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***NASCAR NC Pepsi 400 at Daytona on FoX, Saturday July 3,2004 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET***
Nascar.com ^ | 6/30/04

Posted on 06/30/2004 7:39:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: daytona; nascar; nextel; nrnascarthread; pepsi400
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To: WSGilcrest

AND NOW...A FOX SPORTS SPECIAL---the RAIN HAS CLEARED OUT!!!

We're going racin'!


221 posted on 07/03/2004 4:00:44 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Love America? Vote Republican--Early and OFTEN!)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Fords are making some statements too of late with their new engine packages...

"Boom!", "Bang!", and "Splat!"

222 posted on 07/03/2004 4:03:34 PM PDT by steveegg (The FReepathon is on the air again - donate early and often (monthly is best))
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To: GRRRRR
So Much for NO BOOZE Advertising in NASCAR...They do it for the IROC RACE!!


223 posted on 07/03/2004 4:03:49 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Love America? Vote Republican--Early and OFTEN!)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Stop saying hella!


224 posted on 07/03/2004 4:04:40 PM PDT by glock rocks (Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho)
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To: GRRRRR
If you just watched on FOX them panning over the speedway where they showed the logo on the grass, that is looking east. If they lifted the camera up a bit and if I lived in a 3 story house, you could see me.
So when I look at the track (and can see the glow from the lights) I look west; and I see blue sky off in the west. Although I think I still hear thunder from the east. But it is moving east, so thats good.
225 posted on 07/03/2004 4:05:25 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

LOL---Here's an article from Thatsracin.com...

Here we go again

By JIM UTTER

ThatsRacin.com Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The final result of Friday night's Winn-Dixie wasn't altered by the penalty NASCAR assessed to Jason Leffler well after the race was over.

Only NASCAR's credibility, which has been on an amazing disappearing act of late, took a hit.

Again.

How tired are we of this story?

How tired are we of writing it?

Sometimes you wonder if anyone cares. Sometimes you wonder if you're writing only for yourself. But I write because it's right.

On the final lap while leading the race, Jason Leffler saw the biggest threat to his victory at Daytona International Speedway quickly approaching behind him – restrictor-plate ace Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Earnhardt Jr. went to the high side of the track in an effort to pass Leffler in the final turn. So what did Leffler do? He tried to prevent Earnhardt Jr. from doing so.

He drove his car right up the track to block Earnhardt Jr.'s advance.

He did what countless drivers have done countless times on countless restrictor-plate tracks.

But this time, for trying to do everything he could to win, Leffler was assessed a one-second penalty and dropped from second to 13th after the race.

He was nabbed for "unnecessary roughness" as NASCAR spokesman Rick Houston so eloquently put it in the press box. I'm still searching for that term in the 2004 Busch Series rulebook.

It wasn't even like Leffler won the race. Mike Wallace won, passing Leffler while Leffler and Earnhardt Jr. tangled.

Oh, and by the way, according to NASCAR, Wallace won by a mere 0.116 seconds, astounding since the car that finished 0.116 seconds behind Wallace was Leffler, not the new second-place driver Greg Biffle.

What explanation do we have for keeping the 0.116 seconds? Here's another good one. According to NASCAR, it was because the penalty was assessed after the race.

Never mind the infraction occurred during the race.

There are many sarcastic phrases I could use to add to the already enormous amount of bad-mouthing NASCAR has received in recent weeks for timing and scoring fiascos and the "non-punishment" punishment of Tony Stewart.

This time, though, I am going to allow the winner of Friday night's race explain what he saw in the incident in question.

"As far as what (Leffler) did going up the race track going up in front of (Earnhardt Jr.), that's a classic Dale Earnhardt Jr. move right there," Wallace said.

"I've watched Dale Jr. the last three or four years. He moves around like a snake. Leffler just tried to block the move and slow his momentum down."

So, either Earnhardt Jr. should have been penalized in almost every other restrictor-plate race he has run or won, or NASCAR blew it by singling Leffler out Friday night for preventing Earnhardt Jr. from winning the race.

I wonder which scenario is more likely.

I think everyone already knows the correct answer.


226 posted on 07/03/2004 4:07:47 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Love America? Vote Republican--Early and OFTEN!)
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To: glock rocks
Stop saying hella!

Uh...OK.

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227 posted on 07/03/2004 4:09:58 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (White Guccis with no socks do make a rather bold fashion statement: casual, but elegant.)
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To: GRRRRR
See if this link works. See the track on the left - you can see my place on the right in one of those clusters of houses. Wish I lived in the country tho...
228 posted on 07/03/2004 4:10:04 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: GRRRRR

Wasn't it Allison/Yarborough that got into a fisticuffs on the track years ago? Now thats racing!


229 posted on 07/03/2004 4:11:10 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
OK...LOL, My buddy's MOM lives on the Main street right near, across from the track, near the shopping mall facing the museaum I think...we ARE going to come down there either for FEB or July...maybe in 2006...NEXT YEAR we're going to Richmond in this li'l rig...SEE BELOW... We'll have at least 8 crew members "over the wall"...

34 feet 9 inches of luxury fun!

230 posted on 07/03/2004 4:12:09 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Love America? Vote Republican--Early and OFTEN!)
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To: GRRRRR

What Utter didn't utter is that Jr didn't put people in teh wall when he blocked, and that Leffler all-but-admitted he purposely put Jr in the wall.


231 posted on 07/03/2004 4:12:32 PM PDT by steveegg (The FReepathon is on the air again - donate early and often (monthly is best))
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Ya lucky so-and-so :-)


232 posted on 07/03/2004 4:13:31 PM PDT by steveegg (The FReepathon is on the air again - donate early and often (monthly is best))
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To: steveegg; GRRRRR
What Utter didn't utter is that Jr didn't put people in teh wall when he blocked, and that Leffler all-but-admitted he purposely put Jr in the wall.

Or that Leffler blatantly took out Mikey when he couldn't pass him from behind, on the white flag lap.

233 posted on 07/03/2004 4:14:58 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (White Guccis with no socks do make a rather bold fashion statement: casual, but elegant.)
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To: steveegg

Yea, except I live in the flight path of student pilots (DUCK!) and its crowded. I like the country, sometimes wish I was in Alaska.


234 posted on 07/03/2004 4:15:28 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: steveegg

I would pay a week's check to watch Jeff smack the stuffing out of Darrell.


235 posted on 07/03/2004 4:15:29 PM PDT by glock rocks (Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho)
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To: GRRRRR

AWESOME! With dual A/C and slide outs! Who owns it? You? Those are so cool.


236 posted on 07/03/2004 4:16:34 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: steveegg
Jr. ain't no angel, that's for sure.

But then again he's no Stewart, either! Ha!

237 posted on 07/03/2004 4:18:00 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: glock rocks
I would pay a week's check to watch Jeff smack the stuffing out of Darrell.

You see; Smoke's biggest mistake was not letting the rook out of the car before pummeling him about the chest.

238 posted on 07/03/2004 4:18:14 PM PDT by steveegg (The FReepathon is on the air again - donate early and often (monthly is best))
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To: steveegg

True.

I'd still love to watch Jeff Hammond thrash Darrell :o)


239 posted on 07/03/2004 4:20:02 PM PDT by glock rocks (Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
True.

Look for a form of a green-flag guarantee in the next couple weeks (according to Hollywood Hammond).

240 posted on 07/03/2004 4:20:06 PM PDT by steveegg (The FReepathon is on the air again - donate early and often (monthly is best))
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