All the members of DEI are using a new color scheme for this weekends race at Talladega. To honor the late great Dale Earnhardt Sr. and I was just curious as to the response of some of the viewers.
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AWESOME. I have already ordered my 1:18th scale car and a T-Shirt to add to my collection. What better way to honor #3 for his great career and induction into the hall of fame. He would have been 55 on Saturday. For pics, go to the website below.
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Talladega is an awesome place to see a race!  If you do this though, I would recommend camping there.  We stayed in Birmingham, which is really only about 40 minutes away, but on the way there, we were stuck in traffic for 2 hours, and on the way back, it took about 4 hours.  It's kind of in the middle of no where.  The race itself is like no other.  Everyone is racing really close, and tensions are running high.  It is only a matter of time before something happens.  It is not if, but when "the big one" happens!
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Hey girlie. I noticed that you ask this question a lot. Why?? When it keeps getting mentioned, its never going to go away. I think you should just stop mentioning it over and over. It just brings negative attention to this Motorsports category. And mostly non-Nascar fans answer with ridiculous answers. Real Nascar fans know the difference, but it just opens up a can of worms for people who know NOTHING about Jeff Gordon to bash him. Anyway, dont want to offend you- but I think this question has been asked way too many times. Here is my answer: (Again)\n\nI freaken hate when people say this. Here's the story STRAIGHT FROM JEFF GORDON:\n\nThis is a few paragraphs from 'JEFF GORDON: Racing Back to the Front-My Memoir' page 95(for those who are interested)\n\n"The more I won, the more fans I attracted, and the more people pulled against me. A lot of people loved that I was a young guy with a new team. Others might have thought I was destroying the fabric of the sport. This is when the first 'GORDON SUCKS' signs came out and the boo birds turned up again when I was introduced."\n\n"At some point during this time (I have no idea exactly when), anti-Gordon fans started passing around the rumor that I was gay. I can only guess that it had something to do with my driving a rainbow colored car. I also figure some folks took a joke Dale Earnhardt made during my rookie year out of context: I had been dating Brooke throughout the season, but because Winston employed her, we had to keep our relationship secret. After her stint as Miss Winston Cup ended, we came out at the banquet as a couple. Dale, being witty as ever, said, 'Whew, Im glad to see you've got a girlfriend. Some of us were beginning to wonder if you liked girls.' Of course, Dale and a lot of other drivers had known about Brooke for months, but they hadnt said anything out of respect for our privacy. Once we showed up in public together, Dale felt comfortable making a joke about it. I can only guess that a few folks took him seriously, and the rumors about my sexual orientation spread like wildfire."\n\n"The controversy(such that it was)never bothered me, but I was a bit puzzled by it. I'd like to think that if I were gay, I would be comfortable enough to say so and get on with my life. The fact is I'm not, and I never quite understood wh so many people wanted to believe otherwise."\n\nTHERE YOU GO PEOPLE...Get over it. He's not gay/if you dont like Jeff Gordon, sucks for you.
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i have a lot of goodyear class of.. posters, mine show every regular driver from that year, is that what you have? i'm not sure if the poster from that year says 50 years of winning, but i can't find it to check. if not the drivers who won that year are...Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Elliott Sadler, Jeremy Mayfield, Rusty Wallace, Greg Biffle, and Joe Nemechek
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I saw them at Harvicks merchandise trailer at Talladega.I would check his fan club site also.
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Dale Earnhardt will always be the greatest.  Dale Earnhardt, Jr. now.
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Heck yeah! At least NASCAR drivers still appreciate their fans! They are making loads of money, but I've never heard of a driver's strike!
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Oh hell yeah! And there are no races this weekend! John Force is the best in funny car, Tony Schumacher or Brandon in top fuel and Erica Enders in pro-stock. Love weekends where there is NASCAR on Sunday morning and NHRA on Sunday afternoon/night! And, no, I'm not from the South. Who's your favorite?
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nascar.com has stuff but its pretty much the same stuff for each driver, just with a different logo.  I found the same thing to be true at the track last year - all the trailers had the same styles, just with their driver.  you could try the websites for the individual drivers.  there is a site called goracegirl.com but it's not driver specific stuff.  I think that nascar.com is probably the best bet, they add new stuff all the time
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I'm a Dale Jr fan, but I think that 3rd time is gonna be the charm for Jimmie Johnson and the Lowes team. This is their 3rd time being in the Chase and they have gotten stronger over the weeks. \n\nUnless something insane happens...then Jimmie Johnson is your 2006 Nextel Cup Series Champion!
