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Posted on 07/30/2007 3:28:12 PM PDT by NYTexan
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If my brain is awake and functioning this morning I believe it’s 6 then we go to Fox.
Thank you :)
Otherwise they would be Stepford drivers. lol That's why Dale Sr was so popular, he was his own man and no one was gonna make him something else.
I am Jr's biggest fan in my opinion of course but sometimes those of us who hang out on his board think he should be a little more aggressive. Although this past weekend he was really mad at one driver, I mean real mad!! Unfortunately he always broadcasts his intentions which thankfully he didn't do. Whew!
Well you’re next! hahaha
NAPA 200 Auto Parts - Andy Pilgrim Notes
Andy Pilgrim
Montreal Preview
PILGRIM TO MAKE HIS NASCAR DEBUT IN NAVY CHEVROLET IN MONTREAL
Road-racing veteran Andy Pilgrim will make his NASCAR Busch Series debut in the No. 88 Navy Accelerate Your Life Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in Saturday’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Pilgrim, a Nottingham, England, native who became a U.S. citizen in 1998 and now lives in Boca Raton, Fla., has raced professionally since 1984. Since then he has competed at more than 60 different tracks, accumulating more than 50 wins in 10 different series. Pilgrim also has five professional racing championships on his resume.
Despite his vast road-racing history, Pilgrim has not raced at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve prior to this weekend. Saturday’s race will also mark his first time competing in a stock car. Pilgrim spent a day testing at Virginia International Raceway with the Navy team to prepare for the races in Montreal and Watkins Glen.
Pilgrim’s deal with JR Motorsports comes six years after he partnered with team owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and co-drivers Dale Earnhardt and Kelly Collins to drive a Chevrolet Corvette for the 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona. The team finished fourth out of the 79 teams entered in the race. Pilgrim tutored both Earnhardts on how to maneuver the lighter car, and the elder Earnhardt promised him the opportunity to drive a car in NASCAR competition. Earnhardt wasn’t able to fulfill his promise, so Earnhardt Jr. is honoring his dad’s word with a two-race deal for Pilgrim.
JR Motorsports is running Chassis No. 011 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. In the car’s last on-track performance at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, the team finished 21st.
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Wes Ward, Crew Chief, No. 88 Navy Accelerate Your Life Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
“Montreal’s a new track for us. Looking at photos and diagrams of the place, it has long straightaways and tight corners that will require heavy braking. Brakes are going to be a hot commodity in Montreal.
“Having a driver who has such a thorough understanding of road-course racing will be a big plus for us this weekend. Andy performed really well in our test session at VIR, and I feel confident he’ll do a good job for us the next couple weeks. ”
http://www.race2win.net/gn/07/race/cgv/88.html
http://myspacebulletins.com/nascarsurvey.php
Anyone brave enough to take this survey and post the results?
Top Ten Translations of Tony Stewart’s Post-Race Interview As spoken by Other NASCAR Personalities
Jeff Meyer · Wednesday August 1, 2007
Translated Statement:
“This one is for everyone in the stands who pull for me and have to take the bull(expletive) from everyone else.” Tony Stewart
10. “This win was engineered for all the fans’ perspectives, as they encourage me every week and are made to suffer the derision of everyone else.” Ryan Newman
9. “Great victory for NASCAR. All those fans. NASCAR has never been better. All these changes. A step in the right direction. Lots of support from everyone. Always a few critics, but we refuse to focus on the negativity. Just look at the attendance.” Brian Z. France
8. “I’ll tell you whut. This one’s for all ‘dem cats in the stands. Doesn’t matter whut ‘dem other cats say. We had one fast hot rod today!” Rusty Wallace
7. “This win’s for all those people that realize I am the greatest racer that ever strapped into a race car. When it comes to those who didn’t believe, well, the story ends with me putting them in the wall.” Loren Wallace (Mike Wallace’s 3rd cousin, once removed)
6. “Let me just say this one thing. Today’s win, that’s for you fans. I don’t care what them other idiots say. If they give you any s*%t about me winning, just knock them upside the head. You don’t have to take that.” Jimmy Spencer
5. “HAHAHAHAHA!…Whew!…Oh, man! That was great! HAHAHAHAHA…Wow! I just wanna say…HAHAHA…No really, listen listen…HAHA…I just wanna say…You fans…You fans are just GREAT! YEEOOWWW! (does a little dance)… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Did ja like that?! …..HAHAHAHAHA! YEAAAAAH!” (more dancing…interview still going on at press time) Kenny Wallace
4. “Today’s crowning achievement speaks voluminously for all those that have supported the rich tradition of NASCAR throughout the years. Once more, YOU have the final say, and will not have to contend with anymore bovinian excrement from the outspoken naysayers.” TNT’s Bill Weber
3. “This one is for all those fans that hate me, and my teammates that refuse to help me. I sure showed them; even though the car sucked all day, I don’t need none of their crap, or anyone else’s for that matter!” Kyle Busch
2. “This one is for everyone who has supported the NAPADomino’sPizzaCoca-ColaKlaussnerFurnitureBestWesternToyotaCamry all this time. Even when we were qualifying like dog doo-doo, you all stuck with us, and I’m real happy for that. My hair look OK?” Michael Waltrip
1. “Thisun ee-uz foevewuninthstans whopuhfomeanhafta tayk thu buhlsheet from evahwonels.” Ward Burton
The Most Painful Dale Jr Interview in History
Tuesday evening, ESPN’s NASCAR Now teased a “feature interview” with Junior. When he finally appeared, show host Erik Kuselias never said where Junior was located, he just kind of “appeared.” Viewers immediately noticed the fact that the Budweiser logo and the color red were missing from his attire.
