Well...hrm.
Pocono
I won’t lie. Things are not pleasant within the “Jr. Nation”. The PitStop has begun the “If Dale Jr. Doesn’t Make the Chase” discussions and the carping on the TEC has become very tedious.
Note: Being cable bereft, I missed out on the ESPN interview completely, perhaps the following rant was addressed.
Rant commencing: I’ve been philosophical about everyone having bad years and it's true, everyone does, but it's still fustrating as hell for the fans. I also fully acknowlge as fustrating as it is for us, it is probably ten times more so for Dale. But...Dale Jr. has spoken of “not looking at things race to race, but rather making decisions for the long term well being of the team” but from the fan's perspective, we’re really wishing someone could let us in on those decisions and goals because we’re a little mystified as to how this latest change is helping. The set ups are still bad. Before those tires got cut, Dale was still mired in the back. How is this helping? Why couldn’t Steve Hmiel made Tony Jr. talk with Pete? Why not at the beginning of the year? Why did he have to take over himself while DEI looked for another crew chief, rather than just keep Pete on until they found someone? Are they looking for someone? Who? What are the folks behind the scenes at DEI seeing that the fans are not because we are… well, we feel more than little lost in the dark here and it’s frustrating because we know Dale is a kick ass driver and we hate seeing him get stuck with lousy equipment. I am still hopeful that the Bud Crew can somehow turn this around and make the Chase, but to outsiders, DEI/The 8 Team looks and sounds pretty lost right now and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in a fan base. I still buy race tickets, I still wear my Dale Jr. hat and jersey with (somewhat dented) pride and will continue to do so Chase or not, but WTF is going on over there?
Not, I suppose, what one wants to hear from the fan base, but it’s honest: We believe in you, we like you, we're still pulling for you to win, but we just don’t understand WTH you are doing.
But Dear Dale...Punkin'? Sweetie?
If you insist on having “Rusty Wallace moments”, could you at least have un-blonde ones?
Dear Fox,
Please excuse Dale Jr. from 0 through 3rd period interviews. He’s a zombie before 11 am and it shows. “Cheeseburger”? Then again, this may have been more revealing of Dale’s true nature than any interview we’ve seen in the last year. *chuckle*
Dear Goodyear:
Your tires still suck! While I do not fully understand NASCAR’s reasoning behind the “softer tire” nonsense (unless they are playing completely into PrimerGrey’s theory that the shorter spoiler/softer tire is to create more cautions which means more advertising space to sell), I understand even less why the tire sidewalls have to blow. Literally.
And the “they're running set-ups that are too aggressive!” whining? STFU! It’s racing morons, what the hell did you expect? Grampa’s golf cart?
E-NOUGH. Goodyear wasn’t all that hot last year either. Monopoly breeds complacency. It’s time to give them some competition, bring another manufacturer in for teams to choose from.
Frustrating day for Elliott. To fall back, claw his way to the front and then get nailed for speeding on pit road? It indeed sucked to be him. Maybe it time to put speedometers back in the cars? Mark did well though, but what the heck happened in the final lap? I was so looking forward to putting at least one of the Brat Pack down. Glad that caution was called before lost too many spots.
Other Than That…
There’s been a bit of family stuff going on this week, and I am determinedly in post-final brain rot. :D
We had an earthquake Sunday morning, a “roller” (rollers are quakes that feel like your on ship, a smooth roll) but nothing major, a 5.6. Stuff got knocked of shelves over the epicenter and I felt is a bit up at my place. But then there was the big 7.4 in Chile today.
Sounds kinda freaky for the Ring of Fire (no, not the Johnny Cash song) folks. Prayers to the families who lost loved ones in Chile.
So…
The Jackson trial is over…what is the media going to use to distract us from real topics now?
I won’t lie. Things are not pleasant within the “Jr. Nation”. The PitStop has begun the “If Dale Jr. Doesn’t Make the Chase” discussions and the carping on the TEC has become very tedious.
Note: Being cable bereft, I missed out on the ESPN interview completely, perhaps the following rant was addressed.
Rant commencing: I’ve been philosophical about everyone having bad years and it's true, everyone does, but it's still fustrating as hell for the fans. I also fully acknowlge as fustrating as it is for us, it is probably ten times more so for Dale. But...Dale Jr. has spoken of “not looking at things race to race, but rather making decisions for the long term well being of the team” but from the fan's perspective, we’re really wishing someone could let us in on those decisions and goals because we’re a little mystified as to how this latest change is helping. The set ups are still bad. Before those tires got cut, Dale was still mired in the back. How is this helping? Why couldn’t Steve Hmiel made Tony Jr. talk with Pete? Why not at the beginning of the year? Why did he have to take over himself while DEI looked for another crew chief, rather than just keep Pete on until they found someone? Are they looking for someone? Who? What are the folks behind the scenes at DEI seeing that the fans are not because we are… well, we feel more than little lost in the dark here and it’s frustrating because we know Dale is a kick ass driver and we hate seeing him get stuck with lousy equipment. I am still hopeful that the Bud Crew can somehow turn this around and make the Chase, but to outsiders, DEI/The 8 Team looks and sounds pretty lost right now and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in a fan base. I still buy race tickets, I still wear my Dale Jr. hat and jersey with (somewhat dented) pride and will continue to do so Chase or not, but WTF is going on over there?
Not, I suppose, what one wants to hear from the fan base, but it’s honest: We believe in you, we like you, we're still pulling for you to win, but we just don’t understand WTH you are doing.
But Dear Dale...Punkin'? Sweetie?
If you insist on having “Rusty Wallace moments”, could you at least have un-blonde ones?
Dear Fox,
Please excuse Dale Jr. from 0 through 3rd period interviews. He’s a zombie before 11 am and it shows. “Cheeseburger”? Then again, this may have been more revealing of Dale’s true nature than any interview we’ve seen in the last year. *chuckle*
Dear Goodyear:
Your tires still suck! While I do not fully understand NASCAR’s reasoning behind the “softer tire” nonsense (unless they are playing completely into PrimerGrey’s theory that the shorter spoiler/softer tire is to create more cautions which means more advertising space to sell), I understand even less why the tire sidewalls have to blow. Literally.
And the “they're running set-ups that are too aggressive!” whining? STFU! It’s racing morons, what the hell did you expect? Grampa’s golf cart?
E-NOUGH. Goodyear wasn’t all that hot last year either. Monopoly breeds complacency. It’s time to give them some competition, bring another manufacturer in for teams to choose from.
Frustrating day for Elliott. To fall back, claw his way to the front and then get nailed for speeding on pit road? It indeed sucked to be him. Maybe it time to put speedometers back in the cars? Mark did well though, but what the heck happened in the final lap? I was so looking forward to putting at least one of the Brat Pack down. Glad that caution was called before lost too many spots.
Other Than That…
There’s been a bit of family stuff going on this week, and I am determinedly in post-final brain rot. :D
We had an earthquake Sunday morning, a “roller” (rollers are quakes that feel like your on ship, a smooth roll) but nothing major, a 5.6. Stuff got knocked of shelves over the epicenter and I felt is a bit up at my place. But then there was the big 7.4 in Chile today.
Sounds kinda freaky for the Ring of Fire (no, not the Johnny Cash song) folks. Prayers to the families who lost loved ones in Chile.
So…
The Jackson trial is over…what is the media going to use to distract us from real topics now?
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