I was driving from Fl. up to Winston Salem, NC and listen to it on the radio, MRB, one of the good thing about the southeast, did not lose it anywhere. It was a walk away by a rather good race by the others.
Looking to Daytona
Discussion in 'Sports Forum' started by ccrobinson, Feb 5, 2007.
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As a kid in the 40's and early 50's I came to like baseball and couldn't read enough about it, learned its history same with football and the same with NASCAR, no that's not true, I lived most of it. My parents said if I would have worked at my class work as hard, all would have been fine. -
I'm really looking forward to the race at Talledega this Sunday. With the new COT on the track, I expect this to be one of the wildest races in the history of NASCAR. There is no telling what effect it will have on the Chase. However, I expect the cream to rise to the top. Look for Jeff Gordon in victory lane.
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Did I read or hear somewhere that in one of these final races Jr is going to have a black paint scheme in honor of his father and his final races with DEI? -
I was a little disappointed in the COT today at Talledega. The race did not feature the number of lead changes that I thought the COT would produce. I'd say they need to tweak that car before they run the Daytona 500 with it.
Todays race was dominated by Toyotas and Dodges, whose engines seem to perform better at the higher RPMs they were running today. But at the end, those teams did not have the drivers who can close the deal.
And who is THE driver who can close the deal at the restrictor plate tracks? Jeff Gordon!!! What a move to win the race! He's the best! -
I enjoyed the finish as well. Gordon did a great job, it looks like his year to me.
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The funniest thing about the race was when the guys in the booth went on about how strong the Dodge engines were. Less than 2 laps later, the 48, 24, 25 and 20 were passing the Dodges for the lead. :laugh:
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What kind of (blown) engines were in the three DEI cars?
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I'm not sure I understand your question, Gayla. Are you asking why the engines blew?
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I was referring back to the Commentators bragging on the Dodge Engines, then the Chevies took over.
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Hendrick Motorsports built the restrictor plate engines used in several cars, including the #24, #48 and #25. I don't know what other teams they build for. The #8, #1, #29 and #31 were built by a partnership of the RCR and DEI teams. I don't the specific technical reason why those engines died.
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ccr, towards the end of the race the commentators did say that DEI was running a particular type of engine whereas Hendrick and Gibbs was running a different type. They gave the names for em, but I cannot recall what they were, nor did I understand it. But I think that maybe what Gayla is referring to maybe...
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Ahh, thanks for the info. I missed that, mostly because I try hard not to listen to the geniuses in the booth. When I do, I inevitably find myself saying the same thing over and over.
"Shut up, Rusty" -
Daugherty is the one that makes me ughhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Atleast Rusty has been in the car and knows a little bit about the dynamics and stuff and once in awhile he will make a good point.
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I haven't heard much of anything insightful from Rusty. At Bristol, when they were on the pace lap, Rusty said, "I can't imagine what's going through the mind of these drivers." Um, Rusty? You're the only one in the booth who actually drove a race car in the Cup series. If there's anybody who should know what's going on with the drivers right before the green flag falls, it's you. That statement really tells us where Rusty is coming from.
He probably really doesn't know what they're thinking. He just got into a racecar and went fast without thinking about how or why he did certain things. He's one of those guys who had so much natural ability that he never had to learn how to communicate to people who don't know anything about how to drive a racecar. It makes Rusty a good driver (even if he was a weasel), but it makes him a terrible commentator.
From what I've been told, on NascarTV's Inside Nextel Cup Racing, Dave Despain was cracking jokes about draft lock. The best part was that Michael Waltrip, Ken Schrader and Greg Biffle all had a hilarious deer-in-the-headlight look on their face when Despain asked about "draft lock".
I just hit the mute button when Daugherty speaks. He's completely worthless as a Nascar announcer. He doesn't bring anything to the telecast because he doesn't know anything about Nascar. I've given up trying to figure out why ESPN thought it would be a good idea to put him on the team. -
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The engines are quite different. The RO7 has the distributor up front like a Ford. On the SB2, the fuel pump used to sit on the lower right front of the block run by a pushrod off the cam. The RO7 runs a cable off the back of the camshaft. I think Tony Stewart had one of those cables break a few races ago.
It has wider bore spacing (4.5 versus 4.4) for better coolant and oil circulation, six (rather than five) bolt cylinder heads and the cam is much higher in the block which shortens the length of the pushrods.
The next step is to improve the oil pan. It looks like the DEI-Childress shop has trouble keeping parts from blowing through their pans and dropping onto the track. :BangHead:
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