I'm not a NASCAR fan, so Sunday was one of the rare times that I have watched a race.  I was at a bar, so I was watching without sound.  Do they usually have so many accidents?  If they don't, what was different about Sunday's race that caused so many?
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On a short track like Martinsville, wrecks are common.  The race today was not unusual.  Super-speedways (like Daytona) have far fewer accidents, but when they do wreck there, it is usually a big wreck.  They call it the "big one".
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No more than the Letterman Crew did for Danica ; they pitted ; when they need to and the Crashes just happened while they were Pitting ; Not sure I like the Rule ; but Hope Someone will explan ; why the Rule exsist at all ; if you pit on green you should be able to get back out depending on your pitt time and Place in Competition prior to leaving the track ; not all the way to the back of the Pack ; they know the Adverage Lap times prior to the Crash etc . it aint Rocket Science ; it just seems un fair ! How do you know when someone is going to sell their car to the wall ; is it a Team effort ?
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He got out of the car with a helmet on!  What a P..ssy! No one does that!  He was looking to pick a fight and not take a punch.\n\nAnd kenseth was coming over to apologize.  \n\nPlus Gordon was running guys off the track all day. He got what he deserved.\n\n(Gordon getting spun out on the last lap cost me ten bucks, but I still think he wasn't being fair)
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I took my wife to the last Coca Cola 600 here at Lowes Motorspeedway in May .. she is not a Nascar fan or racing fan at all.. well I should say wasn't a fan .. I wasnt sure if she'd like it either .. now I have a die hard fan on my hands..lol she loved it I think your girl would too.. its a blast fast n loud.. something about a 100,000 people yelling all at the same time... one clue when the green flag drops if the hair on her arms stands up.. shell be  a fan for life!!
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ya know. i thought hands down it was going to be tony, but he seemed to have an issue in happy hour and dropped to 14th..so i'm going to have to put a second vote in there for jeff gordon..he's the record holder for this track on current driver's and is also running the fastest laps during practice.. it's just a matter of if they keep his car strong mid-race.. tony's team seems to get their car better and jeff's team loses it..so we'll see how it all plays out..well, if we have another repeat they could knock each other out and leave it open for robby gordon..\neveryone is putting votes in for road coure ringers, but i realy don't seem them as being competitie up against the road warriors anymore.\nhaha.. mikey is too busy yapping about toyota to race. he's not a good driver, but putting some focusing into the driving might help..
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Hey, I gotta say I must agree with you. It sounds horrible for me to say, but Dale just isn't good. He has had a couple Busch championships (I think), but SO WHAT? He never wins a nextel cup championship!!! Why is he considered a good driver when he hasn't done as well as other drivers (like Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, and Matt Kenseth)? He may have money, but it's because of commercials...BIG DEAL. Anybody can do that!! You know why? There's no driving involved!!!The fans like him because his father died. The fans are blind about their loyalty. I really did like his father, and may he rest in peace. However, although I don't dislike Jr as a person, I DO dislike him as a driver. He's lame. Jr.'s a cool guy, but not cool on the track!\n\nAnd hey, are you a Tony fan? I see that 20 on your avatar. He's my fave driver!!! :-)
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13645589/\n\nUpdated: 23 minutes ago\n\nDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. returned to Daytona’s Victory Lane for the first time in more than two years, winning the Busch Series race Friday night.\n\nEarnhardt took the lead early and dominated the rest of the way, holding off Brian Vickers after a late restart in the Winn-Dixie 250.\n\nVickers finished second, followed by series point leader Kevin Harvick, pole-sitter J.J. Yeley and Carl Edwards......
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i'm a huge jeff fan, and just kind of stopped breathing for a few seconds..\nsome people are ignorant and just need beat.. \ni blame this on another crew cheif screw up.. you should know that you need a good brake setup at that place.. good gravy. i hope monday morning meeting someone kicks his ***.. ugh, and i hope it's jeff.\nlaughing is just not cool people. sure it's fun to see your least favorite driver cut a tire and smash his front end and wreck the aerodynamics and lose a race..but to smack the wall that hard, b/c of a loss of breaks is just uncalled for. seriously, how can you have a hate for a man so much you have never met?? Good gravy.. i'm sure jeff doesn't sit there at night praying for your demise.. i mean, really, he hit that wall at almost 200 mph..hello, he smashed the safer barrier in.. do you know how hard of a hit that is?? i wann see you do that and still laugh, cuz two cents says it won't be so funny then. \ni'm so glad he got out of that car and wlaked on away i figured he'd at least be taken to the hospital and be found with a concussion..but awesomely enough..he's doing alright. good to know.\nas for people at the track..i've been a gordon fan since he hit the busch series.. i've seen the hate grow and only get worse through the years..you learn to shrug it off and know that ignorance that bad has to hurt..
