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Looks like nobody at the races will have to worry about hot weather this weekend, 60s forecast.
That’s a very good thing. Let’s hope it knows when to stop.
I noted to the missus that one bad race will most likely doom a driver’s desires to become champion. I can think of one I’d like to see knocked out.
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Cool. Good news.. Let it rain nice and slow.. Here’s to let it soak in and not flood.
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the HaPPY Ending saga continues..
10 To Go!!
Gordon calls Menard’s radio chatter ‘a little fishy’
Drivers use Chase Media Day to revisit, speculate on late-race caution at RIR
http://www.nascar.com/news/110915/chase-media-day-kharvick-pmenard-jgordon/index.html
CHICAGO — What would the Chase for the Sprint Cup be without a little controversy at the outset to spice it up?
That occurred Thursday when, during the Chase Media Day events at downtown Chicago restaurant, Jeff Gordon wondered aloud if the late-race caution caused when driver Paul Menard spun his No. 27 Chevrolet last Saturday night at Richmond was intentional.
Menard’s spin with 17 laps to go in the Wonderful Pistachios 400 came while Gordon was in the lead, with Menard’s teammate at Richard Childress Racing, Kevin Harvick, in hot pursuit. Harvick subsequently beat Gordon off pit road and went on to win the race, while Gordon had to settle for a third-place finish behind Harvick and second-place finisher Carl Edwards.
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He might have just lost it off of Turn 4 and the caution came out.
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— JEFF GORDON
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Sitting from my seat, it looks like everybody is spinning everybody out just to keep Dale Jr. on the lead lap. We could just go on and on with this battle all day long.
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— KEVIN HARVICK
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I don’t even want to think about it happening because I pride myself on racing the guys and everybody racing everybody fair.
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— TONY STEWART
“Here’s what I am going to say about it: You do whatever you can as a team to win, win races, win championships, and if any of that is true of what’s being speculated right now, all I have can say is I’ve lost a lot of respect for Paul Menard if that’s the case. But I don’t want to blame him for any of that if it’s not true,” Gordon said.”
“He might have just lost it off of Turn 4 and the caution came out. But when you listen to the radio, and I’ve had other people translate it to me, it sounds a little fishy.”
On the audio channel able to be monitored by fans, media and even other teams, Menard’s spotter, Stevie Reeves, came on with 23 laps to go and began giving Menard detailed updates on where the cars of Gordon and Harvick were as they battled for position on the track.
With 22 to go, RCR competition director Mike Dillon came on the radio and asked Menard’s crew chief, Slugger Labbe, to switch the radio “to Channel 2” which was not able to be monitored by the masses.