sure...
(Steps down off of soapbox)

[madjack]

Deano..getta grip...doanchano that NASCAR is a wholey owned subsideary(sp?) of....NASCAR...they can and do change the rules as THEY see fit and if any body SHOULD have won the race it is Smoke...did Biff Diffle win at the end??? I dunno but he was awarded the trophy, so that's that...I think it was a bad situation and they tried their best to make the best of it..oh yeah...what happened to the green/white/checker deal.............
madjack

[doug hodder]

There's so much money in it anymore, it's not the racing...it's the show. If they get their customer base ( the fans) bent out of shape, it cuts into their bottom line. Sort of like going to a concert and the group shows up late, then only sings a short set and bags it. Not to mention the shortened period of time to hawk souvenirs and eats + all the advertisers on the vehicles/teams that are missing out on several hours of national/world wide TV exposure. It's not necessarily a sport, like any of the national leagues, it's a business. I could be completely wrong on it...just my opinion. Doug

[cguardsman]

as far as Smoke being hit by Bush all i can say is that it is Zippy's fault for not bringing him in and fixing the tire rub. MJ the green white checker should have applied and with that Clint Boyer would have won as his car was quite a bit faster than biffle not to mention the whole gas thing which he tried to deny.

[Nitetimes]

as far as Smoke being hit by Bush all i can say is that it is Zippy's fault for not bringing him in and fixing the tire rub. MJ the green white checker should have applied and with that Clint Boyer would have won as his car was quite a bit faster than biffle not to mention the whole gas thing which he tried to deny.

Yep, yep, yep, that was a serious screw up which (however much I hate to say it) was not Busch's fault, that fender should have been fixed.

MJ the green white checker should have applied and with that Clint Boyer would have won as his car was quite a bit faster than biffle not to mention the whole gas thing which he tried to deny.

I'm a little confused on this one. The race was under caution...field froze...Biffle crossed the line as 1st place because he was in front when the caution came out....he wins. I am aware of the rule that you can't pass the pace car but am not aware of any that say the leader actually has to maintain a particular distance behind the pace car nor any that state that the car actually has to be running when it crosses the line. I figure if they can come across backwards, sideways or upside down and still win or maintain their position what's the difference if it's running or not???

[Bobgorilla]

I stupidly missed the restart, I thought it was over in the rain but it sounds like NASCAR is taking hints from the WWE

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

OK... I've had a day to cool down.
Yaa... The 20 crew spent too much time looking at the HotPass shots of the fender and Tony himself said he thought it'd be fine...
He went from 46 points in the lead of the Chase to fourth ... hundred and something down (To painful to remember the exact point deficit) with that race being restarted.
I'm sure the Tony haters loved it...

Bottom line... NASCAR really made a bad call restarting that race.
The pending darkness caused nothing but problems and put the drivers safety in jeopardy... Not to mention all the money it cost teams in torn up equipment.
I give NASCAR an F on that one...

Let's see how they do next weekend in Alabama...

[Ma3tt]

So let me get this right you have cars that race that only turn left, that can't drive when its wet or when it gets too dark, and the winner doesn't win? No wonder the Euros think all our sports are whimpy!

[cguardsman]

I'm a little confused on this one. The race was under caution...field froze...Biffle crossed the line as 1st place because he was in front when the caution came out....he wins. I am aware of the rule that you can't pass the pace car but am not aware of any that say the leader actually has to maintain a particular distance behind the pace car nor any that state that the car actually has to be running when it crosses the line. I figure if they can come across backwards, sideways or upside down and still win or maintain their position what's the difference if it's running or not???

He was out of gas as was not maintaining pit road speed (pace car) so when Boyer crossed the line ahead of him maintaining said speed he should have won. Obviously NASCAR makes the rules and which one they go by is their choice. They just really screwed the pooch on this race....

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

If Clint Boyer loses the chase by just a couple of points, NASCAR will have screwed him out of a championship as well...
Talladega is next, let's see how bad they louse that race up...

[Gage]

Go Mikey, go, go, go.

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Go Mikey, go, go, go.

Gage,
You posted that on the 4th...
Mikey won the pole on the 5th...