Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Honda Takes Pole Position at San Marino!

I guess Honda is back at Formula 1. Button took the pole position in his BAR Honda, Ferrari no. 2, Williams BMW no. 3. Wow! This is really something.

And Ricky Rudd is on the pole at Talladega.

But DEI is out in front as usual...Waltrip and Jr are 1 2, right now.

Got the race on tape - don't ruin it for me.

Which one?

The ending at Talladega sucks...

i guess that all depends on who you are a fan of??

bigjohn

Races should not end under caution. There were 4 laps of racing left, Gordon would not have won if the race finished under green. You know that as well as I do. Did he have a storng car? Yes. Were the 2 DEI cars stronger? Yes, as usual, DEI's Restrictor Plate program is the best there has ever been. Jr was about a tenth of a second from going around him before the caution dropped anyway.

Anyways, its over...

so tell me how you REALLY feel!!

there are several aspects to the rules that i dont like.. ending a race under caution, STUPID.. and the new rule of no racing to the flag on cautions.. STUPID.

but bottomline is that it was pretty $hitty for those people to treat gordon like he didnt 'earn' the victory. he was in the right position, at the right time, and its not his fault the rules are the way they are..

its not the first, or the last time, that the best car on the track did not win the race. but thats just how it goes. i dont necessarily like gordon, but i dont hate him either.. he is an awesome driver, and he deserves more respect than what he was shown..

gordon has soooo many haters cause he has spent the last 7 years kickin' everybody elses a$$.. i guess its just more fun to hate a guy for being good, than to like him??

just my opinions..

bigjohn

1. No idea who "could have won" but it probably would not have been Jr., his car was not good on the restarts.

2. The "fans" started throwing cans on the track as soon as NASCAR announced that Gordon was ahead of Jr. it only got worse when Gordon won.

3. I hated the way the race ended but I don't think NASCAR had any real options, besides they bent the rules for Jr. last year (as he himself noted) so what goes around comes around.

4. Gordon showed a lot of class by going back and doing a burnout in front of the beer can throwing "fans".

5. In my book those people are as far as you can get from real race fans, no class at all. Cars bearing a number 24 on them in the parking lot were also a target of these beer damaged morons.


As for F1, Button did a great job and MS proved that he is still in his own league. What on earth is wrong with Rubins???????

Did I say anything disrespectful towards Gordon?

Just my opinions,
-too many full-course cautions in NASCAR and American racing in general.
-too many cars on the track for NASCAR.
-too many rules in NASCAR.
-Rubens is too conservative during qualifying and on the opening laps of the race.
-he isn't quite as good as the top drivers?