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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: redman555 on May 01, 2010, 01:25:57 PM
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Who's your favorite racer? I gotta say Gordon.
-BigBOBCH
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Dale Jarrett but he retired :cry
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Thats easy for me # 11 Denny Hamlin. I use Fedex at work so he is always the choice for me .
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Junior Johnson, Tim Flock and Richard Petty
Now I just root for the Va. drivers mostly.... Burton, Sadler, Hamlin. Favorite driver not from my home state is DaleJr.
Wendell Scott has always been and old favorite of mine too. It was just awesome what that guy could achieve in his time.
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Ricky Bobby
"Help me Jesus! Help me Oprah! Help me Tom Cruise!!!" :rofl
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I have alot of respect for Jimmie Johnson and what he is about to do. Win 5 chapinonships, and then do it 5 times in a row.
But I'm personally a Tony Stewart, Denny Hammlin kinda guy.
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Dale Jarrett but he retired :cry
Same here.
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Ricky Bobby
"Help me Jesus! Help me Oprah! Help me Tom Cruise!!!" :rofl
:lol
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Ever since the chase was introduced NASCAR just does not have the same appeal for me.
The COT, the cars even look more alike aside from the occasional decal.
Hearing the drivers talk "sponsor sponsor blah sponsor sponsor sponsor". The soul has gone out of it, the drivers need to behave
to the point of boredom.
Not looking for an argument, just my 2 cents.
Uptown, where in VA are you?
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Ever since the chase was introduced NASCAR just does not have the same appeal for me.
The COT, the cars even look more alike aside from the occasional decal.
Hearing the drivers talk "sponsor sponsor blah sponsor sponsor sponsor". The soul has gone out of it, the drivers need to behave
to the point of boredom.
Not looking for an argument, just my 2 cents.
Uptown, where in VA are you?
You're spot on. Big money and multi car teams have ruined to sport that I grew up with. I still like it alot, but it's completely different now.
I'm from the Tidewater area. Born in Hampton. I moved away in the late 70s but go back every so often to visit the family.
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Nascar hasn't been the same sense it was Winston Cup, Drivers are groomed on how to act, what to say now, cripes sakes its not Formula one, I'm a diehard Nascar fan for the past 35 years, but the sport is changing and the verdicts still out on if that's for the good, at least this year the Drivers have alittle more freedom to rub and bump
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Jr
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F1 > NASCAR,
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Can any of you guys honestly tell me or anyone else WHY you think Dale Jr is your favorite driver? I mean come on the only reason is because of his name right????
The guy has only made 2 of the Chase for the Cup groups I think and hasn't even been in contention for the championship in either one. By all appearances and from what a few people who know him well enough to say this...he is a whiny butt who doesn't do anything but complain...suffice it to say if I had to pull for a driver and I don't it....Jimmy Johnson.
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NASCAR sucks, but Dick Trickle was the best there ever was.
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NASCAR sucks, but Dick Trickle was the best there ever was.
Dick Trickle was great, he rode the inside perfectly.
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Can any of you guys honestly tell me or anyone else WHY you think Dale Jr is your favorite driver? I mean come on the only reason is because of his name right????
The guy has only made 2 of the Chase for the Cup groups I think and hasn't even been in contention for the championship in either one. By all appearances and from what a few people who know him well enough to say this...he is a whiny butt who doesn't do anything but complain...suffice it to say if I had to pull for a driver and I don't it....Jimmy Johnson.
i was always a sr. fan and after he passed away jr. was the next best thing, and as far as the whinning, jeff gordon is the biggest whiner i have ever seen! not to mention your comment just described 3/4 of the guys in this game!!!! ANDDD...why would u post in a nascar post if you dont like nascar just to slam the people that do? makes no sense...now go away troll!
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...why would u post in a nascar post if you dont like nascar just to slam the people that do? makes no sense...now go away troll!
Here I'll let you borrow this, I have an extra can.
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It's not NASCAR anymore...it's the wannabe squad.
Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Junior Johnson, Benny Parsons, Bill Elliot, Richard Petty...they were NASCAR
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Tony Stewart. :aok
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Captain carl is my fav... Gordon sux junior sux and stewart is a crybaby.
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mark martin
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It's not NASCAR anymore...it's the wannabe squad.
Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Junior Johnson, Benny Parsons, Bill Elliot, Richard Petty...they were NASCAR
C'mon dude you're a sconnie, no love for the Polish victory lap?
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I have a question. Is NASCAR a sport? If so, what constitute it as a sport?
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Who's your favorite racer? I gotta say Gordon.
-BigBOBCH
All of Hendrix, mostly gordon.
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I have a question. Is NASCAR a sport? If so, what constitute it as a sport?
Anything that involves rebel flags and beer is a sport.
