tell us how you really feel! roflll… i just read todays paper and from all i am reading i think i was wrong in defending the punk…i forgot how important the gibson is to the people in nashville…Keselowski, who won it last year, carried it all over the garage slept with it all the way home on the plane… he was so proud to win that guitar… also someone said that no matter what his intentions are… he was dead wrong. kyle is working his way into some real problems… his sponsors will get tired of his antics.
i know for a fact what an ignorant guy he can be. i really thought he was trying to improve his image… he makes kurt seem like an alter boy…
well i guess that subject will die and something else will come up for us to judge… HOPE SO! hahaha
hey Jim… calm down buddy… hahaha gonna need some prozac… (this weekend Ricky got ALOT of tv coverage! seems like the Craftsman truckers really enjoy what they do… a little different attitude…
words from Bass… “NO! Please don’t (destroy this guitar) Let us give you a prop to destroy”… Kyle has lost the respect of alot of people who were starting to show him some respect. i bet the next intro he will get some really loud boos… take the heat off Jeffy… lol
[SIZE=“4”][QUOTE=carolwicks;27970]tell us how you really feel! roflll…
hey Jim… calm down buddy… hahaha gonna need some prozac…
Carolwicks aka OZ[/QUOTE]
Yea?I hear ya but I can?t help it. Anything to do with Sr is hallowed ground for me.
I recently did 20-laps at Daytona in the Petty Driving Experience. I couldn?t get over how anal it was that I couldn?t keep my eyes off that section of the Turn 4 wall that he hit that day. I kept glancing over at it every lap. In fact, I kept running up onto the instructor’s back bumper and getting the flashing yellow light from his back window off of 4 because of it! (If you run up too close on the instructor at Petty?s Driving Experience trying to make him go faster, he flashes a yellow light that?s in his back window. Three strikes and you?re out!). Afterwards I spoke with him and tried to explain but I don?t think he bought it. LOL!
[QUOTE=carolwicks;27970] (this weekend Ricky got ALOT of tv coverage! seems like the Craftsman truckers really enjoy what they do… a little different attitude…
Carolwicks aka OZ[/QUOTE]
Yep, Ricky?s doing well so far in the NCWT Series and from all I?m hearing Kevin & Delana are happy with him so that?s good. Did you see him in the clip with the Dallas-Ft Worth PD on Motorcycles at Texas Speedway? That was pretty cool too!
The other rookie in the Harvick camp (J.R. Fitzpatrick, from Canada) has stepped up to the well for the rest of the races in the ?4? truck that Monster Energy didn?t support for Ricky so he?s in the ride when Ricky?s not scheduled.
Fitzpatrick did a good job the week before last his first time out in the 4 truck at Dover finishing 11th. on the lead lap and he?s also scheduled to take the flag in the 4 truck this weekend at MIS.
Its Kyles trophy , he can do what he wants with it . The actual comments from Bass and Gibson pretty much say that as well . The Gibson folks have seen plenty of their guitars smashed on stage , there’re used to it . And while i don’t suppose Bass was wild about it , he also said Kyle was free to do what he wanted with it . And yes , Kyle did order two others .
I can’t imagine why there would ever be any question about Dale Sr. being the best in history . I happen to think there a couple of drivers who are fairly close , but Dale will always be the best . I don’t think his son inherited Dales talent , but no law says he has to drive as well as his father . I really wish the media and the fans would back off of the kid and let him race as best he can .
Cake , i don’t know how long you’ve been following racing , but there has never been any major league stock car race that didn’t have the dreaded start and park cars . Go all the way back to the beginning of Nascar , and you will find that if last place paid anything at all , the last place car only ran a 1 or 2 laps before experiencing a vibration and pulling in .
