Many people have complained that the race was boring. I didn’t watch every
lap (oops just wrecked my point here maybe) but the racing I saw as very
interesting in many places. Even though there weren’t many passes for the
lead, a lot of guys came from the back and there was a lot of passing
through the field. And on a single groove racetrack the passes can be hard
to execute if the guy won’t give up the groove, so it made for some fender
rubbing…
All in all I thought it was pretty good racing even if it didn’t show up on
the books that way.
Actually, I think it was worth watching the entire telecast just to see Ron
Hornaday trying out a new "high groove".
-Russ.
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:09:24 CST, someb…@nospam.russdoucet.com
<Someb…@wcom.ca> wrote:
>Many people have complained that the race was boring. I didn’t watch every
>lap (oops just wrecked my point here maybe) but the racing I saw as very
>interesting in many places. Even though there weren’t many passes for the
>lead, a lot of guys came from the back and there was a lot of passing
>through the field. And on a single groove racetrack the passes can be hard
>to execute if the guy won’t give up the groove, so it made for some fender
>rubbing…
You make a very good point. The best racing often is not the race for the
lead, so who really cares how many time (or, for that matter, how) it changes,
as long as there is good racing _somewhere_ on the track. Now if we could
just get the networks to consistently do a good job showing _that_ racing
instead of following the leader for a good portion of the race, then we would
be in business (actually, Fox and ESPN have done a good job with this, it is
too early to tell with NBC…)
>All in all I thought it was pretty good racing even if it didn’t show up on
>the books that way.
>Actually, I think it was worth watching the entire telecast just to see Ron
>Hornaday trying out a new "high groove".
I think it is fun when the race at tracks like NHIS if for no other reason
than just to see folks whine about it. :) Yeah, NHIS doesn’t result in the
most exciting races in the world, but it beats the heck out of tracks like
Cali and Michigan (the _real_ snoozers….)
–
Ken Sodemann
stuffleh…@bigfoot.com
http://www.execpc.com/~stuffle
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someb…@nospam.russdoucet.com wrote in message …
>Many people have complained that the race was boring
Should have been there Saturday. The Truck race was pretty hohum but the
Bush North guy’s put on the show of the weekend. Heard the Mod’s were
pretty good on Friday too.
Chuck Scampoli
Race car spelled backwards is race car.
There wasn’t a whole lot of action at the front, but I enjoyed
watching TS coming out of turn 2. Also, I forget where RR started,
but he had to pass a number of cars to get to the front…
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:09:24 CST, "someb…@nospam.russdoucet.com"
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<Someb…@wcom.ca> wrote:
>Many people have complained that the race was boring. I didn’t watch every
>lap (oops just wrecked my point here maybe) but the racing I saw as very
>interesting in many places. Even though there weren’t many passes for the
>lead, a lot of guys came from the back and there was a lot of passing
>through the field. And on a single groove racetrack the passes can be hard
>to execute if the guy won’t give up the groove, so it made for some fender
>rubbing…
>All in all I thought it was pretty good racing even if it didn’t show up on
>the books that way.
>Actually, I think it was worth watching the entire telecast just to see Ron
>Hornaday trying out a new "high groove".
>-Russ.
As a Dale Jr. fan, I’ll second that. He started back in about 29th,
worked his way up to the top ten, then pitted twice under yellow to
fix some damage. That left him at the back of the back, about 25th.
He worked his way up through the pack again, eventually peaking at 8th
before finishing 9th.
I do wish they’d increase the banking, but I’ll be back.
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:09:24 CST, "someb…@nospam.russdoucet.com"
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<Someb…@wcom.ca> wrote:
>Many people have complained that the race was boring. I didn’t watch every
>lap (oops just wrecked my point here maybe) but the racing I saw as very
>interesting in many places. Even though there weren’t many passes for the
>lead, a lot of guys came from the back and there was a lot of passing
>through the field. And on a single groove racetrack the passes can be hard
>to execute if the guy won’t give up the groove, so it made for some fender
>rubbing…
>All in all I thought it was pretty good racing even if it didn’t show up on
>the books that way.
>Actually, I think it was worth watching the entire telecast just to see Ron
>Hornaday trying out a new "high groove".
>-Russ.