hell yeah....i was seeing a thirty something place finish with that wreck....but he never damaged anything major, and if anything he actually helped his car.

I wish Jeff could get wrecked and still get a top 10. When he gets wrecked, he gets wrecked. Lady luck has been nothing short of a b**** when it comes to the 21 and 31 teams.

I wish Jeff could get wrecked and still get a top 10.  When he gets wrecked, he gets wrecked.  Lady luck has been nothing short of a b**** when it comes to the 21 and 31 teams.

 

Its unbelievable how bad of luck Schrader and Burton have. Every time they start moving forward something happens to them I have just come to expect it. I wish Jarrett would at least tease me with some progress like you get rather then floating around 20th all day.

Burton finally gets a nice finish yesterday. I still like him to contend for the Chase.

That would be awesome if he does.

 

How long until Kurt b**** is put into the wall hard by almost the entire field?

That would be awesome if he does.

 

How long until Kurt b**** is put into the wall hard by almost the entire field?

 

I have a feeling Harvick is just waiting for the right time to give it a shot

Edited April 11, 200619 yr by Confederate_48

Earnhardt to Honor Dad With Replica Car

By JENNA FRYER, AP Motorsports Writer

 

 

The one thing a NASCAR driver never wanted to see was the black No. 3 Chevrolet closing on his rear bumper. One glance of the car in the rearview mirror was enough to send tremors through any competitor.

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. hopes to achieve that same effect this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, where he'll mark his late father's birthday by driving a replica of the famed car.

 

Junior's trademark red Chevy will be painted predominantly black, with white lettering and silver and red stripes. The car mimics the design the late Dale Earnhardt made famous. Junior will still use his No. 8 — his father's No. 3 has not been on the track since his 2001 death.

 

"The car looks good, it's a cool way to honor my dad," Earnhardt said Tuesday. "It's going to be a lot of fun to be behind the wheel of that car, and see the reaction it gets from other drivers on the track."

 

The tribute is part of a larger salute at Dale Earnhardt Inc., which is celebrating Earnhardt's Thursday night induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, his overall accomplishments at Talladega and his 55th birthday, which would have been Sunday.

 

All three DEI cars will have the same paint scheme, which Junior views as an appropriate celebration of the seven-time champion. He seemed uncomfortable in February marking the five-year anniversary of his father's death, but birthdays bring happier memories.

 

"His birthday is something I do enjoy pointing out or celebrating or recognizing because that was always a lot of fun with him," Junior said. "When he was getting a little older we was always thinking about what his real age was. There's some things that come and go without a blink of an eye. But there are other things that come and go that you want to point out and you want to recognize and you do appreciate."

 

Junior's car will be the most dramatic of the three DEI entries. After all, it's at Talladega and Daytona — the two biggest and fastest tracks in NASCAR — where Junior bears the closest resemblance to his father.

 

Dale Earnhardt was the greatest at restrictor-plate racing, especially at Talladega, where he scored 10 wins and notched the 76th and final victory of his career in October 2000.

 

Junior inherited the skill required to work the draft. He has five victories at Talladega and two at Daytona.

 

But none compare to his father's last victory, when he charged from 18th place with five laps to go to cross the finish line first.

 

"I was running second thinking I was in a position to try to get me a win, and I can see him and his line formed on the outside coming up, getting closer and closer," Junior said. "Every time I look in the mirror, he'd moved up a few more feet toward us and was coming on. So everybody was sort of in a panic mode as if, `Wait a minute now, this thing ain't playing out like we had in mind.'"

 

Junior said drives like that Talladega victory were the ones his father cherished.

 

"He would do all kinds of stuff like that, make big comebacks or big, great saves or just crazy passes," Junior remembered. "Everybody always said he could do a lot of things with a race car a lot of other people couldn't. He'd take pride in those things personally.

 

"Never would get out and jump up and down and brag about it. But when it was all said and done and over with, and everybody went home, he would take pride in doing those things. I think that comeback was one he really, really enjoyed."

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060425/ap_on_...rdt_black_car_1

 

almost brought a tear to my eye seeing that paint scheme again. hopefully it brings him some luck this weekend...

4th for Burton at 'Dega!!! Woohoo!!!

4th for Burton at 'Dega!!!  Woohoo!!!

 

i was getting kinda worried for your boy burton when a couple times there in the last few laps guys beside him were getting loose and whatnot but he pulled through...

 

rough day for jr... :banghead

I heard Jr was running up front and then blew an engine? Too bad Unibrow won. I wonder if NASCAR would admit to finding anything on JJ's car in the post race inspection...

i was getting kinda worried for your boy burton when a couple times there in the last few laps guys beside him were getting loose and whatnot but he pulled through...

 

 

 

I was worried somewhere around lap 37 when yahoo had something up about NASCAR looking at Jeff's car for leaking fluid. Luckily nothing was leaking, but it was tense for about 50 laps there while I was waiting for the engine or a gear to come flying out of his car lol.

I heard Jr was running up front and then blew an engine?  Too bad Unibrow won.  I wonder if NASCAR would admit to finding anything on JJ's car in the post race inspection...

 

yeah, survived a couple wrecks only to have his engine blow up... <_>

 

 

 

I was worried somewhere around lap 37 when yahoo had something up about NASCAR looking at Jeff's car for leaking fluid.  Luckily nothing was leaking, but it was tense for about 50 laps there while I was waiting for the engine or a gear to come flying out of his car lol.

 

Edited May 2, 200619 yr by Goldmember

jr...

At last! Phew.

Edited May 7, 200619 yr by DePloderer

and Gordon gets a DNF, life is good.

and Gordon gets a DNF, life is good.

 

word.

I want to know what the heck Burton was thinking about when he went into the pits when they were closed. He cost himself the win there (at the time he was in third and charing hard for the front).

I want to know what the heck Burton was thinking about when he went into the pits when they were closed.  He cost himself the win there (at the time he was in third and charing hard for the front).

 

he was thinking he needed to pit...

I only started following NASCAR a couple of years ago. I noticed that fans seem to either love or hate Jeff Gordon. Can someone explain to me why some people dislike him so much? I'm just curious, because he doesn't seem like the usual type of ass**** athlete that would usually generate these feelings. Is there something in the past that he did that I just don't know about?

A perfect example was a race about a month ago, he knocked Truex out of the way, wrecking him and Jeff Burton. Towards the end of the race, Kenseth did the same thing to him. After the race he leaves his helmet on and as Kenseth was approaching him, he starts shoving him. Jeff B was driving by at the time and slowed as the action ensued. After the whole thing, Jeff B basically called him a hypocrite.

 

Jeff Gordon has a history of being a whiny SOB. It's okay for him to wreck people, but as soon as someone does that to him, he whines a storm up.

I would like to see Burton stop being a nice guy like his mentor Martin and slug Gordon in the face, Jimmy Spencer style.

I would like to see Burton stop being a nice guy like his mentor Martin and slug Gordon in the face, Jimmy Spencer style.

 

You and me both. I really think he was about to jump out of his car and give Matt a hand as there is no secret he and Matt are still friends as well as the fact Jeff B has never hidden the fact that Jeff G is not one of his favorite people.

 

I think Ward needs to be his anger mismanagment coach lol.

Monte Dutton picked Burton as his longshot winner of the Coca-Cola 600 based on his being a 2 time former winner of that race and his strong season so far.

 

Granted he also named Jimmy Johnson and about 8 other guys as well.

JJ is probably the favorite by far considering he won something like the last 2000 races run there. I guess it helps to have your sponsor sponsor a race.

Burton still looking strong Queen, I say he makes the Chase.