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So here's a tough question....


So here's a tough question....  

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Author: paintman   Date: 5/12/2022 8:35:44 PM    Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

Joe, I get what your trying to say. However, it's not like this doesn't happen at the local level. It happens at Grandview every Saturday night. Plus lets not forget guys like Pauch, Danny Johnson and Mowdown have made a living running over the top of other drivers. And don't even get me started on Gary Balough. I'm still a little salty about the time he harponed Ploski into the 4th turn wall at Flemington during the Scaeffer 100. Plus I still remember my family elders telling me stories about Cagle and Pee Wee.


Furthermore to say that this all got started with Earnhardt is just nonsense. I seem to remember Petty and Pearson running over the top of one another all the way through turns 3-4 at Daytona. It's also a well known fact that NASCAR wasn't even on the map until Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough raped each other down the backstretch at Daytona in 1980. I'm also pretty sure Petty didn't win 200 races without running into someone a time or two. How about we also give honorable mention to guys like Bodine, Spencer, Waltrip, and Wallace? 


Wasn't it Waltrip that pulled of the infamous 3 ball in the side pocket move at North Wilkesboro. I seem to recall Waltrip was running 3rd and shoved Bodine into Earnhardt and both of them ended up in the wall, with Waltrip winning the race.


I think this type of racing we are now seeing is more a product of how valuable clean air is on the nose of the car, and the current points format, and the win your in the playoffs rule. We also have to remember that there's alot that goes on out on the track that none of us see during a TV broadcast. Only Joey and Byron know whats really going on.


Diclaimer: I am not a Joey fan. However, I do remember when he first came up to the cup level. Everybody including the jet drier ran over him for the first 5-6 years of his career. Mostly Tony Stewart!


 




 
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