Gordon wins at Darlington!

[K-Rock]

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Gordon tames the Lady in Black on Mother's Day.

Has steam blowing out the side of the car, but still gets the win. He is having a great year so far. Wow!

[BlackandRed05]

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Gordon tames the Lady in Black on Mother's Day.

Has steam blowing out the side of the car, but still gets the win. He is having a great year so far. Wow!

Did the fans throw garbage at him this time? They did it when he won his last race.

[drgnbkr]

Did the fans throw garbage at him this time? They did it when he won his last race.

No crap thrown this week! Made Talladega idiots look even worse...Gordon is rolling!

[K-Rock]

Did the fans throw garbage at him this time? They did it when he won his last race.

No. This race was Redneck free. :D

[BlackandRed05]

No. This race was Redneck free. :D

how is this possible?:D

[K-Rock]

how is this possible?:D

You're right. :D
No way it could be redneck free. I guess NASCAR had to clamp down on the beer chunkers. :p

NASCAR rednecks = jr. aggys

[slorch]

end of the race was good. Hamlin was catching up, and the steam was pouring out of Gordo's hood.

His car looked like a diesel during the burn-outs in victory lane.

[svfootball45]

end of the race was good. Hamlin was catching up, and the steam was pouring out of Gordo's hood.

His car looked like a diesel during the burn-outs in victory lane.

how can you watch nascar all they do is go in cirlces:puke

[K-Rock]

end of the race was good. Hamlin was catching up, and the steam was pouring out of Gordo's hood.

His car looked like a diesel during the burn-outs in victory lane.

Hamlin was POed at the end of the race. He had the car to win, but pit mistakes cost him.

This is from article on Yahoo Sports......

``That's the way you win races right there,'' said Gordon, a seven-time Darlington winner. ``What an amazing year we're having.''

One that Hamlin was a little bitter about after his second-place finish.

Hamlin, who led a race-high 179 laps, suffered when his crew dropped a pair of lug nuts on a late pit stop. It cost him a shot at running for the win, and he has finished second or third in four COT races.

It was extremely frustrating for Hamlin, who has led a series-high 563 laps in the five races the car has been used.

``We gave away another one to Hendrick Motorsports,'' Hamlin said. ``It's a shame. This has got to end. We have to win a race sooner or later. Everybody will talk about how Hendrick won another race, but this was our race.''

Hamlin was also critical of NASCAR for not calling a caution for obvious debris in the closing laps. Had the yellow flag waved, Hamlin was confident he would have beaten Gordon.

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The only thing that makes me laugh about his statement is the fact that the drivers have been complaining the last several weeks about cautions at the end of the race. No matter what NASCAR does, the driver that loses will be crying foul.

This was Gordon's response to Hamlin's claims..........

Even Gordon admitted that NASCAR should have thrown a yellow. But he didn't complain because he believed a debris caution with 17 to go -- when Gordon had a huge lead -- was bogus.

"There absolutely should have been a caution there at the end -- but there shouldn't have been one before it,'' Gordon said. ``There at the end -- debris, oil, everything you can imagine -- was on that race track and that comes back to the inconsistency. I am glad they didn't throw it at the end, but I didn't understand why they threw it earlier.

"It can work with you or against you. Today it worked for us.''

[slorch]

how can you watch nascar all they do is go in cirlces:puke

you only turn left on the basepaths in baseball too...

I'm not the biggest fan in the world, but I appreciate the level of skill it takes for the whole racing team to be competitive, from the owners and design teams, to the crew cheif and pit-crews on down to the driver.

your statement above is overly simplistic, to put it mildly.

todays race was a good one, at one of the toughest tracks to win on.

[drgnbkr]

Hey Hamlin...if you want to win a race....go ahead and win one..don't whine about it! Win one...:eek:

[slorch]

Hey Hamlin...if you want to win a race....go ahead and win one..don't whine about it! Win one...:eek:

another example of why it's not just "driving around in a circle," but utilizing the whole team's effort to win. Hamlin very well had the best car today and drove well, but his pit crew cost him the win. i also questioned why J. Johnson gambled with the late pit when his teammate Gordon did not. that would have thickened the plot in the closing laps as well if he would have been on 24's tail.

I agree that NASCAR needs to learn from these early "meaningless" races where they are making crucial decisions on late cautions. the safety guy obviously picked up part of a tailpipe off of the track. IMO, you don't throw the yellow for that, late in the race. i would just do the cautions for major fluids on the track or safety issues.

[BlackandRed05]

you only turn left on the basepaths in baseball too...

I'm not the biggest fan in the world, but I appreciate the level of skill it takes for the whole racing team to be competitive, from the owners and design teams, to the crew cheif and pit-crews on down to the driver.

your statement above is overly simplistic, to put it mildly.

todays race was a good one, at one of the toughest tracks to win on.

I agree with you totally. These guys are moving over 150 mph, as close as 2 to 4 inches away from the next cars bumpers, and this goes on for well over 200 laps most of the time.

[Slim-Rob]

how can you watch nascar all they do is go in cirlces:puke

If NASCAR is so boring and all you do is turn left how come great drivers leave other types of racing (such as F1) to go to NASCAR, but NASCAR's greats stay in NASCAR? Think about it. Juan Pablo Montoya (i think that's his name) is a good example of this.