Lap 16, caution comes out for debris on the track. Johnson, Earnhart, and several others have fuel concerns. Drivers are able to pit, take tires and fuel. After several laps, Johnson is able to take lead from Stewart. He had been a constant 1 second behind him then began to pull away. Seems odd to me. Kobalt 500 won by the Lowes/Kobalt car. Anyone else think this was manipulated?
2007-03-18 15:22:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Wow all these people seem to think that Johnson was leading the race with fuel to spare when the caution came out. To paraphrase what Knaus told Johnson in front of a national tv audience,' If all our calculations are correct and it goes like it has all day you will run out of fuel on lap 325........no sorry lap 324', I think it was the next lap that the caution came out. Stewart was on the fence, they thought he could make it maybe, but Johnsons team told him he would run out on lap 324. Odd that the caution came out right after that went over the radio isnt it? Of course if your a fan of the 24 and 48, it is not odd at all that is just those guys luck that whenever something controversial happens at the end of the race 9 times out of 10 it helps them. Anyone that watched that race knows Nascar handed Hendricks a caution with a wink and a nod. Stewart rubbing the wall was on Stewart, but without that caution Jimmy would have coasted across the start finish line without fuel, while Stewart would have been coasting to victory lane.
crazycooter and the rest that were off in la la land while the end of the race happened need to get off the high horse on this one. Without the caution Jimmy would have ran out of gas before the end of the race. Debris on the track, funny the other debris cautions they showed them cleaning up the debris on the last one no shots of them cleaning up debris, because it didnt exist.
2007-03-18 17:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Kenneth W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you fix a race? Give someone a unbreakable engine? tires that won't blow? pay the other 42 guys not to spin out and accidently take him out? have a robot pit crew that won't drop a lug nut? radio the leader and order him to allow the driver to make the winning pass?
I do hate debris cautions, but they have always been a part of NASCAR.... it seems that the cautions help Jeff or Jimmie alot because those are 2 teams that are the front of the pack a lot.. Jimmie had the better car for most of the race, he did lead the most laps... and how come whenever someone talks about this, they always fail to mention that Kasey Kahne has won the last 2 races at Charlotte... without a single Lowes sticker on his car?
2007-03-18 18:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mister Heckles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it was another manipulated race, as anyone could see from the way it was early on with johnson outrunning all cars by six seconds and then when he needed it most the caution comes out so he can get the fuel he needs and if you would care to watch close you will see that he must be doing the same thing that waltrip paid a heavy price for the first of the season for doing, because after the last pit stop his car out of all the supposedly equal cars is the fastest thing on the track does anyone think that he is that much better than all the rest in reality. I was a big fan of nascar in the Dale Sr. days but at present with the way they are doing things today was the last one i shall watch.
2007-03-18 16:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by billc4u 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sheeeesh. The whole nascar caution thing has always been bogus. It isn't about who is best but about the show.
Of course it isn't always the guys in the booth who throw the flag: remember when Dale Sr's teammate would conveniently spin whenever he needed to close a gap late in a race? That happened way too often.
Maybe some guys are throwing "debris" out their window now.
What I have never understood is why it takes 5 laps or whatever to pick up a piece of metal. Just pick it up and get back to racing! Oh sorry, I forgot that we need to watch some more commercials. arrrrghhh!
2007-03-18 19:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by Rexxie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK LISTEN i have been watching nascar for a long long time i am a full blooded Dale SR. fan and i like Jr too. As far as the other driver per say Hendrick is cheaters and Brian Vickers saw that that's why he don't race for them no more. Come on please some one has to see it for JJ to win two in a row and for him to get the break at the end of the race when Dale Jr was running in 3rd place come on Jr could have made it to the end on what fuel he had. so if the other drivers couldn't make it pit and fix that oh sorry but the race is over you loose lol. that's racing you have to gamble on fuel mileage.
2007-03-18 19:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Tony C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OMG you actually think stewart hit the wall on porpuse thats such crap if yall think nascar is rigged or wwe of racing just quit watching it yall arent true nascar fans thinkin nascar would do a thing like that newcomers dont let these fools brain wash ur heads yall dont now the dynamics of racing and frankly till ur behind a 850 hp nascar you have no room to talk about whats rigged or not my gawd i dont now y im even answering this absurd question find something else to judge for peets sake i agree with ya on several counts more than likely jimmie would have run out of gas but nascar give a race away like that is absurd they were doing 195 plus man if you was in the car would you wanna run over a piece of dedris cut a tire and take out half the fiels with a handful of laps left they do it for SAFETY ppl obvoisly yall want another incident like sr i sure dont not one my least fave driver cuz hes there to one make money and do what he loves
2007-03-18 17:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by crazy_cooter0101 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is funny how certain drivers benefit from "ghost" debris.It seems when certain cars need tires or gas that someone sees debis on the track and NASCAR throws a caution,just in time to keep certain cars from being lapped or running out of fuel.
That's all I have to say about that.
2007-03-18 16:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have a friend who works at Phoenix International Raceway and everytime pit stops come up, race control always asks everyone to look for debris on the track. Its all about the show!!!!!
2007-03-18 17:24:06 · answer #8 · answered by Joe Phx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no the caution granted was conveniant but JJ still had to pass Tony so maybe nascar did help JJ and others with fuel concerns but JJ still had to get it done on the track which he did by passing stewart for the win
2007-03-18 15:46:43 · answer #9 · answered by Billy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd hate to think it was a "manufactured" caution, but for the Home Depot car to win, a Lowes/Kobalt race... would have been a turd in the punchbowl for Lowes. and johnson WOULD have run out of gas. tony was on the bubble, but looking good. hate to say it, but something smells there.
2007-03-18 15:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by Clay C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