I got to thinking that perhaps Jr is attempting to send a message to nascar
that the caution rules need to be reconsidered. Why else would he so
blatantly admit to spinning out on purpose?
What would the word be for this? It’s not "pariah" it’s something else but
I can’t think of it right now.
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Gotta Go…It’s Hot In Here,
William Lyster-FF/NREMTB
"DollarBill" <nospambillg…@nospamearthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I got to thinking that perhaps Jr is attempting to send a message to
nascar
> that the caution rules need to be reconsidered. Why else would he so
> blatantly admit to spinning out on purpose?
> What would the word be for this? It’s not "pariah" it’s something else
but
> I can’t think of it right now.
> —
> Gotta Go…It’s Hot In Here,
> William Lyster-FF/NREMTB
‘prophet’? There’s also ‘naive’, ‘idiot’, ‘thought-he-was-bulletproof’
and the old standby, ‘stupid’.
Chris
In article <eQXac.3782$LO2….@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
"DollarBill" <nospambillg…@nospamearthlink.net> wrote:
> I got to thinking that perhaps Jr is attempting to send a message to nascar
> that the caution rules need to be reconsidered. Why else would he so
> blatantly admit to spinning out on purpose?
> What would the word be for this? It’s not "pariah" it’s something else but
> I can’t think of it right now.
Well, if he keeps up behavior like that, he may become a pariah…
(a pariah being an outcast, or someone who is shunned…)
I think the word you are looking for is martyr… (though not in the
religious sense…)
–
Ken Sodemann
http://webpages.charter.net/stuffle
> I got to thinking that perhaps Jr is attempting to send a message to
nascar
> that the caution rules need to be reconsidered. Why else would he so
> blatantly admit to spinning out on purpose?
I don’t think he was thinking. I think he’s so arrogant that he thought he
could get away with it. <<Strike that, I really mean something less
pejorative than arrogant, like maybe, he’s extremely self-confident and
thinks he’s bullet-proof.>> After all, isn’t he the one person the sport
who’s really hot with popularity right now? Even when he’s running bad at
the back of the pack, the tv cameras are all over him. That’s what I’ve
noticed.
i think it’s simpler than that. he just wasn’t thinking when he opened his
mouth. nothing against most nascar drivers, but they all tend to shoot off
at the mouth from time to time.
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> > I got to thinking that perhaps Jr is attempting to send a message to
> nascar
> > that the caution rules need to be reconsidered. Why else would he so
> > blatantly admit to spinning out on purpose?
> I don’t think he was thinking. I think he’s so arrogant that he thought
he
> could get away with it. <<Strike that, I really mean something less
> pejorative than arrogant, like maybe, he’s extremely self-confident and
> thinks he’s bullet-proof.>> After all, isn’t he the one person the sport
> who’s really hot with popularity right now? Even when he’s running bad at
> the back of the pack, the tv cameras are all over him. That’s what I’ve
> noticed.
I know what was going on. In the height of all the anxiety of, and
getting a good finish then losing lap positions so close to the end of
a long hard fought race. His emotions got the best of him and made a
bad decision. Then, to top it off, forgot the millions of people were
listening to his conversations on his 2-way. I personnaly think the
2-ways are kinda talking on a cell phone. You don’t want everyone
listening in on you. I mean, the crewchief and driver probably want
somethings to be confidential. Especially when they find something
that works better than everyone else is running.
In article <jqedncn-ZMAY1_Ld4p2…@comcast.com>, "charles"
<cgshel…@comcast.netxxx> writes:
>i think it’s simpler than that. he just wasn’t thinking when he opened his
>mouth. nothing against most nascar drivers, but they all tend to shoot off
>at the mouth from time to time.
There are some drivers that know what not to say. Jr apparently has not learned
(until now) from others and the will to brag overcame the will to keep quiet
and be happy with what you know but can’t share.
In response I believe at Texas he said what NASCAR wanted to hear…but the
reality of it is that he now knows what not to say despite his intentions.
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"Mark Wieb" <dw…@essex1.com> wrote in message
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> I know what was going on. In the height of all the anxiety of, and
> getting a good finish then losing lap positions so close to the end of
> a long hard fought race. His emotions got the best of him and made a
> bad decision. Then, to top it off, forgot the millions of people were
> listening to his conversations on his 2-way. I personnaly think the
> 2-ways are kinda talking on a cell phone. You don’t want everyone
> listening in on you. I mean, the crewchief and driver probably want
> somethings to be confidential. Especially when they find something
> that works better than everyone else is running.
The only reason they keep it public is for all the fans to listen in. It
makes no sense from a racing perspective except to try to fool the other
teams, which they rarely seem to do.
-Russ.