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Amen, Brother! You score BIG points with me for mentioning David, Bobby, and Davey. I miss Cale, too.\n   I find myself missing televised races a lot more these days: I don't much care for the current crop of rude, foul-mouthed juvenile delinquents(The Busch boys, Tony Stewart, etc.) Jeff Gordon is in a separate class by HERself.\n    I like Kahne, Edwards, and Biffle, though.\n    What really gets my goat is when they talk about '60's and '70's races and refer to them as Nextel Cup races instead of Winston Cup races.\n    I think France and Helton are selling out the fans who built NASCAR in favor of TV ratings and advertising dollars. The audience they are attracting now are fickle, and will soon turn from NASCAR to the Next Big Thing, mark my words. I raise a glass to you, friend.
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Man people are clueless and ignorant, the question says NASCAR!  \n\nI think if a driver can't drive he should lose his points, not have a sub...how fair is that!?!?\n\nI also think they should give tougher penalties, as they are starting to now, on agressive driving...we don't need anymore deaths!  We have too many hotheads (Stewart, Kenseth, Busch brothers, etc.) they should be worrying about the most!\n\nFor the record:  How do any of us KNOW Johnson had a clue what Knaus did, Johnson may have he may not have, WE will never KNOW!  People need to get over it, he got penalized and is still winning, if they cheated anymore...they would've caught it as they did that time!
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Sounds like people from the 10 team and the Harvicks were exchanging words as they were walking. While this was going on, someone deliberately or accidentally bumped into them and they were both knocked off their feet.  Yep, everyone got called to the Oval Office (as DW calls it).  Didn't hear the part about the foot being run over.  Wouldn't surprise me, though. A lot going on in a small space.  It happens.  Bob Dillner broke the story. I think, so he is going to be REAL careful to get his facts straight this time, especially when Kevin Harvick is concerned.\n\nSpeed Report just did an update--there was yelling and some shoving. Both Kevin and DeLana were knocked down.  A NASCAR official injured his ankle (it sounded like they were in the area of the pit box, which was moving, and the official was trying to break it up).
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What exactly is a sport?  To me, a sport is competition.  Nothing is more competitive than Nascar, especially when you factor in the setups of the cars, and the technology and research that goes into the "fine-tuning" of each component on the car.  What drivers have you been looking at exactly, when you say that they don't look athletic?  What exactly is your definition of athletic?  I can more than 20 of the regulars who are on a strict work-out program, several of which include running 5-10 miles per day.  Many of them are very intelligent.  Ryan Newman, for example, has a Masters degree in Aeronautical engineering from Purdue.  Although many of the drivers may not have graduated from a secondary institution, consider the hundreds of engineers that work the cars.  And you are calling Nascar drivers dumb?   As compared to what sport?  Baseball?  Football?  God forbid, the NBA, comprised of thugs?  To be competitive in NASCAR,  you have to have superb intelligence to setup the car for a specific track, and to make split second decisions on the track as well as in the pits concerning your race strategy.  Hundreds of a second are many times the difference between first and last.  What do you have to do in Football or basketball that requires intelligence?  Run fast or jump high?  Get 20 tattoos on your arms, grow an afro or braid your hair in cornrows while sporting a "grill" and belting out the latest 50 Cent rap?  I would bet $100 to a donut that the average IQ of a Nascar participants (when you factor in the drivers, crew chiefs, and team engineers) is double that of the average participant in any other of your major sports.   I think the thing that attracts me most to NASCAR is the fact that you have all 43 teams on the playing field competiting simultaneously.  When you run 200 MPH with someone to your left, right, behind, and in front of you only inches away, it is like a high speed game of chess.  And more importantly, in most cases, they are paid according to their performance.  And in my opinion, they aren't overpaid.
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The cars go round and round, it's the the turn left circuit. There are a couple road tracks on the schedule like the infamous Watkins Glen where they turn left and make some rights. They occaasionally stop in the pits for new tires, gas and some repairs. They have 'yellow' 'caution flag' which comes out when there is an accident or if there is debris on the track or both or if some streaker loses their mind and drink too much and head for the track then a caution comes out. Haven't seen that yet though. 'Black flag', a lap down penalty to a car if he goes down below the shoulder or bumps somebody off the track intentionally or a whole host of other infractions. The 'green' flag means 'go'. Alright kids. The 'Black and white' 'Checkered flag' means finish line and winner. 'White flag' means 1 lap left. 'Pink' flag means this race is gay. 'Blue' flag means 'Harold&Kumar go to White Castle' I watched some of that movie tonight.
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I have always been a Tony Stewart fan since he started in Outlaws and open wheels racing. There are going to be a lot of fans now.
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Me. I love Tony and I love to see him win, but lately he has had a string of bad luck. I felt really bad for him today. He looked like he was in a lot of pain. I think he will bounce back next week in Dover though. I hope so anyway. He is a great driver and deserves a win.