Warning #1: This video shows the finish of the Advance Auto Parts Clash that ran 2/10/19. Read no further if you have not seen the event, but intend to.
Warning #2: Darrell Waltrip is among the narrators in the following video. Do not watch if you find that offensive.
https://youtu.be/vjdUGvvKeU0?t=1
So, there it is. Jimmie was about six inches up on Paul Menard on what Jimmie correctly determined to be about the last chance to pass before the rain closed in.
Disclaimers:
>I am not a JJ fan.
>“Normally” (if there is such a thing in racing) I feel that a guy has to be about up to the middle of the driver’s door in order to claim the position as “his” without being “dirty”.
BUT, on the last lap all that goes out the window, and winning is paramount (my opinion only–Mark Martin, for instance, disagrees). And Menard was late blocking and was trying to protect his position with the side of his bumper. A losing proposition.
And the rest of the field went along for the typical, very expensive, and potentially dangerous ride at Daytona.
So, imo, Jimmie gets no demerits for this one.
Your thoughts? :waffen093: at will.
ps–Jacko, to your point, if NASCAR flattened the banks at “the super(?)speedways”, the teams would require less cars and therefore have more sponsorship money available for other expenses!
But they won’t, adding yet another nail in the coffin of their self-defeating practices.