Instead, he wore a Sharpie shirt and appeared in front of a Sharpie background in his mysterious “studio” location. It was pretty easy to tell, something Sharpie was going to be promoted.
Instead of being up-front with viewers and explaining this agenda, NASCAR Now tried to “sell” the fact that this was a “feature interview” with Junior. They somehow believed fans did not see the Sharpie shirt, or the wall with Sharpie logos all over it.
The number one problem for ESPN is that NASCAR fans have a clue. They knew something was up from the start, and the look on Junior’s face really gave it away. It was something between being at the dentist and standing in line at the Motor Vehicle Department. This fun-loving and easy-going guy was having absolutely no fun, and it was very clear that the going...was not easy.
The person being interviewed can hear the “network feed” in their earpiece, and to lead into Junior, NASCAR Now ran an embarrassing video package on his decline this season, his possible failure to make the chase, and his leaving DEI. What a nice way to make a person feel welcome to NASCAR Now.
Kuselias introduced Junior as “NASCAR’s most popular driver,” and then without allowing him to even say hello just laid into him with one of the most bizarre NASCAR questions on network TV in quite some time. Kuselias asked Junior about Indy “if you don’t have the engine trouble, could you have won that race?”
After a brief grimace, Junior politely responded “there’s no telling, we were in the top five, so we had a shot at it.” Wouldn’t we all like to know what was actually running through Junior’s mind? Either he was thinking that ESPN has no clue to racing or he was holding himself back from the Geico Caveman answer....”what?”
Next up, Kuselias fired off “how confident are you that the eight is going to make The Chase?” What is the only answer for any driver on any team working hard to do their best every race? Junior said “very confident...we are just having bad luck” Patiently, Junior pointed out that the team was running well in the races they did not finish. This was a point omitted by the host.
“How is the fact that you are moving-on impacted the team this season?” was a follow-up from Kuselias. Again, what is the answer when you are talking to the person who is leaving? Should he say everything is a mess and I am to blame? Junior replied that this change was motivation for the DEI gang to show it could send him out on a high note and also prove that they are a top-notch professional team.
As if things could not get any stranger, Kuselias referenced the DEI/Ginn merger, and actually asked Junior that now that Mark Martin is his team mate, “what do you guys talk about?” His assumption was that since Junior and Mark were on different teams, they routinely did not speak to each other.
Veteran NASCAR fans might have had to be helped-up off the floor, as Junior and his late father had known, and grown-up with Mark and his family for over twenty years. “It would be kind of boring I think” said Junior. He was then nice enough to reference for Kuselias his experience with Mark in the Busch Series and the help he received coming up through the ranks.
Kuselias did not get it. These two guys had known each other for a long time. They have already talked about life and racing for many years with each other. In his unrelenting manner, Kuselias asked “what specific things would you focus in on with Mark Martin?” He was referring to “getting info” from Martin before leaving DEI, and presumably, not talking to Martin again as he would no longer be a team mate. How priceless is that question?
Junior took a very deep breath. Then another. “That’s kind of a tough situation there” he said about the question. Then, a funny thing happened. As we all have at some time in our life...Junior just made something up. It was about learning Martin’s “set-ups” for his cars. If you were a fan, it was a hilarious answer. A guy going to Hendrick needs help with “set-ups.” The message could not be sent any clearer. But, if you were ESPN, this was great information.
Then, Junior was gone. No thank you or sign-off, just Kuselias saying that Junior would be back later in the show “to talk more about the news involving you.” Does that make any sense? Well, of course it does. Junior had to get in his promo for Sharpie, and after taping the entire interview, NASCAR Now just sliced that part off and kept it for the end of the show.
