Alright, screw adam going to the colts and all the meaningless stuff, Bristol is finally here. First short track of the season and I can't wait for Sunday, or Saturday for that matter. Any predictions. I'm gonna go with, and yes emotion is coming into, Harvick because I need him to win this month and this is probably his best shot. If he wins maybe it'll be enough to sway him to resign w/ RCR. I really don't want to see him in a Toyota next year. I'd love to see Mark Martin or Bobby Labonte win if the 29 can't. THis should be a great weekend, MSBA on Saturday morning then a whole lot of bump'n and bang'n.

I'm very exceited about Bristol. I've jumped on the Jeff Burton wagon. It was great seeing him win that Bush race. It's fun to root for him and RCR to get to a level where they can battle it out with Hendrick and RCR.

Also looking forward to watching Johnson win again.

i lived within 400 yards of bristol every summer since i was little. used to go spend the summers with my grandparents down there. we used to sell the front yard parking 20 bucks a car.it brought a lot of money to the town. the best was thunder valley dragway on the weekends. my GOD!! you never heard a noise so loud for 5 seconds before anywhear!!!!. it would echo off the mountains and you could hear it 10 miles away.
lotta old school monte carlos all over the town when they used to flatbed the cars in before these humungus tractor trailers nowadays.
good times back then seen a LOTTA races there... walked the trac many times they never locked the place up back then.

those banks are steep

Bristol's a blast.Best track in Nascar IMO.

Qualifying got rained/snowed out.They still line up by points but they go by last years final standings.I don't like that at all.They should do it the way they've always done it,line up current points.

i lived within 400 yards of bristol every summer since i was little. used to go spend the summers with my grandparents down there. we used to sell the front yard parking 20 bucks a car.it brought a lot of money to the town. the best was thunder valley dragway on the weekends. my GOD!! you never heard a noise so loud for 5 seconds before anywhear!!!!. it would echo off the mountains and you could hear it 10 miles away.
lotta old school monte carlos all over the town when they used to flatbed the cars in before these humungus tractor trailers nowadays.
good times back then seen a LOTTA races there... walked the trac many times they never locked the place up back then.

those banks are steep

It must be cool for you to see how much that track has grown over the years.

Anyone else pulling for Steven Wallace today?

Anyone else pulling for Steven Wallace today?


Friggin Scott Riggs:smash:

Friggin Scott Riggs:smash:

That was a downer.But when you look at the replay......its 750hp cars in a fishbowl.

Bristol is the best racing of the year.Can't wait till tomorrow.

That was a downer.But when you look at the replay......its 750hp cars in a fishbowl.

Bristol is the best racing of the year.Can't wait till tomorrow.

You're right but I like to point fingers at Bristol. It's part of the fun.

That snow delay was a freakin riot!I don't think I've ever had more fun goofing on drivers especially Mikey Waltrip!

Today was just an all around great day.I should actually go back to the show tomorrow and then came back home and watch racing again!

The busch race was great - would have heen even better if harvick could have gotten to the shrubs bumper on the last lap. Can't wait for the cup race today. I love the fact that the bump and run (not the wreck and run) was used so much in the busch race and hope to see even more of it today. "Tell the 5 that I don't want to hear a peep out of him" - I'm not a big fan of Kenseth but that was pretty damn funny when he said that.

Just about "show time"!

Gotta love that place.

This is like a demolition Derby!!!!!
Something wrong on that track. Too many tires going down.

Welcome to Cup!:bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :bshake: :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

I have never been prouder of Jeff mother effin Gordon than I was today!

For the 1st time in 12+ seasons he finally stood up for himself and told that gay rookie Truex to eff-off and just plain gave that puss Kenseth a good shove.

Now with all that being said I don't believe Truex is gay or that Kenseth is a puss but mother f****er they both deserved what Gordon said about them!

I LOVE SHORT TRACK RACING!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow I don't watch Nascar but that was the best race I have ever seen. Lots of crashes, bumping and fighting. I loved the Gordon shove next time take off the helmet. Kenseth's face was priceless.

The snow on Saturday was cool too!!!
And we got some night racing in too!!!

Did you see the dude get the UPS back bumper??? Nice.

What was Rusty doing as a commentar at the IRL race?

Jeff is still a wimp.

:hf1: go jeff :hf1:

I'm curious as to why absolutely no action has been taken against the 1 team for the use of inappropriate language(Truex's spotter calling Gordon a $h!thead).Anytime this has happened in the past a penalty has been levied.

Oh thats right the last time a penalty was levied for innappropriate language it was against the 8 team and proved so unpopular with the 8 fans and with Jr. being half owner of the 1 car and all I guess Nascar just decided to look the other way.:hs:

I understand Gordon's $10,000 fine for the shove but still no mention of Truex's spotter.

And once again Nascar's self appointed safety/morality policeman Jeff Burton had to chime in and chirp how Gordon intentionally wrecked Truex and how Gordon expects some special treatment on the matter.ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!Burton's got his head up his backside making a dumbass comment like that.If Burton wants to see special treatment he should break out his calculator and subtract 16 from 24 and get back to me on drivers "expecting" special treatment!

I think it would be very unfair if they do anything to truex's crew cheif for the swearing incident. Fox should be fined for not cutting it out - that's their responsibility. It was done over the radio, not in an interview (assuming that we're talking about the same incident, and I think it was Bono, not the spotter). They play alot on incar audio with profanity bleeped out. I don't think its fair to police what's said on the radio because that gets put on TV without the teams knowledge.

I'm curious as to why absolutely no action has been taken against the 1 team for the use of inappropriate language(Truex's spotter calling Gordon a $h!thead).Anytime this has happened in the past a penalty has been levied.

