I'm a Jr. fan but I do think he's having some off seasons. I was hoping Mark would finally win a championship but 2nd ain't bad. It just that he's been so close so many times!
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, A. Jones <ajones@intrtek.
From: A. Jones <ajones@intrtek.
Subject: [NASCAR-Group] Hendrick used Mark and Dale Jr as test teams
To: nascar-group@
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 10:12 AM
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:04 -0000, "brickyardnut" wrote:
>Knowing the way Jr usually drives...... good but "hard". I can see him blowing an engine.
>But an experienced driver like Mark? Just a thought/theory but it just seems odd the 48 had no trouble . Those two engine failures could have cost Mark the championship .
In retrospect, I would say it indeed did. JJ had the one DNF and Mark
had two but, all other things being equal, the blown engines were the
killer for Mark. MM finished 141 points back. Homestead could have
been a very different race.
>I'm a Jr fan as well and do admit he's got issues that he's had to deal with the past two years , but I believe he'll overcome that.
What issues am I missing. I know he didn't get along with stepmom and
cuzz Eury. Forgive me but has there been anything else?
>actually I would like to see him on his own. Owner/driver so-to-speak, If it falls apart....he would have learned a lot!
>Got a funny feeling it would work though.
Jr needs a Chad Knaus. He's not capable of being his own crew chief
like JG and MM can do to some extent. It has been driver error, bad
luck, and not all Lance McGrew's fault. Things will get better next
year, but I don't think Jr will win a championship without a Knaus
caliber CC.
>--- In NASCAR-Group@ yahoogroups. com, A. Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hendrick is using Mark and Dale Jr as test teams? That's interesting.
>> Jr finished 25th in points, but Martin finished 2nd, ahead of JG. I
>> dunno, I guess MM could have overcome such and Jr just had other bad
>> luck of his own doing. Still, that's an interesting assertion.
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:38:10 -0000, "brickyardnut"
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Are all his motors equal ? I just hafta wonder sometimes.
>> >Not one engine failure this year for Jimmy ,or Jeff.... but the others had them. 2 engine failures for Mark and Jr had 3 of his own.
>> >
>> >And I'd have to see the amount of damage on the #5 car for the races he didn't finish to make a judgment , but without seeing them...
>> >
>> >I'd almost bet that there wasn't the type of help for him that Jimmy got. I know it was early in the season so I can't remember to good , but at Talladega he got knocked out real early in the race.
>> >
>> >wonder if they even tried to get him back out.
>> >(re-hashing the season) I'm sure they'll look at those points that could've made the difference!
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