Gibbs Racing found something

With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat until
someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.
Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint in
the corners.
Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what the
Skoal team was doing.

--
JerryD(upstateNY)

"Joe" <joe@anywhere.rr.com> wrote in message
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> With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat
> until someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.
> Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
> They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint
> in the corners.
> Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what
> the Skoal team was doing.
>
>

Gibbs Racing found Tony Stewart.

It was quite a sight when Harry Gant won four in a row towards the end of
his career. Tony Stewart is halfway there now!

I do not care one way or the other about chewing tobbacy but the Skoal
Bandit was one of the best looking cars ever in Winston Cup. Of course that
was back in the era when the cars actually resembled their street
counterparts in profile.

"Joe" <joe@anywhere.rr.com> wrote in message
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> With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat
> until someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.
> Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
> They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint
> in the corners.
> Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what
> the Skoal team was doing.
>
> --
> JerryD(upstateNY)
>
Don't bet too much on it.
Two wins in a row is nothing special anymore in Nextel Cup.
JG won the exact same two races in a row last year.
He won Martinsville and Talladega (two in a row) this year.
Biffle and Johnson have also won bback to back races this year.
This doesn't mean they will be hard to beat either.
Top 5's and 10's in a row will be the real key to the Cup.

"Joe" <joe@anywhere.rr.com> wrote in message
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> With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat
until
> someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.

It's kind of hard to suggest that Gibbs found something when both wins were
on different track types. Road courses share nothing in common with any
other track type and there is nothing one could "find" that works on a road
course and will at the same time threaten ovals. Likewise, plate tracks are
a breed unto themselves.

> Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
> They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint
in
> the corners.
> Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what
the
> Skoal team was doing.
>

On the same kinds of tracks though. Rousch is the one I think everyone
should be looking at for having found something.


--

-Mike-
mmarlow@alltel.net

"Joe" <joe@anywhere.rr.com> wrote in message
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> With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat
until
> someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.
> Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
> They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint
in
> the corners.
> Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what
the
> Skoal team was doing.
>
I don't think they did, other than finding Tony Stewart. I doubt that it
was anything like the rear camber that set the Skoal car apart from all the
rest a few years back. Talladega and Sears Point couldn't be more different
in handling or engine requirements. Remember, Tony has done very well on
the road courses of late, and has been in the hunt at the restrictor plate
races, too.

Carey in Manvel

"4-X-Champ" <drive.for.five@in.2005> wrote in message
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>
> "Joe" <joe@anywhere.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:65iye.5905$0i3.1721@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> > With Tony winning 2 races in a row, I will bet he will be hard to beat
> > until someone else finds out what Joe Gibbs Racing found.
> > Remember when Harry Gant won 4 races in a row one year ?
> > They put camber in the right rear wheel which gave it a better footprint
> > in the corners.
> > Just that little thing made him unbeatable until someone found out what
> > the Skoal team was doing.
> > --
> > JerryD(upstateNY)
> >

I agree with the other responders that road & plate wins are too disimilar
to equate to anything found.
BTW, Jeff Gordon was the last to win 4 inarow in '98 at:
Poco, Indy, WGlen, & Mich. 3 of those are 2mile or more & low-banked
which might indicate something was 'found' by the #24.
CRU

> Don't bet too much on it.
> Two wins in a row is nothing special anymore in Nextel Cup.
> JG won the exact same two races in a row last year.
> He won Martinsville and Talladega (two in a row) this year.
> Biffle and Johnson have also won bback to back races this year.
> This doesn't mean they will be hard to beat either.
> Top 5's and 10's in a row will be the real key to the Cup.
>
>
U may be right about it not being anything special.
Since '91 it has been done 35 times by 14 dif drivers.
TS is the 1st one to do it in '05.
In '04 JG did it twice, Kenseth once, & JJ won 3 inarow.
'03 only once, by JG. '02 thru '00 each 3 times.
CRU

Mike Marlow wrote:

>
> On the same kinds of tracks though. Rousch is the one I think everyone
> should be looking at for having found something.
>
IAWTP.

N.