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Anything that involves rebel flags and beer is a sport.
Really, wow. lol
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I have a question. Is NASCAR a sport? If so, what constitute it as a sport?
I have a question for you. Do you consider auto racing, of any type, a sport?
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I have a question. Is NASCAR a sport? If so, what constitute it as a sport?
How is it not a sport?
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I have a question for you. Do you consider auto racing, of any type, a sport?
Well, no. But what is a sport by definition?
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I have a question. Is NASCAR a sport? If so, what constitute it as a sport?
chess is a sport. i think anthing where 2 people compete to achieve a common goal is a sport. hell, speed jerking would be a sport if they thought anyone would watch it
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chess is a sport. i think anthing where 2 people compete to achieve a common goal is a sport. hell, speed jerking would be a sport if they thought anyone would watch it
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I've thought Tony Stewart was a total sweetheart since a road race a few years ago. Several times he would "pass" someone by entering a turn way too fast, and ram his car between the inside curb and a guy already established on the line. His impact would provide enough additional turning force so he could make it around the turn, and the guy he rammed would end up in the wall or gravel.
That was bad enough (and nascar officials are too clueless to penalize him for a trick that would get him black flagged in any other league) but after doing this for a few dozen laps, he cut down a tire in a particularly brutal impact and started whining on TV about how he was the victim. On a superspeedway, you don't wedge your car in like that because doing so is a great way to die, and he's not suicidal. But on a course with lower speeds, he has no problem ramming other cars out of the way and whining about it when he pretty much wrecks himself out of the race. What a jerk. He is the ONLY driver I cheer when he gets wrecked... The only one.
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F1 > NASCAR,
Only if you need a longer nap than NASCAR can provide.
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It's not NASCAR anymore...it's the wannabe squad.
Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Junior Johnson, Benny Parsons, Bill Elliot, Richard Petty...they were NASCAR
What he said.
On that note, I go with Kasay Kahne in the #9, since he replaced Bill Elliot. 212.809 mph will never ever be beaten again at Talladega as long as restrictor plates are involved. :rock
Decent (not the best) driver, but seems to be getting better aside from the turmoil that Evernham has been going through. I've been a fan since his first Cup race EVER in which he almost beat Junior at Daytona.
I've gotten his autograph on a few incarnations of his cars over the past few years.
Anxious to see what happens with him at Hendricks.
Jeff Gordon is a good driver that has raced with the old regime and the new and I have a lot of respect for him but he is, without a doubt, a whiner.
Jimmy Johnson is simply a spoiled sweetheartbag. One whom, I may add, would not have half the success he has achieved if he had to make his mark with old school drivers such as the ones mentioned above by Gyrene. I think he would piss himself if he had to deal with to old heads blasting the ole "chrome horn" I think he also has ridden the coattails of, and benefited greatly from the Hendricks/Gordon combination. I honestly do not think he would have achieved as much with another team.
Comparing NASCAR to F1, Indy, or any other motorsports is silly.
F1, Indy, Grand Prix, LeMans are what they are which is a (not to offend NASCAR fans) more "pure" form of racing. Understandably bumping with open-wheel cars is inherently more dangerous. To me at least, NASCAR has always been about drafting, trading paint, pushing the slow guy out of the way, and getting put into the wall by someone if you don't mind your manners on the track.
NASCAR has come a long way from it's roots. Junior Johnson was one of the last of a dying breed. It is a sport created by redneck moonshiners out of the necessity to maintain that weekly adrenaline rush that one was used to getting from delivering 'shine and running from the cops in a VERY fast car designed and created by the driver out of a need to stay one step ahead of the law. Nowadays the cars are far from "stock" as the NASCAR acronym alludes to. There used to be a day when the cars that were being raced were driven to and from the track.
I have hardly watched any NASCAR for the past few years as the rules and cars have changed. Now that a little more "touchy-feeley" is allowed on the track, I have watched more races this year than I have in the past 4 or 5.
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Now that a little more "touchy-feeley" is allowed on the track, I have watched more races this year than I have in the past 4 or 5.
They're trading paint again? :D I might have to start watching again.
Could you imagine some of these new drivers on Daytona or Talledega with Petty, Allison and Waltrip yanking on each other? None of this restrictor plate, illegal suspension tuning nonsense...just let the crew chief build the fastest car the driver can hold on the track...I'd bet quite a few would go back to the dirt tracks or quit.
