The FORCE is there in a standup contraption, looking tough!!
Jeff Still Looking to Win
May the Force be with you!
Posted on 10/24/2007 7:31:04 PM PDT by glock rocks
he definately had a WTF look on his face when the helmet came off...
‘course so did I as it happened
see y’all next week in Texas, I may even get to watch the start of the race!
The FORCE is there in a standup contraption, looking tough!!
Jeff Still Looking to Win
May the Force be with you!
Dale Jr. Quotes:
“Man... that was a HIT! It was hard and loud! BAM into that wall. I knew when I was sliding up there it was gonna be big... and it was. Loud and hard. We lost a left rear wheel. We must have had an issue with the hubs or something because we had loose lugs and a loose left rear wheel several times through the day. When that wasn’t a problem, we were fast as hell. We passed a lot of cars today but you can only do that if everything is tight and screwed on correctly. I knew we had a loose wheel on our last long run at the end of the race, but when we pitted the last time (on lap 319), we changed two right-side tires to get track position, but the left side was still loose. It must have gotten worse during the yellow flags. I dunno. All I know is I have a headache and I’m going to my bus to rest up...I did tell the medical staff ‘hey, if you say I’m injured, I can go home and I won’t have to test here the next few days’ but I’m all right and they wouldn’t go for it! ha!”
Race chatter....
Majors: “I’ve never seen anything like that here at Atlanta in turn one there.”
Dale Jr: “You won’t ever see it again without a crash! I was just waiting for the right rear to hit the wall!”
Majors: “And you’ve been close a few times to hitting the wall in turn four..”
Dale Jr: “But I’m in control on those. Those are controlled slides... but that turn one deal was wild.”
Dale Jr: “I did hit the cone. I couldn’t see it at all. I was just in line behind the car in front of me. I’m sorry. I couldn’t see it.”
Gibson: “We’ll be fine. We have a long way to go and a good racecar. We’ll be fine. That’s OK.”
Majors: “I’ll tell ya how close it was. It leaned sideways forever, then it went over.”
Dale Jr. complained of a loose wheel under caution on lap 324 - before his hard crash several laps later.
Dale Jr: “That damn wheel is loose as hell! Is anybody saying my car has a broken rear end? Ask Reed (Sorenson- who was behind the 8 car). The 99 (C. Edwards) passed me on the inside! As far as I know that’s against the rules!”
Majors: “NASCAR says the 48, then the 99, then the 8... Reed says it looks fine.”
Dale Jr: “Are you kidding?! It’s driving itself like a forklift here! Do you see the car weaving? That’s not me! It may be OK at speed.... We’ll find out in a second...”
the exoskeleton don’t look like its any fun.
Well he was back to his old self, jawing and spittin’ Good for him!
The Fr league scores are up. Must be a lot of drivers on injured reserve as my 220 is right in there...
very strange indeed.
Let me guess. You must not be a racing fan?
No ethanol blend gas yet but it is being talked about. They did go to unleaded gas this season however.
Ethanol will bond to exces moisture. Ever used Heet gasoline additive in the winter? it helps absorb moisture condensation in the gas tank. Same principle. However not in the volume reportedly contaminating the fuel cells.
Someone was reporting 50/50 water to gas? I don’t believe that...
Just returned from a trip out of TV or internet contact and am hearing about the race for the first time. Jr should hang it up now for the 2007 season and just get prepared for 2008. He needs the confidence that his team is behind him and loyal. Thank God he is OK after today.
“We had water in our fuel from the get-go, all day,” said Blaney crew chief Tommy Baldwin. “We put [the car] back in the garage and worked on it and didn’t know what was going on. We drained it - half water and half fuel.”
That’s from the article I linked above. As I said earlier, Dave on Wind Tunnel was quite emphatic about the water in Blaney’s fuel.
Oh, I’m a race fan, though no wheres near as knowledgeable as most here, I’m just not a fan of the current France generation.
Well doesn’t that just top a perfect day. Truex may have lost out due to water in someone’s gas.
Thanks for the ping, Roccus!
Hey tork!
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