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Vivian
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    10/30/09 at 12:46 PM
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Hope everyone will remember (especially the drivers) that it is not the track or the car that causes the "big one" at 'Dega; but it is caused by the drivers and what they choose to do while racing around the track.  I look forward to the fast, close and exciting action around the track.  I do not look forward to the bump drafting, the blocking, the "I want that spot" mentality and hearing so many of the wimpy drivers blaming accidents on everyone and everything but themselves.

Here is wishing for a safe and happy ending (anyone winning other than JJ) to the last of the best racing of the year.

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ginridge
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    11/09/09 at 05:25 PM
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Worst Dega race I've ever attended.  (Except for spring 97 when it was rained out both Sunday and Monday, and I guess that wasn't really a race.)
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    11/09/09 at 05:52 PM
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So, it wasn't just that TV wasn't showing us the racing that was happening behind the top 12?  In a way that's a relief.  But it's also sad to think the racing is as dull in person as it looks on TV.

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96wcchamp
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    11/10/09 at 04:47 AM
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Ed Hinton wrote a very interesting piece on the boring racing at Dega.  If what he says is true, it sounds like the drivers staged a little protest against NASCAR, after being told "NOT" to bump-draft.  It's too bad the fans were the ones that lost out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4618817&name=hinton_ed

CaliforniaGirl
Registered: 10/21/04
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    11/10/09 at 05:54 AM
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Oh I dont know Melinda, if the "protest" got nascraps attention I'd be willing to give up some of that racingtainment  for a voice from the drivers.


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