I really have to wonder how so many Nascar fans can be so unknowlegeable about racing outside of Stocks. Some loser is suggesting it was a fixed race because montoya won.
It was as clear as day to me that once he got the set up right he was going to dominate. He is one of the best drivers in the world and hardly any NASCAR fans acknowlege that. Look at it this way he must be talented to get into a sport(F1) where only 22 drivers have race seats(all permanent, none wimp out for particular tracks) and there are way way more drivers trying to get into it as opposed to a few southern state americans trying to get into 60-70 available seats in Stock cars.
I just dont understand how anyone can be shocked that montoya won and if he qualified where he should have(top 5) im sure he would have ran away with the win by a long way. So the question is how do people who call themselves race fans know so little about racing?
2007-06-25 01:41:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Birdy: I dont mean that he would have been favourite to everyone(he was to me) but he had to be among the favourites given his road course experience and i saw on the NASCAR site that 40% of people said him winning was the biggest surprise at sonoma...maybe they are taking his poor qualifying performance into account but if not then i have to question their knowlege of racing. And the fact that he learned to master a stock car around a road course so quickly also speaks volumes about the talent he has that stock fans wont admit he has...
2007-06-25 02:13:35 · update #1
and to those who say he won purely because of pit strategy. He was on the same strategy as many other drivers and still drove a hell of a lot faster than them. He was on a two stopper which meant he was fuelled heavier and therefore the car would have been slower and by the time he was leading he had to slow down to conserve what little fuel he had left. So balancing all that and still winning says to me he was the class of the field. Bad strategy alone didnt leave bobby gordaon 16th
2007-06-25 02:22:14 · update #2
damn typos...robby gordon
2007-06-25 02:22:57 · update #3
Eli Gold predicted that Montoya would win at Infineon on his show last week, as did some other analysts. He had already won the Busch series road course race in Mexico. He is one of the top road racers in NASCAR. Anyone who says it was fixed for him does not know racing and his comments should be ignored. I was not shocked that he won the race, and I have been a NASCAR fan for over 30 years, so not all of us are surprised and I know a lot about NASCAR. Some people are probably prejudiced against foreign racers in NASCAR, but most of us are not.
2007-06-25 03:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont know if I would go as far to call him the favorite but it did not surprise me to see him win. I would not call him the favorite because he is still not used to the 3600lb nascar. He was also abusing the rev-limiter and smoking the crap out of his tires under heavy braking. Those reasons prevented him from being the favorite to me, but that being said it did not surprise that he won, because these kind of tracks are his specialty.
I also have to think if the race would have ended different and he would have had some pressure from someone if he would have over drove the car and allowed them to pass. But it did not work out that way, it worked out perfect for him to get his first win.
So there is why he was not considered the favorite to me... I would have put money on the fact that his engine wouldn't last, and he would abuse the brakes or blow out a tire... good thing I didnt!
2007-06-25 09:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by Birdy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He wasn't the favorite going into Sonoma. He was by some reporters; but Vegas odds and those who report on NASCAR where making Tony Stewart or Robby Gordon the favorite.
JPM Won and I will give him that. He raced hard, his Crew Chief made the right calls; he and his team did what it took to win at Sonoma. I am not suprised and anyone who is suprised; you're right don't know squat about racing outside of NASCAR.
However JPM has won races in just about every major series; but he has failed to win a Championship in a major series. So while you are ranting and raving about the greatness of JPM; he isn't all that great. Compared to Schumie, Alonso, Jeff Gordon, even Tony Stewart; JPM is just a mediocre Driver with flashes of greatness from time to time.
JPM is inconsistent, sloppy, wreckless, and a menace in every series he has raced in. Enjoy this moment because if JPM's history holds true; you will have few and far between moments like this.
2007-06-25 10:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by Gene L 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Robby Gordon was facing near the end....Tony Stewart had the best at the end and would have won if he had been in posistion....Montoya had one of the best cars and put himself in the position to win at the end. I would also like to commend Jeff Gordons Pit strategy....Had Stewart used the same strategy he may have been able to compete for the win at the end.
2007-06-25 10:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by Dean D 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah he won. Good for him. I have no problem with him winning. My problem is how he got it done. It seems since Juan has fenders covering his tires now, he isn't afraid to use them. My problem is that in order to make a pass, he has to beat the side off the other driver's car to do it. He made one clean pass at the end and it just happened to be the pass for the lead. And if you want to know the truth, I believe McMurray gave him ample room to do it because he knew he would get pelted by Montoya if he didn't. He has a LONG way to go to get the handle in NASCAR, and he isn't making any friends along the way. He is a good driver, I'm not disputing that, but he is also arrogant, selfish, and a punk. Fans don't like guys like that. The other drivers don't either.
2007-06-25 09:45:56 · answer #5 · answered by Sir Bobber 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Nothing against J.P.but it is hard for a "good old boy" from the South to get use to new faces in the sport.
Sure he can drive,and he is(by experiance in F1 a super road course driver) but in the world of give and take stock cars he is still learning.
Congrats on the victory and off to Loudain we go.
2007-06-25 08:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your right there are tons of people who think they invented NASCAR here. They don't even have to admit it as soon as they reply to a question or ask one of there hilarious question there mentality is given right then and there.
I kind of get a kick trying to figure out how old they must be. At least 12 or 13 I would say.
2007-06-25 14:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by Ray Y 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all.. Montoya had a decent car, but he was far from dominating the race. Robby Gordon clearly had the best car and would have won if it were not for the fuel strategy.
Montoya won on fuel mileage, simple as that.
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2007-06-25 08:59:21 · answer #8 · answered by McClintock 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Robby Gordon and Kevin Harvick could have won the race. Robby didn't have the gas and Kevin let J.P.M. pass him because his crew chief told him that J.P.M. didn't have the fuel to finnish the race. but i did pick J.P.M. to win the race in my fantasy league.
2007-06-25 13:32:29 · answer #9 · answered by suqualena1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He won because of PIT STRATEGY... the class of the field was Robby Gordon, but he didn't have the right strategy...
I'm not shocked that he won because he is a great road course driver, but he didn't dominate!
2007-06-25 09:12:55 · answer #10 · answered by shaggy 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