This way, they could pretend that this had been a “feature interview” with NASCAR Now, and not just another TV interview on the Sharpie “satellite media tour.” How low can this bunch get?
Sure enough, Junior popped-up at the end of the show again. Kuselias asked about the merger of the JR Motorsports and the Hendrick Busch teams. Junior tried to say that if he is writing a two million dollar check, and Hendrick is writing a two million dollar check for his own team, then putting them together will be cost effective.
Unfortunately, after Junior finished saying “two million dollars,” Erik Kuselias started to laugh. He thought Junior was joking. Patiently, Junior finished his answer. Once again, the lack of any racing knowledge on the part of Erik Kuselias was revealed to the national viewing audience. Junior was not joking, it was a two million dollar expense.
Finally, Kuselias said that people at ESPN were showing him their “8” tattoos and asking him if Junior was going to “keep his number.” After asking him if he had any news on that, Junior quietly replied “Not really, we don’t have any. That’s not something that I have any influence on.” That is bad news. Apparently, all those Connecticut TV executives with Junior tats will have to wait a little while longer before booking an appointment for “new ink.”
Junior then looked relieved when the Sharpie “drive you back to school” initiative was brought-up as ESPN’s time wound down. Junior carefully explained this promotion for education and it was, in fact, a great idea. Then, without mentioning Erik’s name, Junior was gone.
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2007/07/most-painful-dale-junior-interview-in.html
“Here’s a better one very few people know about. When Junior fell out of the Indy race with a blown engine, they got him for an interview, but the folks in the truck DIDN”T RECORD IT. (they probably were recording it so as not to interrupt some of Suzie and Brent’s invaluable insight)
So, they asked Junior to DO THE INTERVIEW A SECOND TIME!!!
His response was something like “Is this the first time you guys have ever televised a race”?”
Ahhhhh the difference between DEI and HMS. Is it 2008 yet??
Eury Sr. talks about HMS/JRM merger: Tony Eury Sr, Director of Competition at JR Motorsports, talked with Claire B. Lang on XM Satellite Radio Tuesday about the developments in the JR Motorsports Busch operation this week. He told her that he and the JR Motorsports team visited the team at Hendrick Motorsports yesterday.
JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports have merged their Busch operations and Eury told CBL he was amazed by what he saw. Eury Sr. said: “I had not actually been through Hendrick Motorsports until yesterday and I took my first tour through there yesterday and we all sat down and kind of tried to address this thing out how it’s going to happen you know how it’s going to work. Kelly (Earnhardt Elledge) and myself and Dale Junior and Rick (Hendrick) and Marshall (Carlson) and Doug Duchardt you know and Ken House and everybody thats involved in this deal we all just trying to figure out how we’re going to make this thing work and no bumps in the road. And I actually took my first tour yesterday with Kelley through Hendrick Motorsports and I really was amazed at what I seen you know.
I actually made a phone call to Tony Jr last night after >>>>>>>>>I got back and told him we need to pat ourselves on the back if we ever outran a Hendrick Motorsports because it’s one heck of a race shop no doubt about it.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Claire B. : What was it that they had that you were so impressed with or that you saw?
“They are just swarmed with engineering help I mean every building you go in is engineered very well they just have the seven post rig and they have just all kinds of engineering stuff to work with. They have the...the engine shop is just amazing the machine and equipment the CNC stuff thats running in there.
You know it’s it’s just really amazing to walk in there and see so much stuff going on and they build a lot of carbon fiber seats for a lot of the drivers over there, they have a carbon shop. It was really just amazing to walk through there and see how much he has accomplished, you know, in his racing career because he has really built a really nice place over there.(XM Radio)(8-1-2007)
Claire B has reported that they had all the employees go in front of the building and they called off names if your name was on the list you had a job if not you were out. That is a terrible way to do things Bobby Ginn wasn't even there to say anything to them.
At least 2 crew chiefs were fired and a lot of others who had contracts. They are in the process of filing lawsuits. A lot of the trailers, etc that Teresa 'bought' were simply leased. A good bit of the equipment is under heavy debt. Things don't look too good.
DEI has let people go as well, more info to be released tomorrow.
I see you are having light showers down there... :)
Oh man, that was nice!
In a switch/router class this week, walked out to go to lunch....and just stood there...ahhhhhhhhh!
For once, I was ahead of the curve. I put new wiper blades on two weeks ago! Still not sure what caused that.
Yes, 83 on the drive home. 83 ? On the First day of August ?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.........
Pinging the NASCAR gang for the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.
(sorry for duplicate pings)
For those in the FRFL: Picks are due by Friday 5:00 AM EST
1st?
Pert close! ;)
79 down the page. :)
Howdy ST, has the monsoon season ended yet?
Just wondered if ya built a dock off the front door.
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