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Midnight Flyer
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Location: Livin' large in the Ozark mountains of western Arkansas
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: Any Dale Jr. fans here? |
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| :D I don't keep up with NASCAR that much ever since Dale Sr. left us. Was just wondering if anyone thinks Dale Jr. will ever be able to fill his dad's shoes? :rock: |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| never be able to fill the old man's shoes |
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Hat Rak
Joined: 02 Apr 2006
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Location: Nashvegas, Tenn
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard Childress is willing to buy 51% of DEI out from underneath Theresa. Dale and the other 2 DEI teams need him. |
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mike3fan
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Dale was Dale and Jr is Jr thats good enough for me |
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Jackrabbit379
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Wichita Falls,Tx
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| I like him, I reckon, but he aint a patch on his dad's shirt. |
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Blacksheep
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: On the edge of insanity.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Any Dale Jr. fans here? |
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Midnight Flyer wrote: :D I don't keep up with NASCAR that much ever since Dale Sr. left us. Was just wondering if anyone thinks Dale Jr. will ever be able to fill his dad's shoes? :rock:
How many cups does he have ? 3 X 8 = 24 :lol: |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Jackrabbit379 wrote: I like him, I reckon, but he aint a patch on his dad's shirt.
I wonder where it said he had to be? |
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Jackrabbit379
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Wichita Falls,Tx
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I would. Wouldnt you? I do my best to follow my dad's footsteps, but not everyone's like me. :lol: |
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Mr. Ford95
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Junior will never live up to Senior. Junior is fine with that and has said he would rather people ask if we will ever see another one of him on the track. He wants people to stop trying to compare him to his dad and wanting him to live up to that legacy, he wants his own legacy to be remembered by. He will not drive like his dad, unafraid to put the chrome horn to you and start crap with other drivers. He wants to race you clean and be friends, by that, you'd swear he is a young Jeff Gordon. |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Hope this doesn't sound Morbid but if it wasn't for Dale's Death there might have been 2 drivers killed Sunday when they hit the wall. |
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heavenbound
Joined: 27 Mar 2002
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Location: humble, texas
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: Hope this doesn't sound Morbid but if it wasn't for Dale's Death there might have been 2 drivers killed Sunday when they hit the wall.
No lie, cause David hit hard, very hard. |
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Mr. Ford95
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Marlin's didn't look bad until you realized he was doing 190 mph when that car hooked dead right into the wall. He couldn't even prepare for it because he was nice and relaxed since he was going down the backstretch.
Been a few that have survived since 2001 yoop. Remember Jeff Gordon at Pocono last year?? The hit reminded me on Jerry Nadeau's career ending crash at Richmond. Martin last year at Lowes in the fall race, yeah he missed the SAFER wall but he still had the HANS on and a car that would crush easier than those circa 2001. Junior had that scary looking crash at California a few years ago where he bruised the heck out of his ankle. Kyle Petty at Bristol around the same time recorded the highest ever g-force(at the time it was the highest because the black boxes had just been installed on all cars.) Looked like a normal, back'er into the fence deal going into Turn 1. Recorded G's told different, 180 some odd G's and Petty said he felt it. He was sore for a few weeks after that one though it looked like a soft hit. |
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yoopr
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They said that Reutimann had one of the hardest, if not the hardest hits, there have been.
Dale Sr. had a Angle hit on the Wall-Reutimann just flat out hit it square.
Combination of HANS and new walls saved his butt. |
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thebaldeagle655
Joined: 27 Dec 2006
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Location: Wichita Falls, Tx
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Reutimann hit the wall with a G-Force equal to 17000 lbs. This information was from the seat manufacturer, sorry can't remember his name, on one of the Sirius channel reporters. Would have killed anyone without the equipment they run today. Dale Sr.'s unfortunate death has undoubtedly saved many lives in not only NASCAR but other forms of racing as well.
Now to the original question, ony time will tell just how good Jr. is. So far he has proven to be a high caliber driver but without equipment to keep him going he can not progress. Maye he does need to leave DEI and either go his own way or join up with Childress.
Could there be a "3" on the track again?
1. Richard Childress stated that the ONLY way he would allow the 3 car to be raced as a "3" would be with an Earnhardt driving it.
2. Jr. last year stated he would love to run the "3", BUT only after he had already won a championship elsewhere.
3. Robin Pemberton when asked stated that yes, the "3" number was the property of NASCAR and "could" be reassigned but that NASCAR officials had discussed this possibility, the "3" would NOT be retired, but not reissued to another team, RCR will be allowed to keep the number and use if if and when they feel like it.
SO ---- Maybe not next year but we may see Jr. in a 3 before long. Probably running around in the back with Kenny Schrader and Michael Waltrip :) |
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Mr. Ford95
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Actually RCR still owns the rights to the number 3, another team would have to buy the rights to that number. Once Nascar issue's you a number, it's yours as long as you want it. They will not take it from you. This has been discussed many times about whether DEI would get the number. They would simply have to buy it from RCR who is unwillingly to give it up.
The Reutimann hit was actually less of an impact than Dale's, per NASCAR. They would not state what it was, but they said it was only half of Dale's. Either way, it was still a hard a$$ hit that hurt just watching it. |
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