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As an ex-driver, when the guy is actually ahead of you and making the power to stay there and blocks, yup, that's racing....

But when the guy spins the tires on the restart, then drops down in front of a car that's going much faster then he is and runs him down on the apron still blocking..... That's racing too....but it leads to paybacks. Not saying any of it's right or wrong, just that I don't think it's right to make up for spinning the tires on the restart by running the guy behind you down to the apron.

I guess if Joey wants to play big boy games, then he'd better be ready to take big boy paybacks. So far it's been pretty much all one way with Joey, he's been giving a lot more then receiving and I would expect that is going to change now! Not just with Smoke, but I doubt Denny Hamlin is real pleased with him right now, either. I did get a kick out of Kyle Busch laughing at the way both Joey and Denny took each other out on the last lap and gave him the win!!!! I don't think Smoke is going to be the worst nightmare showing up in Joey's mirror as the season progresses!!!!!

My final thought, reporter's who stick a camera and microphone in front of a driver right after an incident should be beaten to a pulp!!!! The emotions are too high and the adrenalin is still pumping too much, and a driver is going to say things that are inappropriate. But then I guess that gives the TV know-it-all's something to talk about all week and try to get some "drama" going by trying to make an issue out of a non-issue.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

As an ex-driver, when the guy is actually ahead of you and making the power to stay there and blocks, yup, that's racing....

Dave, who'd you used to drive for?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Dave, who'd you used to drive for?

A long and distinguished list over the years!!!! Mostly sprint cars, some late models and modifides.., then later on a bunch of drag racing, owned most of the drag stuff myself, with the exception being some I drove for Pat Ryan, Bobby Mize, and a few others...

We'll have to get together sometime this summer and see who knows who, still know a bunch of folks involved in racing it's just that they're all a bunch of old farts now!!!!!! Would be fun to spend some time visiting down that way, maybe one of the NASCAR races at the big track east of Des Moines????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

A long and distinguished list over the years!!!! Mostly sprint cars, some late models and modifides.., then later on a bunch of drag racing, owned most of the drag stuff myself, with the exception being some I drove for Pat Ryan, Bobby Mize, and a few others...

We'll have to get together sometime this summer and see who knows who, still know a bunch of folks involved in racing it's just that they're all a bunch of old farts now!!!!!! Would be fun to spend some time visiting down that way, maybe one of the NASCAR races at the big track east of Des Moines????

Sounds good Dave! Sprint cars are pretty big around here thanks to Knoxville Raceway. The Newton Speedway is the race track that has some nascar races around here. Hopefully they can keep it here. It's been packed every race, so we shall see.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Sounds good Dave! Sprint cars are pretty big around here thanks to Knoxville Raceway. The Newton Speedway is the race track that has some nascar races around here. Hopefully they can keep it here. It's been packed every race, so we shall see.

Well, Rusty Wallace is still involved in the track, I think it'll be around! Have to check the schedule for the summer and see when it might work to come down there this year! Good racing whenever the trucks or Nationwide cars are there!

As for Knoxville, it's true that the big board fence in turn 1 and 2 is just as solid as any concrete wall!!!!