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I've gone to two races, and am going to two more this season. I Loooooooved my experience at Pocono Raceway- this track is beautfiful!! We were able to get pit-passes, meet the guys in the pit crew, I met Jeremy Mayfield, Casey Mears, and Kurt Busch...(autographed from their trailor)...we had OK seats, but at Pocono i dont think theres a bad seat in the house. Race was amazing, i have nothing bad to say about it. \n\nDOVER, on the other hand, wasnt much fun. The worst part was GETTING to dover. we had to take buses from a local mall and it took HOURS!!!! we didnt get pit passes, and i dont recall any of the drivers signing that day...\nto make things worse, our seats were up near turn one- and our view of turn three was blocked by that big bridge-thingy they have over the track. it was frustrating. it didnt ruin the day, but POCONO was wayyyyyyyy better. just my opinion.\n\ni hope you get to go to a track, there really is nothing like it-\n\n*24forever*
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Gordon is mathematically still in it. I think realistically he is out of it . He would have to win the last 3 races and the guys ahead of him in points would have to crash out early in the race. I think Robby lied about throwing the padding out of the car. What else could he do but lie about it. I just hope that the penalty that he received will make other drivers not do it.
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I don't like the chase the way it is.  It's just a matter of time before some one who does not have a win in the first 26 races and is in tenth in points but out 500 plus points puts together 10 trouble free races and wins the championship.  Since I am stuck watching a nasty system I don't like.  I think I would change it 1) must win to qualify 2) must be within 300 points of first 3) more points for winning 4) some points for pole 5) laps lead bonus must be under green flag.  I thought about someone's comment about defending champ should get a free pass and although I like the idea of being able to defend the title, I think not.  That would be like the Superbowl champion or the World Series winner getting a free pass to the playoffs.  Sometime, teams don't deserve a shot.  Even if I think Stewart should have been in this year.  Fans vote in?  Terrible idea.
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Ya that really sucked. I called in sick today to watch him race and he didn't even finish. GO DALE GO!!!!!! But yeah it was a blown engine.
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I could have done with a few less cautions, for awhile it seemed like it was just the pace lap show.  I was blown away when Gordon pushed Kenseth, but did you see Matt's face?  He looked like a scared kid!  Too bad it wasn't Harvick or Stewart - that would have been a fight.  Of course, Jeff probably wouldn't have pushed them b/c he is too big of a pansy to really fight - he knew Matt wouldn't do anything.  \n\nI'm tired of Jeff whining when he gets wrecked - that's racing.  And didn't he pull the exact same move on Truex earlier in the race?  It's ok for him to do it but nobody else?  Come on Jeff, grow up!\n\nAs for Tony - yea, I felt bad he wrecked Truex but Truex shouldn't have been holding up lead lap cars.  Tony was just teaching him a lesson.  Who was the other one he wrecked?  I think I missed that.\n\nBOO TO BUSCH!  I hate seeing him in that Miller car!
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Well for me personally I am a big fan of the suspense.  Nothing better than a nice tight race right down to the end.  Also for car lovers it's a chance to hear about new technologies and learn things about tweaking a car out.  I love the drivers, the suspense, the action of the passing and yes - the crashes...lol.  I will admit I do prefer Football or Hockey....but racing works too.
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Nascar is more exciting, and F1 fans are just jealous because our sport is so hot//ugh who would like to watch F1? i dont get it. Nascar rocks and i dont see why people bash it for NO reason. \n\n*24forever*
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i think Nascar is gettin wayyy over board on this .. I mean at a restrictior plate race bump drafting is a must to pass .. I know I dont wanna watch a race with no passes .. you know how boring that would be ..\nNascar needs to go back to the way it use to be ... Good ole Boys racing ..!!!
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To fans of Nascar and other forms of stock car racing it does sometimes seem as if there are a lot of those that hate the sport.\n\nHowever if you attend a local dirt track or even some of the paved tracks on the weekends, you will find that love of the sport is huge.\n\n"Haters" are just like any person has dislikes any given sport, but it sometimes seems as though the detractors of Nascar are a little louder.\n\nI for one do not like basketball at any level, but I don't make an issue of.\n\nWe motorsport fans are a little louder, a little longer than most other sports, and it is much easier to have strong opinions about the sport because we look at one or two drivers, not a team with many characters.\n\nIt's easier for us to identify with our favorites, and is actually much easier to show our interest with a multitude of fanwear.\n\nOther sports trade so many players every season its hard to make a personal commitment to any single player.\n\nThat said,  the "haters" are always going to be there, just ignore them and raise your pennant high and look for the checkered-flag.\n\nGO JIMMIE JOHNSON, GO HENDRIK MOTORSPORTS