How in the heck did he do that? Looked like he had jet fuel in his tank.
2007-02-19 02:38:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
If you watch the video, you can see that Kenseth was on his bumper pushing him to the front. Harvick even said during the after race interview that Matt gave him a helluva push. Once again, Kyle Busch screwed the pooch, got too aggressive on the final lap, lost the rear-end going into the turn and took out 10 or 12 cars in the wreck following. I've noticed that this seems to be the standard script for Nascar Races........ everybody minds their business and acts like they have a brain in their head until the last 10 laps or so..... then they want to slam and bang to try to get to the front. If that's the way the races are gonna end..... why not just make it a 5-lap dash and quit wasting the fan's time. They already know HOW it's gonna end.......just not WHO's gonna win the scramble. I think that Nascar should start penalizing the guys that get that aggressive in the final laps. If you cause a wreck by driving like a moron, you should finish last, and everyone else retains their spot at the time of the wreck. With all the cameras and GPS they have available to them, that shouldn't be such a difficult thing.
2007-02-19 03:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by dathinman8 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's the way restrictor racing is, he had cars behind him pushing him, and even though it wasn't that many cars helping, it's just that when you draft, you get a run on the person in front and Harvick had a HUGE run with help from other cars and then Martin sorta bobbled, and Harvick kept that momentum going while trying to "pinch" Martin down the track to slow him down, so Harvick ended up winning, it's hard to believe, but that's the way it goes in Daytona and Talladega, the restrictor-plate tracks
2007-02-19 04:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by samwu09 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Harvick shot up like that for several reasons.
1. Bump draft ROCKETS the front person forward.
2. When he got to kyles side, he gained speed cause of the draft.
3. Martin bobbled repeatedly
I hate it for martin, but it was a great finish and win for harvick.
2007-02-19 10:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by squad9_7 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The # 5 car behind Martin tried to go around him on Martin's right side. If you watch the replay this caused Martin's car to wobble a little bit and he had to back off the gas for a fraction of a second. Those cars are so touchy the car behind them can cause them to lose control. Occasionally two drivers will get in a fight because they know the one behind them knows how to do this. But this was just a case of racing and no dirty deeds were done.
2007-02-19 20:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by Claude P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harvick got a push from 2 cars when Martin didn't have a push at all. And Martin appeared to bobble, which made it look like Harvick was even faster.
2007-02-19 09:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kaotik29 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-16 00:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had the power and the speed and also Mark Martin wobbled which killed his momentum. Plus Harvick was feeding of the side draft from Martin which gave him just enough
2007-02-19 03:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by sexypanty07 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's all about drafting and knowing your car's limits...when you have friends in other cars they help push you so your car can go faster. Harvick just took advantage of a push, and unfortunately it was a push from Martin...
2007-02-19 02:52:03 · answer #8 · answered by hockey_chick44 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
most of the day the drivers who could stay up there were getting a good run coming off the high groove through turns 3 and 4. mark couldn't block everyone and had to protect the bottom. too bad. i like mark martin and wanted him to win if junior couldn't be there.
2007-02-19 02:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by David W 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
look like mark martin bobbled in turn 3 and harvick took advantage of it..or maybe there was alittle puff of wind from the ghost of dale earnhardt....
2007-02-19 02:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by samshel1 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