The Hendrick Racing Advantage

Is it legal? Illegal? Conspiratory? They've obviously latched on to
something...or someone...or both.




Semper Fidelis

scottb58@wmconnect.com.net (scott b) wrote in
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> Is it legal? Illegal? Conspiratory? They've obviously latched on to
> something...or someone...or both.

It's just their turn at the top.

Every team has surges. The 8 team had it at the beginning of the season
earning 3 wins, now it's the 24 and 48, sharing 5(?) wins. It's the nature
of the beast we call NASCAR. In the next couple of weeks it could be Roush
winning everything.

As for Gordon, the next few weeks will tell if they're "back" or not. It
seems Gordon and crew perform like the days of old for a few weeks, get a
couple of wins, and then stumble for a bit.

<cue Rappy telling me I'm f'ing nuts and that I'm living in an f'ing
fantasy world>


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Wheeler

scott b wrote:

> -Mike- writes:
>
>
>>How is the Hendrick stable running any differently than before?
>
>
> 4 straight poles and 2 wins in the last 4 races? If Jr. put up those numbers
> this place would be screaming conspiracy.
>
>
>
>
> Semper Fidelis

Exactly. Go back a few more race, four wins in the last six for
Hendrick! Not to mention Jr should have won Bristol and Martinsville.
Imagine if he had five wins at this point, all the haters in here would
be whining conspiracy..

Shock

Wheeler wrote:

> scottb58@wmconnect.com.net (scott b) wrote in
> news:20040711000804.11581.00001353@mb-m11.wmconnect.com:
>
>
>>Is it legal? Illegal? Conspiratory? They've obviously latched on to
>>something...or someone...or both.
>
>
> It's just their turn at the top.
>
> Every team has surges. The 8 team had it at the beginning of the season
> earning 3 wins, now it's the 24 and 48, sharing 5(?) wins. It's the nature
> of the beast we call NASCAR. In the next couple of weeks it could be Roush
> winning everything.
>
> As for Gordon, the next few weeks will tell if they're "back" or not. It
> seems Gordon and crew perform like the days of old for a few weeks, get a
> couple of wins, and then stumble for a bit.
>
> <cue Rappy telling me I'm f'ing nuts and that I'm living in an f'ing
> fantasy world>
>
>
> -----
> Wheeler

Personally, I'd ignore the cue, lol.

Shock

"Shock" <no@way.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Marlow wrote:

I think all the guys know they
> are doing something, just nobody knows what it is.
>
> Shock


Even the crew chiefs admit it. All crew chiefs do really. They say it is
their jobs to find an advantage that is not in the rule book. Johnson's
crew chief even said he would like to know how many new rules were made for
him.

Sean

"Shock" <no@way.com> wrote in message
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>
> Are you really serious? At the start of this year they were typical
> Hendrick, running great and taking names. Now they are utterly too
> dominant, even in the BGN series with Kyle Busch who runs next to
> perfect weekly. They have won four of the last six cup races and three
> of the last eight busch races. There dominance came out of nowhere and
> it is obviously an unfair advantage. As I have said before I hesitate
> to call it illegal, because it isn't illegal if you don't get caught.
> It is obvious that their cars have started running a lot better, bad
> thing is there were already one of the most complete teams. Search the
> web a little, several racers have been quoted as saying their cars just
> look different running around the track. I think all the guys know they
> are doing something, just nobody knows what it is.
>
> Shock

Yeah, I'm about as serious as I ever get over this stuff. Like I said -

- how is the 48 car running any differently than it has since they put that
team together?
- how is the 24 car running any differently than you'd expect that car to
run? Gordon strings a couple of wins together and it's something big?
Hell, you haven't been watching long have you?
- how is the 25 car running any differently than it has all year long?
- how is the 5 car running any differently than it has for years?
- finally, people on and off the track have always said there is something
different about the way those Hendrick cars run. Of course they said that
about the Roush cars for a while, the Yates cars, the Childress cars, the
DEI cars... guess it must be true, huh?


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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@sprintmail.com

"scott b" <scottb58@wmconnect.com.net> wrote in message
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> -Mike- writes:
>
> >How is the Hendrick stable running any differently than before?
>
> 4 straight poles and 2 wins in the last 4 races? If Jr. put up those
numbers
> this place would be screaming conspiracy.
>

Yeahbut the clothesline gang's opinion really doesn't prove much. What's
more suspicious is Gordon only logging 2 wins in a row.
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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@sprintmail.com