There are teams that simply don’t have the money to race week after week without some money coming in . Sponsors are hard to come by unless you’re winning , and you can’t win if you don’t have a sponsor . But those same teams want to race , want to be in the show , so they keep showing up and trying . Simple economics says that if you want to be able to race next week , you better save the car and come in early this week . Dave Marcis , Richard Childress , J D McDuffie , James Hylton , and all of the ones before them wanted to race badly enough that they raced the only way they could afford to . And thats what the teams are doing today . They qualify , they race carefully to avoid tearing up the car that they can’t afford to repair , and they keep building and keep racing . And it doesn’t bother me one bit .
Dale Sr may have been the best driver at his time in history. Probably was.
But you can’t deny that on the track he was A COMPLETE JERK if you got in his way. He expected everyone to pull over and let him by, and if you didn’t, he was just as likely to spin you in to the wall and flip you off on the way by as be nice to you.
Off the track, YES HE WAS A CLASS ACT. I cried when he died. he was a huge part of the sport. Did I like him as a driver?
NO
HELL NO
He ran up more repair bills than Buckshot Jones!!!
Now Kyle, he is today’s bad boy. It’s a different NASCAR than it was back then. The competition is 10 times tougher. Ask any driver who is still driving today who drove back then:
Mark Martin: “These kids have no fear. Gone are the easy days of cruising around the track and saving your ‘stuff’ for the last 10 laps.”
Jeff Gordon: “It’s not the same. You have to run every lap like a qual lap, or you WILL be lapped.”
There are others I could find.
Kyle is a wheel man. The guy can drive the lugnuts off of anything. Yeah he plays the dickhead persona but that’s what sells today. Good guys don’t get headlines any more. How many headlines did David Reutimann get for donating 5k to Carl Long? Not much.
Tony Stewart is a wheel man. I don’t like him either but he knows how to get headlines. And sponsors want headlines.
[SIZE=“4”]I’m gonna write this real slow so you’ll understand.
I
never
once
said
that
KB
couldn’t
drive
race
car.
It’s his antics when he’s not in the car.
I’m all about driving outside the box, being controversial and all that. I get it.
However, it’s not like he steps out of the car and pops a pit reporter that shoves a microphone into his face after a bad day like Tony used to do. He doesn’t have the nads’ for that.
Instead, he pulls stunts like abandoning his car on the back chute when things don’t go his way and walks away without speaking to his crew. That’s not manning-up, that’s pouting.
You dig someone that acts like a f’g spoiled brat? That’s fine, that’s your prerogative.
I totally disagree.
This has nothing to do with anyone named Earnhardt.
Ahhhh - Come On Jim - Tell Us What You Really Think
I think if you passed that little piss ant in the Mall, you’d reach over and jap slap the hell out of him (Can I get an AMEN on that?).
I can’t watch any post race interviews with him… if he gets the checkered, I turn the channel or shut down the media equipment.
The day will come when someone turns him around (or upside down) and I will be able to smile (no injury - just a bent up ride will do just fine).
YEP, he can drive, but he’s just an unlikeable little piece of maggot poop as far as I am concerned (Can I get an AMEN on that?)
NOTE: Jim Fenton… settle down, enjoy life, but just keep your eyes open when going to the Mall - Your day just might come.
he thrives on this attention. best way to take the wind out of his sails is silence. i wish everyone at a race would be silent when he comes out. no boos or anything… just silence… i would kill to see the look on his face… and if he wins, give him a rubber chicken for the trophy… violence never solved anything. there are better ways to skin a rat and not get in trouble… lol
carolwicks aka OZ
[QUOTE=AJ14;27998]Cake , i don’t know how long you’ve been following racing , but there has never been any major league stock car race that didn’t have the dreaded start and park cars . Go all the way back to the beginning of Nascar , and you will find that if last place paid anything at all , the last place car only ran a 1 or 2 laps before experiencing a vibration and pulling in .
