Robby Gordon Complains About Past Champions Provisional

[TC]

Nascar......Watching people make left hand turns really fast, while some over enthusiastic announcer tries to make it sound exciting........

[fast Ed]

Guess the whole field is going to a backup car on lap 2...

That caused a chuckle ...


cheers
Ed

[Wally]

I really want to like Robby but danmed if he doesn't have something to complain about every time he opens his mouth

[Brian Lohnes]

Going from "hazard" to not winning is a significant upgrade!

[TC]

Danica is so much of a hazard she is ON THE POLE for the Nationwide race.

Being on the pole and winning are to different things.....I bet she doesn't even make the top 10...........

[SpiderGearsMan]

forgot about 96 , thought gordon won them all

[Turbo Regal]

#7-Robby Gordon, who had to drive his way into the Daytona 500, is not a fan of the past champion's exemption, and he singled out Terry Labonte. "I think that should be based if you were with that team when you win the championship, not just because you win a championship, because that takes a spot from teams that are working really hard to get in the Daytona 500," Gordon said. "Rules are rules and we made it fair and square by being fast enough. I'm proud of my team and I'm proud to be in the Daytona 500." Labonte, who ran only 12 laps in the first duel because of a vibration, does not have a backup car and did not want to jeopardize his chances of running Sunday, so he retired early. That's a luxury Gordon didn't have. "Obviously I've got a lot of respect for Terry," Gordon said. "This is not a Terry Labonte thing. There are only eight cars that make the Daytona 500. He takes one of those spots. Now seven guys make the Daytona 500. Four make it in qualifying races, three make it on speed. It's just not right. Why take a free ride when the rest of us have to bust our butts to get into the 500?"(Daytona Beach News Journal)
AND Labonte's side of the story, though, was simple: he was simply taking advantage of the rules in place. With the #32 FAS Lane team he drove for without the money to buy a backup car, crashing in the Duels meant starting in Sunday's Daytona 500 would be impossible. "That's the only car we got," he explained. "That wreck was right in front of us, there, and we just couldn't take a chance on wrecking it. I think we practiced enough [Wednesday], in a pack, and what little we did today, the car's really good but we just couldn't risk it."

More France family inanity. Brian (Fredo) France was born on 3rd base and claims he hit a triple.

[Caustic Frog]

Danica is so much of a hazard she is ON THE POLE for the Nationwide race.

Guess the whole field is going to a backup car on lap 2...

[Brian Lohnes]

Danica is so much of a hazard she is ON THE POLE for the Nationwide race.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Yeah, I don't think the past champion's provisional is fair with so few spots to fill. I also think it sucks that Joe Nemechek, Mr. Start-and-Park himself is in the show. How many laps do you think he's going to do before he pulls it in and collects his check? That's not racing. They ought to make last place pay $1, and make those guys race for it. Michael Waltrip and Kenny Wallace would at least go racing and try to win the thing.

That wreck wasn't Danica's fault. Aric Almarola ran into the guy in front of him, knocked him sideways, and they both came flying down into Danica. He's a menace, caused a lot of wrecks.

aric aldimeola

nascar's fault for going back to the death pack

[SpiderGearsMan]

Spidey, did you see the Kenny Wallace show on Speed last night? It was weird. The guy looks like a skeleton and he spent a bunch of time explaining why he drove for crap ass teams the last few years. It was a strange show.

damn , missed it

[Grumpy]

Ya rocks right into the wall!!!!.........

She's a hazard, shouldn't even be there.........I agree with Robby on the free ride..........

For starters the wreck wasn't her fault and if you'll watch her interview after the race she wasn't whinning, bitchin or pointing fingers like many of the sports has been drivers would have been doing. Another thing is NASCAR needs her, their ratings will be up with her in the field, you can bet on that.

[Cyclone03]

I like the front row locking in on single lap qualifing.
The dual 125's are cool too.
But "locking in the top 35" is BS the qualifing should be open to all on time and 125 finish.
Position 43 and 44 provisionals only after setting a qaulifing time,that would make top 44,AND crashing out of a 125.

[Silver68RT]

Yeah, I don't think the past champion's provisional is fair with so few spots to fill. I also think it sucks that Joe Nemechek, Mr. Start-and-Park himself is in the show. How many laps do you think he's going to do before he pulls it in and collects his check? That's not racing. They ought to make last place pay $1, and make those guys race for it. Michael Waltrip and Kenny Wallace would at least go racing and try to win the thing.

That wreck wasn't Danica's fault. Aric Almarola ran into the guy in front of him, knocked him sideways, and they both came flying down into Danica. He's a menace, caused a lot of wrecks.

[Caustic Frog]

Terry Labonte won the championship 28 years ago

SPIDEY! c'mon he won it in 1996 too, you're slippin!