Talk about racing cars...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67iEwLgaHxM&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67iEwLgaHxM&NR=1)
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I saw a Junior Johnson interview once where he said the fastest car he ever drove was a moonshine car. And this was AFTER he retired from NASCAR. :lol
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I really don't have a favorite driver right now. I'm a Ford fan and they are really behind in the power department the last few years. I used to follow Mark Martin, but when he went to Chevy I lost all respect I had for him. I'll tell you who I absolutely do not root for and that's Junior. He's a spoiled, no talent, rich kid living off his Daddy's name. If his last name was Smith, Jones or anything besides Earnhardt he wouldn't be racing or making commercial endorsements. The one thing he has done that I can give him credit for was leaving DEI and telling his stepmother to KMA.
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Dick Trickle was great, he rode the inside perfectly.
No offense, he was a JERK! I met him years ago at Slinger Super Speedway as a kid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinger_Super_Speedway
He was a total jerk to us kids, wouldn't sign anything and was rude.
Alan Kulwicki on the other hand was cool as poop! he has to be my all time favorite, Matt Kenseth next. Us Yankees have had some good drivers, but never seem to get the same respect or coverage from those southern nascar boys.
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Here's a bucket of AWESOME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8794XvcN4
Neil Bonnett, Bobby Allison, Joe Shear, Mark Martin, Bobby Dotter, Dick Trickle, Alan Kulwicki, Johnny Ziegler and Mark Martin all in the race, I can't help but wonder if I was at this race... Johnny Ziegler was my favorite back then, he never made it to the big time, but was a legend in these parts.
<EDIT> I have to say thank you OP, what a walk down memory lane. Some great moments of my childhood. If only I still had that denim jacket with all the patches of the racers sewed on from back then.
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I've thought Tony Stewart was a total sweetheart since a road race a few years ago. Several times he would "pass" someone by entering a turn way too fast, and ram his car between the inside curb and a guy already established on the line. His impact would provide enough additional turning force so he could make it around the turn, and the guy he rammed would end up in the wall or gravel.
That was bad enough (and nascar officials are too clueless to penalize him for a trick that would get him black flagged in any other league) but after doing this for a few dozen laps, he cut down a tire in a particularly brutal impact and started whining on TV about how he was the victim. On a superspeedway, you don't wedge your car in like that because doing so is a great way to die, and he's not suicidal. But on a course with lower speeds, he has no problem ramming other cars out of the way and whining about it when he pretty much wrecks himself out of the race. What a jerk. He is the ONLY driver I cheer when he gets wrecked... The only one.
BS. What you describe simply doesn't happen in NASCAR. You are either grossly exaggerating the situation or it just didn't happen.
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Who's your favorite racer? I gotta say Gordon.
-BigBOBCH
dale earnhardt.
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BS. What you describe simply doesn't happen in NASCAR. You are either grossly exaggerating the situation or it just didn't happen.
Clueless dolt.
It was one of the road courses that NASCAR does (used to do?) a few years ago, one of the few times I actually marked my calendar to watch the race. I can't remember the track but Steward used the same move at the same right-hand turn corner for a number of passes until he cut down a tire pushing down underneath a driver who was legitimately holding his line.
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wasnt it Sonoma cali?
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Any Terry Labonte fans? I have an autographed insert card of his I'd be willing to part with for the right $.
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When it comes to nascar fans and their favorite driver, they usually have the one they root for. A couple more they like. A few they don't mind seeing winning. And then they have that ONE guy they can't stand! If you ask who your favorite driver is you may get a couple of responses, but ask them who they hate, and you'll get just one!
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Well, being as that the Burton boys are both from my hometown and the Sadlers from not too far away, I usually end up pulling for Jeff nowadays even though Ward was the better driver of the two just didn't have the team behind him like Jeff always did. I've seen many many drivers cut their teeth on the track here, and have heard stories of many others in the past. I've met Wendell Scott on many occasions and that man is hilarious once you get to know him. If we're going to name a certain driver at this time it would have to be between Jeff and Junior, it's a close call. If we're going all time that's a little tougher, when I was a kid I'd probably tell you Harry Gant but there are too many good ones to name.
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Well, being as that the Burton boys are both from my hometown and the Sadlers from not too far away, I usually end up pulling for Jeff nowadays even though Ward was the better driver of the two just didn't have the team behind him like Jeff always did. I've seen many many drivers cut their teeth on the track here, and have heard stories of many others in the past. I've met Wendell Scott on many occasions and that man is hilarious once you get to know him. If we're going to name a certain driver at this time it would have to be between Jeff and Junior, it's a close call. If we're going all time that's a little tougher, when I was a kid I'd probably tell you Harry Gant but there are too many good ones to name.
Wow, just wow...
Haven't heard the name Harry Gant uttered in a long, long, long, long, long time :aok
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Yeah ole Gant and Ricky Rudd :aok
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Anyone mention David Pearson ? The silver fox. Will never forget him and Petty wrecking outa 4 at Daytona going for the checkers.
Any Terry Labonte fans? I have an autographed insert card of his I'd be willing to part with for the right $.