There are teams that simply don’t have the money to race week after week without some money coming in . Sponsors are hard to come by unless you’re winning , and you can’t win if you don’t have a sponsor . But those same teams want to race , want to be in the show , so they keep showing up and trying . Simple economics says that if you want to be able to race next week , you better save the car and come in early this week . Dave Marcis , Richard Childress , J D McDuffie , James Hylton , and all of the ones before them wanted to race badly enough that they raced the only way they could afford to . And thats what the teams are doing today . They qualify , they race carefully to avoid tearing up the car that they can’t afford to repair , and they keep building and keep racing . And it doesn’t bother me one bit .[/QUOTE]
yea nascar is a business. i understand why they do it. That just has been the most ive seen in a single race that i can remember. the 21,22,&23 truck teams run the 21 & 22 as start and parks so they can fund the 23 of jason white
best way to take the wind out of his sails is silence. i wish everyone at a race would be silent when he comes out. no boos or anything… just silence…
Ol’ Dee-Dubya said this best years ago when he got booed at Charlotte and Earnhardt got cheered (I believe it was the '87 or ‘88 Winston): "It don’t matter if they cheer ya or boo when ya come out…as long as they’re (the fans) are makin’ some kinda noise. It’s when they DON’T make any noise that ya gotta worry (about your reputation)!"
spread the word on all race sights that no one make a sound when he is introduced. i think he would find out tho and have something crappy planned.
lets put our heads together and short of a public hanging, think of a way to trim the busch!
OZZIE
[QUOTE=Old Sunshine Fan;28020]I think if you passed that little piss ant in the Mall, you’d reach over and jap slap the hell out of him (Can I get an AMEN on that?).
I can’t watch any post race interviews with him… if he gets the checkered, I turn the channel or shut down the media equipment.
The day will come when someone turns him around (or upside down) and I will be able to smile (no injury - just a bent up ride will do just fine).
YEP, he can drive, but he’s just an unlikeable little piece of maggot poop as far as I am concerned (Can I get an AMEN on that?)
NOTE: Jim Fenton… settle down, enjoy life, but just keep your eyes open when going to the Mall - Your day just might come.
Seen him at lakeland before racing a late model. the boy is bad ass and met him. i don’t see where people say he has an attitude problem. Would talk to anyone who came up to him and didn’t seem to mind. Have seen other drivers at Lakeland before and 1 very big name driver(won’t say name but it ryhmes with “toke”) changed his route and pretended not to notice a father and 5 year old kid who was wanting an autograph. You don’t like him because of his spoiled attitude. He tells it like it is. he does and says what he wants doesn’t put on the perfect car perfect sponsor image everyone else does and at least you know where he stands on subjects and most of all i bet he has more fun than anyone out there.
i saw kyle sitting on the ground at lakeland. asked him if he was busy or could he talk to my little grandson for a second and give him an autograph. he said “yeh just a minute”… we stood there waiting 45 mins. while he messed around with a rivet gun in slow motion… i decided he wasnt worth it. bobby was disappointed. it was way before any racing… Chaplain Bill was there and saw what happened. he stopped to talk to kyle and asked him if he wanted to pray with him. kyle said he didnt have time so Chap Bill gave him a racers prayer and kyle tossed it on the ground. a member of his crew picked it up and after looking at it, tossed it in a trash can…so now you know why i cant stand him. he is an arrogant puke and regardless of what a great driver he is… he doesnt deserve any kind of respect. at least not until he learns how to give some!
david stremme was also there. he was awesome. took pictures. held bobby and was very warm and friendly.
met tony Yeh… the guy whos name rhymes with “toke” at homestead and he was very friendly…gave me a hug and let me have pics taken with him… timing is everything.
another guy who was wonderful at homestead was kurt busch… spent alot of time with me joking and taking pics…
kyle is rude and it is so obvious that he really doesnt not give a darned about his fans. AHA he doesnt have any…
carolwicks aka OZ
hahaha gonna need some prozac… (this weekend Ricky got ALOT of tv coverage!