Author Topic: Junior is a dud. (Read 11015 times)

username · « **on:** February 17, 2009, 10:14:38 AM »

I don't think Dale jr. is cut out to be a cup champion......

He makes mental blunders that cost him good finishes year after year....he has more fans than any other driver by far yet his results don't match his hype.....

then to wreck the field a lap down is one of two things...

a) he doesn't have good car control

b) he wrecked vickers purposely and selfishly

now i like listening to his interviews and all but i don't think he has the fire inside him like his dad.....he has everything already.....millions of fans, millions of dollars, an awesome ride.......what motivation does he have? he got all this being mediocre.

its like when he drives right against the wall inches from the wall at certain tracks (not darlington) when you drive inches from the wall the percentage chance of you brushing the wall over 4 or 5 hundred miles go way up.....so maybe you get a tenth of a second or something but then you see a replay of him brushing the wall and having to pit.....you don't see gordon or johnson doing what he does driving inches from the wall and look how many championships they have? i think he is more worried about being cool than getting the job done....

i'm really dissapointed in junior to this point of his career enough to label him a DUD!

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **on:** February 17, 2009, 10:14:38 AM »

LMFAN · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:54:02 AM »

Maybe you should have watched the race from his incar and after he made the mistake of missing his pits
He put on a clinic coming through the field.
He can drive and he makes good decisions but I think he freaked out on Sunday and made a big mistake.

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username · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:05:40 AM »

i know but the damage was done......i would agree he has shown talent for sure and he did freak out.....but those dumb mistakes he makes are the difference between him and the elite drivers of the series...

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:05:40 AM »

polishprince12 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:14:57 AM »

matt kenseth came from dead last, that's a clinic!

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Dusty · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2009, 12:01:25 PM »

I think that Jr. fans must also be Maple Leaf Fans, Moments of spark followed by seasons of disappointment....JMO

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BENCHRACER · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2009, 06:02:42 PM »

KENNSETH won by being in the right place when NASCAR decided to red flag the race and then call it COMPLETE.

Had they waited for the SHOWERS to pass they would have been back racing a little after 9:30 , or better yet had started at 1:00 PM not 3:30 the race would have been over long before the rain showed up. They were setting a record or near record pace for a good part of the race.

Had the race resumed it would have been a very different outcome , but Jack needed a DAYTONA win and they gave him 1.

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2wheeler · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2009, 06:51:20 PM »

I don't know how they would have been racing at 9:30 when it was still raining at 10:00. He's not the first driver to win one that way. They won't be putting an asterisk beside his name.

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Thayne · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:52:25 PM »

he won;t be the last driver to win one that way either!

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polishprince12 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:05:17 PM »

Quote from: BENCHRACER on February 17, 2009, 06:02:42 PM

KENNSETH won by being in the right place when NASCAR decided to red flag the race and then call it COMPLETE.

Had they waited for the SHOWERS to pass they would have been back racing a little after 9:30 , or better yet had started at 1:00 PM not 3:30 the race would have been over long before the rain showed up. They were setting a record or near record pace for a good part of the race.

Had the race resumed it would have been a very different outcome , but Jack needed a DAYTONA win and they gave him 1.

OH, and they never did everything over the years to make sure dale sr won one! LMAO he was the dirtiest driver ever! extreme talent but extremely dirty! Just put your Hendrick hat back on, i'm sure they will let jimmie win this week!

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Scott · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:43:00 PM »

Jim you know racing was alot different when SR raced. Dirty? No, just aggresive! How many times have you seen somebody being dumped on a Saturday night? You have been around racing a long time, and you know the way it used to be! "Block me, push me and your going for a "spin" or "here is the wall" Hell half the time he didnt have to lay a bumper on anyone, they just looked in the mirror and made a mistake or shit themselves

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Dusty · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:09:24 PM »

I had respect for Sr, But I hafta back the Prince on this one.
I've seen tooooo much to think that Mr E Sr. was innocent. There was no doupt, the man had talent. But he had a temper too. If he was alive to day I dont think Jr. would be in the state he is in today. And he and Rusty would have a lot to talk about their sons.

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LAKER77 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:18:18 PM »

I was never a sr fan because of his attitude but if I ever owned a cup team he would have been my driver at any cost. Pure racing ability and talent. It obviously didn't make it thru the gene pools. I am sure at this point Mr. Hendrick is kicking himself for making the worst trade ever. Kyle will not make you a 10th of the souviner money but he will win a championship long before jr even thinks about it. If jr ever starts thinking again. I know it has to be tough on jr going to daytona in feb. but sooner or later grow up. Kyle has more driving ability then most I see out there right now. If he could only become more of a spokeperson and less of a spoiled brat. Saying all that I would rather see him speak his mind(when he gets better at it)like smoke and not become another whitewash nascar driver.

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Petty Fan 45 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2009, 07:57:25 AM »

Quote from: LAKER77 on February 17, 2009, 10:18:18 PM

I am sure at this point Mr. Hendrick is kicking himself for making the worst trade ever. Kyle will not make you a 10th of the souvenir money but he will win a championship long before jr even thinks about it.

Here's my opinion, Hendrick has 2 championship drivers already, with the addition of JR, he also has the golden goose of merchandise and fan base. So to sum it up, he has the two 'wonder boys', the golden goose, and the classy veteran. Seems like a well thought out team to me. No doubt he'll be smiling all the way to the bank. If he were to add Stewart to the mix, his team would have the 4 most popular drivers in the series. Three out of four is pretty good for the pocket book.

I had high hopes for JR when he first started out, but he's delivered nothing IMO.

P.S, I don't own a Hendrick hat, and can pretty well say I never will!! Rain shortened races are bogus, a total rip off! Congrats to Kenseth, he raced hard all day, and was in the right place, at the right time. Just like many before him, and many more to come.

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longstreet · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2009, 08:44:24 AM »

petty fan he pretty much has stewart and newman already. jim your i will have to disagree with you on dale sr being the dirtest driver, hard nosed yeah and pls give one example where nascar gave him a win, just one with factual proof.

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polishprince12 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2009, 12:17:40 PM »

i will prove it just give me a little time and i'll dig up the footage.

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