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Brian "Brainless" France: Don't blame format for JJ's lead

96wcchamp — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:28 GMT

I can't believe Baby Brian believes the crap he says. There are many good comments after the article. Some point out that under the old system Mr. Dominance would only have one championship and would be hanging onto this one by a thread. He "does not" deserve the accolades that Baby Brian and NASCRAP are giving him. It just makes me sick.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=4674819

Points with the OLD SYSTEM

CaliforniaGirl — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:23 GMT

RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 WINNINGS
1 +2 Jimmie Johnson 4996 Leader 35 3 7 15 23 7,143,910
2 -1 Tony Stewart 4983 -13 35 0 4 15 23 6,738,150
3 -1 Jeff Gordon 4940 -56 35 1 1 16 24 6,331,130
4 -- Mark Martin 4635 -361 35 7 5 14 21 5,192,450
5 -- Denny Hamlin 4611 -385 35 1 3 14 19 5,122,160
6 -- Kurt Busch 4593 -403 35 0 2 9 20 4,830,130
7 -- Juan Montoya 4454 -542 35 2 0 7 18 5,170,700
8 -- Greg Biffle 4420 -576 35 0 0 10 16 4,717,410
9 -- Ryan Newman 4353 -643 35 2 0 5 15 4,906,180
10 -- Kyle Busch 4310 -686 35 1 4 9 12 6,050,050
11 -- Kasey Kahne 4276 -720 35 0 2 7 14 5,644,360
12 -- Matt Kenseth 4265 -731 35 1 2 7 12 6,963,620
13 -- Carl Edwards 4252 -744 35 0 0 7 13 5,456,250
14 -- Clint Bowyer 4224 -772 35 0 0 4 16 4,323,610
15 +1 David Reutimann 4103 -893 35 2 1 5 10 4,785,470
16 -1 Brian Vickers 4019 -977 35 6 1 4 13 4,624,520
17 -- Jeff Burton 3847 -1149 35 0 0 4 9 5,185,800
18 -- Marcos Ambrose 3767 -1229 35 0 0 4 7 4,105,420
19 -- Joey Logano* 3700 -1296 35 0 1 3 7 5,258,480
20 -- Casey Mears 3653 -1343 35 0 0 0 4 3,867,540
21 -- Kevin Harvick 3626 -1370 35 0 0 4 8 5,870,290
22 -- Jamie McMurray 3495 -1501 35 0 1 1 5 3,899,230
23 +3 Martin Truex Jr. 3365 -1631 35 3 0 1 5 4,631,120
24 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3343 -1653 35 0 0 2 5 4,007,690
25 -- A.J. Allmendinger 3342 -1654 35 0 0 1 5 3,799,080
26 -2 Elliott Sadler 3310 -1686 35 0 0 1 5 3,746,890
27 -- David Ragan 3191 -1805 35 0 0 0 2 3,608,540
28 -- Reed Sorenson 3104 -1892 35 0 0 0 1 4,539,800
29 +1 Sam Hornish Jr. 3103 -1893 35 0 0 2 7 4,045,300
30 -1 Bobby Labonte 3058 -1938 35 0 0 1 2 4,125,520
31 -- David Stremme 2919 -2077 33 0 0 0 0 4,141,680
32 -- Paul Menard 2894 -2102 35 0 0 0 0 4,266,600
33 -- Michael Waltrip 2761 -2235 33 0 0 0 2 3,370,080
34 -- Robby Gordon 2653 -2343 34 0 0 1 1 3,777,170
35 -- Scott Speed* 2608 -2388 34 0 0 1 1 3,458,750

Tony

Vivian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:21 GMT

http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/Story.asp?S=5001116091811

He is such a good person even if he has a temper and it flares at times.

Dynasty

sally — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:31:56 GMT

So, how escited is everyone out there that JJ is going to 'make history' and win his 4th championship in a row?

Sal

So hubby is in the infield at PIR...

CaliforniaGirl — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:57 GMT

and along comes Arsenio Hall. He is interviewing fans for the Jay Leno Show to be aired Dec. 3rd. LOL I think he was asking questions about Danica coming to nascrap. LOL Leo had his "No toyotas in nascar" Tshrit on too.

Hard to beat those Cailf. boys!

CaliforniaGirl — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:03:13 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS Kevin Harvick AND Ron Hornaday Jr for taking the win AND the championship in the same race!

Alex Tagliani

CaliforniaGirl — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:14:57 GMT

Hope I spelled that right.

Is driving in the Nationwide race this weekend. # 81

Friday the 13th...

Vivian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:04 GMT

Stay safe today, Everyone. Supposed to be an unlucky day...

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CaliforniaGirl — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:49:58 GMT

Too much time on my hands...

Ooooh, Denny!

sally — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:35:56 GMT

JEERS to Jeff Gordon for his confirmed petition to NASCAR to make that mess last week. Note to Jeff: "If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat your candy ass."

