it looked like the darrell waltrip of old. just ride around all day. he didnt race not one person not one. i hear all the stuff about him being the best . he didnt prove anything but being a great sandbagger. thats right i called him a sandbagger not a racer. a racer wants to lead and win not ride all day. a racer wants to prove hes good not ride. hell kyle petty lead a lap. christ . im done reply plz let me hear what you think
2007-10-08 16:00:33 · 34 answers · asked by Scotty B 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
I call that whole debacle riding around for the mostpart...did not see a lot of racing
2007-10-09 04:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is amazing that no matter how Gordon wins someone always find a reason to complain. I guess it is easier to create conspiracy theories and complain about anything and everything to just admit Jeff Gordon is a better driver than your favorite.
Jeff Gordon sat around in the back this time. So? Is there a rule that states he had to do anything different? Leading isn't necessarily the best thing at that track. I think a few drivers have even stated "you are a sitting duck". And sometimes it is better to just sit back and wait..... save your car, tires, and then push it all the way at the end for all your car has.
And did Gordon leave Johnson out to dry? Well, I would say he pushed Johnson for as long as he could then it was a race. Gordon's "job" wasn't to push Johnson to victory. And I am sure had Johnson been pushing Gordon, he would have tried to make the pass for the win at the end as well. And if Gordon had pushed Johnson to victory all you whiners would have said that it was unfair and not racing. So Gordon races even his own teammate at the end and you still whine.
Some of you people are an embarrassment to this sport as fans.
2007-10-10 14:33:49 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Betty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh really hes a sandbagger huh well for your info he has almost 80 wins all time so far he will get more by the time the season is up You cant just go all out at talladega look what happened to mikey that will happen everytime now get off your dead but strap yourseilf in a nascar at talledega with 42 other drivers at 200 miles an hour and lets see how you do cuz i know id suck at it now shut your pie hole and quit knockin Gordon off his pedestal he is the 3rd best in nascar get over it you Jr fan
2007-10-11 02:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by drew d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did a great job of staying out of "The Big one" and kept all the fenders on it, and got the job done. You say he didn't race anybody all day, well he had to race somebody to get from 35th place to first place.
Are you saying he would of been a better racer if he was like Kyle Busch or one of the other unfortunate drivers and raced up front and ended up in the garage at the end of the day?
The only lap that counts is the last lap and that's the lap he led. end of story.
2007-10-09 05:58:16 · answer #4 · answered by scrachy24 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I assume you're thinking of the Darrell Waltrip of the late '90s, not when he was in his prime (and racing hard) fifteen years before. They don't just give away 3 Winston Cup championships, you know!
I'm not a fan of plate racing. There's always a long boring period in the middle, and because the cars are all bunched together, one little mishap takes out half the field. Given the situation, though, I would call Gordon's performance Sunday an example of absolutely brilliant racing. He stayed far enough back to avoid all the wrecks, and rather than "not racing one person" he had to pass EVERYBODY to get to the front, within 15 laps or so. Having drafted behind Johnson all the way up, he took advantage of a push from Blaney, then darted over to steal Stewart's momentum and take the lead, scraping Johnson off in the process. I wouldn't call myself a Jeff Gordon fan, but how anybody could watch that sequence and deny his talent is beyond me.
Although he didn't have to deal with restrictor plates, David Pearson was also known for laying back for most of the race, then charging forward and contesting for the lead in the last few laps. I never heard anybody call him a "sandbagger," though; they called him the Silver Fox, one of the smartest and best drivers ever.
2007-10-08 17:23:30 · answer #5 · answered by napoleon_in_rags 3 · 7⤊ 3⤋
He simply did what a lot of other racers had done successfully in the past. Rick Mears was a huge believer in winning a race go as slow as he could. As to those upfront-all-day chargers, I noticed more than 1 of them blew their engines. Waltrip blew a tire; is it because he raced too hard? Not sure, but it could be. When the big one came (which wasn't so big) Gordon and others had plenty of time to drive around it.
I think he ran a pretty smart race and it was one hell of a move he made to get around Johnson
2007-10-09 04:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by regizzy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That was a brilliant race strategy. The great ones (David Pearson for example) realize that in order to win the race you have to be there at the end of it. There were too many unknowns with the COT being used on a super speedway. They had a plan and executed it to perfection. They knew they could go to the front anytime they wanted to so why run in the pack and get caught up in someone else's mess? Like Jeff said in an interview after the race, "If we had started up front we would have tried to run there all day but it wasn't worth it to try and get through all the traffic early on."
2007-10-09 04:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by Tregosteevo 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The strategy used was smart.Since this was the first COT race on a superspeedway and nobody knew for sure how the car would react Gordon and his crew chief planned a slow run.
Once the feeling of the car got to him and they learned the car and track and how it would maneuver then he started to move.
So was he sand bagging,yes.
Was he learning the car,yes?
If this style continues at the next 2 or 3 events then by all means call it what it is,sandbagging.But until then call it strategy.
As for D.W. he did his share of sand bagging but considering the teams he drove for then sandbagging was the best he could do.But also he did get a lot of tip in the room of doom after races for going fro 35 or 36 spot and winning.
Gordon is by far on of the top drivers today and his ability to read the track and his ability as a driver makes him this good.
GO JOE GIBBS RACING
2007-10-09 01:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by blakree 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
He lead the lap that counted. With all the unknowns this year i believe that was pretty smart. I would have liked to see him up front the rest of the race but the win is all that matters in the end. It sure beats him leading all day and then blowing an engine or getting caught in a wreck only to finish 35th or worse.
2007-10-09 05:42:59 · answer #9 · answered by kevo 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This was the first race with the COT at a restrictor plate track, yeah he stayed in the back and slowly worked his way up and stayed out of trouble...He was smart, he knew he only had to lead the last lap, thats the lap that counts....I think the next COT/restrictor plate race will be different we will see more racing,I got alittle tired of that single file crap, but atleast at the end everyone raced......I'm not a Gordon fan, but he knew how to get it done...
2007-10-09 05:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by Go Team Penske 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter how you win. Gordon didn't do anything new or unusual, but he did make it work. Dale Jarrett is the king of riding around out back and driving to the front at the end. People forget he won the Talladega race the same way a few years ago. Not a Gordon fan at all, but I really don't understand the b.s. some people are giving him. At least he wasn't handed a win under caution.
2007-10-09 01:34:31 · answer #11 · answered by Jay 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