My cousin has worked at Daytona International for over 30 years now. My "collection" of classic Nascar Items is my retirement fund. :D I shutter to even think what some might pay for some of the items I have.
Not that big into the Cup Series anymore myself. Like others here have posted, the glory days of the real sport are in the past. Kinda reminds me of my favorite line from Das Boot "Look at these new heroes, all wind and smoke...big mouths..."
I pull for whoever is in the 43 car. (A.J Almendinger currently) Fell in love with Petty's old Mopar's as a child, and it stuck...
My son, (RMrider in game) and I run a car here in NY, at the Albany/Saratoga Speedway, 4/10th mile paved bull ring and at Devils Bowl in VT. 1/2 mile high banked - being converted to asphalt currently. Those tracks make up the CVRA - Champlain Vally Racing Association. We call em 358 Modified up here. They originated as dirt cars, but all the tracks up here are asphalt or soon to be. We run in the Sportsmen Division. Just way to much cash in the top Division for the type. You know you are in for a rough night when guys are pulling into the track with 2 or more cars in their semi's with Budweiser or Sunoco on the side of the trailer...
Love auto racing, I wish NASCAR could find their roots somehow.
our ride ( last years colors )
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This one is for Bronk. I owe him a mullet shot...
Ole skool days...
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When it comes to nascar fans and their favorite driver, they usually have the one they root for. A couple more they like. A few they don't mind seeing winning. And then they have that ONE guy they can't stand! If you ask who your favorite driver is you may get a couple of responses, but ask them who they hate, and you'll get just one!
The one nicked Shrub in #18. :mad:
Needs more of this but with a size 12 boot. :x
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The one nicked Shrub in #18. :mad:
Needs more of this but with a size 12 boot. :x
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Wow, common ground.
Well, being as that the Burton boys are both from my hometown and the Sadlers from not too far away, I usually end up pulling for Jeff nowadays even though Ward was the better driver of the two just didn't have the team behind him like Jeff always did.
Hard not to like the Burtons. Even though Ward sounds like Foghorn Leghorn to me :D
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MARK MARTIN.
PROBABLY the friendliest driver, and most deserving of a championship ever.
dale earnhardt, as i don't truly believe that there will ever be a driver as talented as he was, that actually is out there for the fun of the race(inaddition to the money)
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This one is for Bronk. I owe him a mullet shot...
Ole skool days...
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Holy crap!
Is that Stroker Ace?
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Awesome stuff Stampf!
Im currently debating whether or not to turn my DE car into a full build...
$$$ :(
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:rofl :rofl :aok :aok I agree with you, but I didn't want to poo poo NASCAR in a NASCAR thread.
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Hard not to like the Burtons. Even though Ward sounds like Foghorn Leghorn to me :D
Lol, yeah and it's just like that in real life. Jeff said in an interview that Ward spent too much time in the woods that's why he doesn't have as bad of an accent. Everyone's around here ranges in between theirs really. Ward is one of the most down to earth and nicest people you will ever meet. He owns land right behind my grandma where his house sits, I hunt all through there and have even hunted on his land with him. A guy I used to work out with was he and Jeff's personal trainer before he moved to Richmond and they're both great guys. Jeff just tends to me a little more, I guess you could say he's more champagne, Ward's more PBR.
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CobraJet
When i was a kid i loved Dale Earnhardt, Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki (R.I.P) but now i like jr and I'm no bandwagan fan like most jr fans i followed his days in asa till now!
Like your nascar room betty.
heres mine
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Here's my NASCAR room:
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CobraJet
When i was a kid i loved Dale Earnhardt, Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki (R.I.P) but now i like jr and I'm no bandwagan fan like most jr fans i followed his days in asa till now!
Like your nascar room betty.
heres mine
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Mmmmm.
Diet Dr. Pepper and Skoal Straight. Breakfast of champions :aok
Who is hiding on the left of the last photo, or is that a life-size cardboard cut-out of Sr. ? :D
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LOL von its the king richard petty :aok
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Clueless dolt.
It was one of the road courses that NASCAR does (used to do?) a few years ago, one of the few times I actually marked my calendar to watch the race. I can't remember the track but Steward used the same move at the same right-hand turn corner for a number of passes until he cut down a tire pushing down underneath a driver who was legitimately holding his line.
Which is different night and day from what was originally said. From reading the previous post he would have you believe that Stewart ran through the pack wrecking people at every turn. The fact that you "marked" down a race that you now can't remember, and that you can't even say with certainty weather or not is still on the schedule shows me how much you know about NASCAR.
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Here's a song for all you racing nuts. Hope you enjoy. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex4yddZL_PQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex4yddZL_PQ)
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Darlington this weekend boys, How many are going home with the Stripe :devil