CHEERS to a quote from Denny Hamlin, I respect Jeff Gordon. Times are changing, though. Everyones voice should be heard, not just guys that have been here the longest.

I just love reading that Dale quote. fits perfectly, doesn't it?

sal

France to broadcasters

popi46 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:13:20 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas - NASCAR Chairman Brian France says he wants TV broadcasters that work NASCAR events to call the sport like those in other sports do and limit their areas of criticism.

France made the comments in an exclusive interview with the News & Record before Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway.

The sport has been battered by critical comments from TV broadcasters the past two weeks, starting with a roundtable discussion in the News & Record with Larry McReynolds, Jimmy Spencer and Kyle Petty. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston posted a blog entry questioning some of their comments.

Last week, Poston wrote a blog entry criticizing comments made by ABC's broadcasters about the racing at Talladega.

Sunday, France spoke publicly for the first time on the issue.

"Clearly, this is a sport that has a lot of opinions," France said. "Most other sports channel their thoughts and criticisms differently. That is an unusual thing that we have, to have people within the sport openly just criticizing ( NASCAR ) as we go along, but maybe that's something very unique in NASCAR that no other sport has to sort out. We'll sort it out."

France noted that he is not against all forms of criticism.

"We welcome criticism on calls that are made, strategy, policy; that goes with the territory,'' he said. "What we'll ask the commentators to do, they're professionals, and to look at how other professional commentators call other sports. They work with professional networks. They are professionals in their own right. At some point they have to be professionals and that will be that."

France said he did not contact any officials from ABC or ESPN about last weekend's Talladega broadcast. He also noted he did not see the entire race.

France also spoke about other subjects. He defended the level of competition in the sport.

"I think we're getting better and I think it's very good," he said. "I think we've had some great races at like Loudon and even Dover, places that are not known as having our most exciting races but they were.

"I think if you look at it on balance, we're very pleased with the competitive level of things. It's easy to get off track when you look at how good Jimmie Johnson has been, how dominant he's been and sort of forget that there's been lots of hard-fought passing and racing that has gone, but there has. We're quite pleased with it ... finishing up in 2009."

France also discussed the Chase, which is in its sixth season. The Chase has not provided the drama as the first year in 2004 when Kurt Busch beat Johnson by eight points and Jeff Gordon by 16 points.

"No question that we would prefer to have it come down like it did the first year where more than one driver and certainly three or four would really have a shot going down the stretch," France said. "Jimmie Johnson, we could not have forecasted or predicted how dominant he would be.

"He is just incredibly dominant and so you can't change a format because somebody has just been so dominant. You'll go up against your own creditability when you start doing that. So you have to be, I think, measured in how you respond to wanting to get it like everybody else does. But you know, the Super Bowl doesn't always get the two best teams. It doesn't always get the last-minute finish of who is going to win."

Contact Dustin Long at 373-7062 ordustin.long@news-record.com

Copyright 2009 News & Record (Greensboro, NC) All Rights Reserved

I'm bragging, so beware!

sally — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:55:03 GMT

I was notified this weekend that Mouse (the horse) and I are year end champions in the dressage division we showed in this summer! I'm extremely pleased, since we had to out do several professional trainers in the division. In almost 50 years of riding, this is the first time I've ever done anything like this!

Just had to brag a bit to my 'homies'. Or would that be 'car-ies'? It's all horsepower!

Sal

Football & Nascar

Vivian — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:28:10 GMT

Due to weather, I was stuck inside so switched between football, naps and that show at Texas. My 49'ers lost again....

Congratulations to Michael McGee on his million dollar $$$$$$ win. I thought Mike's story was neat when they interviewed him. He did not pick Kurt Busch, per say. He had decided he was going to pick the 7th girl who came out for the car number selection and she was the one who had the #2 car. So that was totally cool that he became rich with #7 and #2....when I did watch the cars going around, I was hoping Kurt would pull it off for the fan. Normally I would not root for him. And to the dismay of some, it would not have really bothered me if Kyle had gotten that tri-fecta for the weekend. Yikes, don't hit me so hard, everyone!!! It's just the record thing...not necessarily the driver.

From what I read on the Daly Planet comments, people were sure tired of ESPN and their JJ obsession. Jerry Punch always shows his favoritism toward JJ, CE and MM, imo...

Tell me what you all think.

Thoughts and Prayers

Vivian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:51:29 GMT

My heart as well as thoughts and prayers go out to all the people effected by that shooting at Ft Hood, TX yesterday and then again today in Orlando, FL. I can never even begin to comprehend what would make people do such horrendous things.

RIP to the ones who were lost.

Texas

Vivian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:50:16 GMT

Anyone gonna watch the show and parade? I think I will just dvr it and do other things and then catch it later if I have time. I know I can catch all the hilites on Nascar Now or Wind Tunnel.

What do all of you plan to do on Sunday?