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#318887 - 02/21/05 02:01 PM
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Busch would have been better than #24. I just hate him. Actually Junior would have been my personal pick, but he is my favorite! Good race though! At the end I almost hit my father in law with a throw pillow!!
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#318888 - 02/21/05 03:58 PM
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I really wanted Mark Martin to win it. He was very good all day. I am a Junior fan and wish he could've held off Gordon for the win. I just hate that whiner!!
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#318889 - 02/21/05 04:07 PM
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Yeee Haaaa! Go Gordon! The drive for five!
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#318890 - 02/21/05 04:08 PM
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NASCAR = Non-Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
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#318892 - 02/21/05 07:29 PM
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Creditcop,
You need to lighten up for god's sake. I LOVE NASCAR too but I also love the joke. But for crying out loud, have fun with this life, it's the only one you've got. Stop taking yourself so seriously. God knows the rest of us don't.
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#318893 - 02/22/05 12:53 PM
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If anyone wants a singer for next year's Daytona 500, just spot me a couple of tickets on the main straight and I'll do it. It won't be good, but it will be better than Brian Wilson. Weird!? This ain't the Super Bowl, the entertainment is nothing but an unnecessary delay - let's race.
The last 30 laps were big fun, but the rest of it was like watching two freight trains race. I have gotten over disliking Jeff Gordon, I eventually decided that it was his "know nothing" fans that I really didn't like, but they have pretty much melted away.
I enjoyed #9's multiple charges through the field and would like to know how he got into the wall on the closing laps, but there will be other races. The very best part was watching Tony Stewart come close to winning, but then fading at the end... 
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#318894 - 02/22/05 01:26 PM
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CC a few years ago Sports Illustrated ran a series of articles to find out the most challanging athletes based on skill, stamina and multiple other criteria - football didn't place, but NASCAR drivers came in 2nd - above hockey, soccer, decathelon, etc. They mentioned exactly what you did - heat, extended 100% concentration for many hours, g-forces, reaction time, strength to wrestle the car around turns and on & on.
Not that I like that whinney winner though.
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#318895 - 02/22/05 01:53 PM
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Eh, I thought it was boring. And regarding the end, if you ask me they should have stopped it and cleaned up the track completely, red flag, and then let them run the final 10 laps under green. The incessant slow laps under yellow when there are less than ten laps left just bothers me. Let them run!
FlaBkr, what was the number one sport? I have heard that it is motocross, is that correct?
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#318897 - 02/22/05 02:33 PM
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I have to agree with you completely about Brian Wilson. He was absolutely terrible. It looked like they kept turning off his mike so you wouldn't hear him. I am so glad Jeff Gordon won. I have been a fan of his since the beginning. I am one of the few people, especially here in the South, who cannot stand Jr. I am so glad he did not win. 
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#318898 - 02/22/05 02:34 PM
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I have always found that watching ESPN for 45 seconds the night of the race will give me the winner, but not waste 4-5 hours of my day!
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#318899 - 02/22/05 02:37 PM
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It's a great way to waste 4-5 hours! We rotate houses and get all of our friends and our kids together and eat and talk and play cards, it is why I love Sunday!!
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#318903 - 02/22/05 07:31 PM
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Not certain what the debate's about. Whether it's the NBA or NASCAR, those of us who are just watching aren't burning up too many calories. I watch it because I enjoy it. Hope you don't mind.
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#318905 - 02/22/05 07:38 PM
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Would my driving to work be called a "light-workout?" I doubt it...
Well that depends, can you chang all four tires, gas up your car, and make two or three changes to your suspention in under 14 seconds?
Does a Daytona 500 driver do all that??? He may know how but does he do it during the race???
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#318907 - 02/22/05 07:48 PM
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No, but thats where the TEAM comes in. Nascar is more than driving around a track. thats like saying baseball is just a bunch of people trying to hit a ball with a stick, or saying that football is just a bunch of people jumping on each other.
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got third ....it was thrilling the last 3 laps. So its on to the next race... 
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