Oh thats right the last time a penalty was levied for innappropriate language it was against the 8 team and proved so unpopular with the 8 fans and with Jr. being half owner of the 1 car and all I guess Nascar just decided to look the other way.:hs:


:doh:

From Jayski:

Why #1 Crew Chief not fined: FOX Sports used the same excuse for profanity creeping into Sunday's broadcast of the Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway as CBS did for Janet Jackson's breast being exposed during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII. Equipment malfunction. "We've talked to FOX Sports and they told us there was a malfunction, that it wasn't deliberate,'' NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Tuesday. "They told us there's some sort of system in play where there's a delay. For whatever reason, it didn't work. They assured us they're looking at ways to make sure that doesn't reoccur.'' The incident occurred when the in-car radio conversation between crew chief Kevin Manion and his driver, Martin Truex., Jr., was broadcast. Manion was caught using the same word that earned driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. a $10,000 fine and the loss of 25 points two years ago at Talladega Superspeedway. Hunter said Manion was not fined because "this was a glitch that occurred.''(NASCAR.com)(3-29-2006)

Well, at least it was true:bl:

There's one major differance between Janet's boob and this weeks race and that is the 5 second delay.It has been in affect since the boob.
The "censors" at Fox were sleeping at the wheel but that's not a reasonable excuse.Why?

One of the major differances between Nascar and all other sports is that crew to driver conversations can be intercepted by a scanner and that's why the innappropriate language rule as defined by Nascar was adopted.Simply put no exceptions,well except in this case obvisiously.
Geez I wonder why Nascar would allow that?

The 1 team should be fined $10,000 and 25 driver points just like any other team would be penalized.Period.

Then shouldn't teams be fined for swearing over the radio even if it doesn't get put on TV, they'd have to fine the whole field every week almost? Personally, I just think that this is Fox's fault and that they need to be more careful. Junior was different because he did it in an interview that was meant for TV, although I still don't think he should have lost points.

Personally, I just think that this is Fox's fault and that they need to be more careful. Junior was different because he did it in an interview that was meant for TV, .

Exactly...an interview MEANT for tv is way different than teams talking on the radio....you CHOOSE to listen to that on the scanner than thats not their problem and if they want to air it on tv then they have plenty of time to "bleep" it out...that is on the networks shoulders if you ask me.

oh and I dont care if its DEI, Rousch, or whoever!!!!!!

Exactly...an interview MEANT for tv is way different than teams talking on the radio....you CHOOSE to listen to that on the scanner than thats not their problem and if they want to air it on tv then they have plenty of time to "bleep" it out...that is on the networks shoulders if you ask me.

oh and I dont care if its DEI, Rousch, or whoever!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong I agree it should be on the networks shoulders but the networks broadcast crew to driver transmissions,which means live tv hence the 5 second rule set by the FCC.Nascar itself has set the policy about inappropriate language.Basically what it comes down to is this:if the language gets broadcasted the team gets penalized.This is the modern era you can't use foul language even on crew to driver radio transmissions.

The 1 team violated the rule and the penalty should have been enforced. There's only one reason it wasn't...Nascar itself.Nascar does not want to be in an unfavorable position especially when it comes to the opinion of the majority of fans.Period.

This is a good read: http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/03/31/jgordon.character.martinsville/index.html

But I digress its Martinsville weekend and we all know JG's gonna win provided Truex can control himself.

But I digress its Martinsville weekend and we all know JG's gonna win provided Truex can control himself.

I wonder if Martin learned his lesson about playing around with the big boys last weekend when Tony put him in the wall. I love when their are two short track races in a row. And Jimmy Spencer is running on Sunday also. Should be a good one.

[QUOTE=basswipe.Nascar itself has set the policy about inappropriate language.Basically what it comes down to is this:if the language gets broadcasted the team gets penalized.

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Are you saying that only broadcasted stuff should be penalized? That wouldn't be fair at all. If they are going to penalize then they should listen to all radio communication for all teams and go that route. Why should a particular team get ruled against just because their stuff was broadcast and another team may have said the same things but not penalize because it didnt get broadcast. Thats not fair...???

Redneck Race Fans

[QUOTE=basswipe.Nascar itself has set the policy about inappropriate language.Basically what it comes down to is this:if the language gets broadcasted the team gets penalized.

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Are you saying that only broadcasted stuff should be penalized? That wouldn't be fair at all. If they are going to penalize then they should listen to all radio communication for all teams and go that route. Why should a particular team get ruled against just because their stuff was broadcast and another team may have said the same things but not penalize because it didnt get broadcast. Thats not fair...???

Jenn what Nascar needs to do is define this rule clearly and explain it to all.As it stands now the rule allows fuzzy decision making which in turn can allow decisions favorable to one team and not so favorable to others.The consequences also need to be defined,one team gets fined buy another gets fined and loses points.

That can be said about every rule NASCAR has. Way too much room for interpretation. Anybody see Robby Gordon's comments on that on Wind Tunnel this week. And speaking of wind tunnel, did any else hear Biffle's mom call in the week before and complain that they weren't talking enough about greg.

Basswipe I agree there should be more cut and dry terms to the rules. Maybe I misunderstood your comment about being penalized if its broadcast? I think if they make the rule about swearing it should be ALL swearing on ALL team communication. For instance why should say the #88 team be penalized because crew cheif swore at driver and then network chose to play the #88 chatter when the #12 crew cheif also swore during the race but wasnt penalized because it wasnt broadcast on t.v?? its the same difference.

Personally I think to penalize for that is rediculous anyway! This is racing afterall!!! tempers flare and someone is gonna swear! If the network cant preview and edit the clip beforer they play it then maybe they shouldnt be airing the race at all D#$$@it!;)