This is no way to end a race.

The fans chose a poor way of showing their displeasure - but the reason for
it is obvious. There HAS to be a better way to finish races like this.
NOBODY can really be happy with that finish, after a day of exciting and
competitive racing - the finish order is decided by freezing the field...
a technique that is far from being mastered. From the looks that I saw, I'd
have guessed that Jr was in front when the yellow lights came on - but
apparently I am wrong.

The people throwing the cans onto the tracks are a bunch of morons, but
still the reason behind it is very legitimate. At the very least, Nascar
needs to consider using the "green-white-checkers" rule like the trucks. To
end a race this way is bad for the fans, the drivers, the sponsors, and most
of all NASCAR as a whole.

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EGK <me@privacy.net> wrote in
news:mk2t80h66udo0k5mekhb8hrh6dtn5g6pnt@4ax.com:

> On 27 Apr 2004 16:26:15 GMT, "Ms.Goodwrench"
> <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>EGK <me@privacy.net> wrote in
>>news:1cms80t3upn571dn5lkbum9rqse1gue98d@4ax.co m:
>>
>>> On 27 Apr 2004 12:46:34 GMT, "Ms.Goodwrench"
>>> <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Carey Akin" <cmakin@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
>>>>news:85ejc.47452$um3.935281@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>>>
>>>>> I still stand by my statement. I don't care whose fans they were.
>>>>> The behavior should never be allowed at any racing venue. At
>>>>> local tracks, no matter how heated the racing, the folks in the
>>>>> stands seem to understand and are mature enough not to carry on
>>>>> like that. Those folks are not fans by any measure.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sure they are. They were showing their immediate displeasure the
>>>>only way they knew how.
>>>
>>> I haven't seen anyone mention it but Gordon's in-your-face spinouts
>>> in front of the grandstands sure didn't help calm things down. He
>>> even admitted that's what it was and all it did was egg on more
>>> fans to throw stuff at the track and at him.
>>>
>>> I don't blame Gordon for it but it sure wasn't the smart thing to
>>> do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>I thought it was kinda cool :-)
>
> Well, you thought the throwing stuff was kinda cool too so no surprise
> there.
>
>



Where did I say throwing stuff was cool?

On 27 Apr 2004 16:54:20 GMT, "Ms.Goodwrench" <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>EGK <me@privacy.net> wrote in

>>>I thought it was kinda cool :-)
>>
>> Well, you thought the throwing stuff was kinda cool too so no surprise
>> there.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>Where did I say throwing stuff was cool?
>

Oh, I see. You can understand it and defend it without finding it cool.
gotcha.


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"Ms.Goodwrench" <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94D87EC548258msgoodwrench29@130.133.1.4...

>
>
> True... but it sent a message to NASCAR.
>
That their fans live in the Primate House?

Carey in Manvel

EGK wrote:

> On 27 Apr 2004 16:54:20 GMT, "Ms.Goodwrench"
> <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>EGK <me@privacy.net> wrote in
>
>>>>I thought it was kinda cool :-)
>>>
>>> Well, you thought the throwing stuff was kinda cool too so no
>>> surprise there.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Where did I say throwing stuff was cool?
>>
>
> Oh, I see. You can understand it and defend it without finding it
> cool. gotcha.


Well, duh.
I can understand and defend the death penalty, but I certainly don't
find it "cool".
There's a big difference between understanding and enjoying.

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"Ms.Goodwrench" <msgoodwrench29DEL@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94D8594786EFBmsgoodwrench29@130.133.1.4...
>
>
> Sure they are. They were showing their immediate displeasure the only
> way they knew how.
>
>
I guess their parents failed to teach them some respect for authority or controlling temper tantrums.

"4-X-Champ" writes:

>I guess their parents failed to teach them some respect for authority or
controlling temper tantrums.

Must be liberal parents.





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