I wonder if being champeen runner-up five times is some sort of
record? Maybe five times in a row would be a record. LOL
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:20:13 -0800 (PST), Amanda Horton
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>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!
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>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
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>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:04 -0000, "brickyardnut" wrote:
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>>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 .
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>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.
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>>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.
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>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?
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>>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.
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>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.
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>>--- In NASCAR-Group@ yahoogroups. com, A. Jones wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:38:10 -0000, "brickyardnut"
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>>> >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.
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>>> >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...
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>>> >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.
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>>> >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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