Results 1 to 13 of 13

Thread: Great Race...The Better Driver Won That Duel

  1. #1
    Insider Truth Detector's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
    Posts
    45,436

    Great Race...The Better Driver Won That Duel

    Tony Stewart out-drove Ryan Newman.

    Period.
    Center Grove Trojans
    2008 5A Football State Champs
    2011 Track State Champs

  2. #2
    Insider
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Indio, CA USA
    Posts
    8,706
    Another Sat night shoot-out
    And in a few years JJ will be joining them for another OW reunion

    carl s
    Indio, CA
    The series that hires the stars from the little tracks across this great land deserves to be #1

  3. #3
    Snarky as ever
    Join Date
    Sep 2000
    Location
    in front of my laptop.
    Posts
    9,611
    Blog Entries
    2
    It takes a short track racer to beat a short track racer.

    I like in the cool down lap Tony intentionally spun the car in the wet infield grass. I think it was Mike Joy that said. "And I think Tony might be stuck." Wally answered, "He's a dirt track racer. He'll get through it."

    Nice job, Smoke!
    Last edited by grogg; 10-14-2003 at 06:14 AM.

  4. #4
    Insider
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Indio, CA USA
    Posts
    8,706
    Originally posted by grogg
    It takes a short track racer to beat a short track racer.

    I like in the cool doen lap Tony intentionally spun the car in the wet infield grass. I think it was Mike Joy that said. "And I think Tony might be stuck." Wally answered, "He's a dirt track racer. He'll get through it."

    Nice job, Smoke!

    The spirit of OW racing is alive and well, even if the top level is being run in cars with windows

    Thank goodness for NASCAR, ironically it's done more for grass roots OW racing than we could imagine.
    Every kid in a midget has his eyes on the prize - NASCAR
    without it there'd be no place to go and no reason to race in OW.

    carl s
    Indio, CA

  5. #5
    Insider Truth Detector's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
    Posts
    45,436
    And every once in awhile Nascar puts on a decent race.

  6. #6
    Insider
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Indio, CA USA
    Posts
    8,706
    Originally posted by Truth Detector
    And every once in awhile Nascar puts on a decent race.
    I agree TD

    but don't forget: "Every Race is a Great Race" when your favorite racing personalities are involved.
    A callous reality still lost upon our series and the hardcores

    carl s
    Indio, CA

  7. #7
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Long Island, NY
    Posts
    1,753
    When 3 out of the top five in a WC race are sprint car drivers...is the handwriting on the wall...

  8. #8
    Insider
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Indio, CA USA
    Posts
    8,706
    Without NASCAR as a hope to move-up to OW racing would be dead in the water

  9. #9
    Insider Truth Detector's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
    Posts
    45,436
    Originally posted by carl s
    Without NASCAR as a hope to move-up to OW racing would be dead in the water

    Not sure what you mean, Carl, but if its that OWR drivers want to be in Nascar I think Sam Hornish popped that balloon.

  10. #10
    Persona Non Grata
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Kansas City
    Posts
    12,187
    Originally posted by Truth Detector
    Not sure what you mean, Carl, but if its that OWR drivers want to be in Nascar I think Sam Hornish popped that balloon.
    Not all openwheel drivers are created equal. Sam's where he should be.
    "It was actually fun, because you're back fully driving again in these trucks. Ninety percent of the tracks we go to in the IRL, you're flat-out. I was having to lift off the corners some here." - Buddy Rice

  11. #11
    Insider
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Indio, CA USA
    Posts
    8,706
    Originally posted by carl s
    Without NASCAR as a hope to move-up to OW racing would be dead in the water
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------




    Not sure what you mean, Carl, but if its that OWR drivers want to be in Nascar I think Sam Hornish popped that balloon.

    What I'm "trying" to say TD is that by NASCAR hiring the best OW youngsters it fills the ranks of the grass-roots OW series. Without that inducement there would be few kids in the midgets and sprint cars on a sat night. They'd all be driving jalopies and late models.

  12. #12
    Insider Truth Detector's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
    Posts
    45,436
    Good point.

  13. #13
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Harlingen,Tx. US
    Posts
    26

    Thumbs up

    Originally posted by Racewriter
    Not all openwheel drivers are created equal. Sam's where he should be.
    Bingo!! Stop clouding the subject with truth & logic!

    Mike

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •