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Post by myles on Nov 14, 2011 7:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by grahamcracker on Nov 14, 2011 9:27:09 GMT -5
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Post by myles on Nov 14, 2011 16:53:31 GMT -5
I think Carl will win it because it seems the rest of the field is not racing these two very hard. I think Tony and Carl will both be in the top 3. Carl could win it if he is third and Tony is second.
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Post by Yogisd1 on Nov 15, 2011 4:15:46 GMT -5
I'm hoping Carl wins, but whoever does will have definitely earned it. It's a shame one of them has to loose.
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Post by eastend on Nov 15, 2011 10:43:32 GMT -5
First time Champ vs an owner/driver. Either way it will be new blood.
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Post by myles on Nov 15, 2011 18:37:35 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised Carl has doubled up Tony. Is it a Ford/Chevy thing or is it the driver?
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Post by Yogisd1 on Nov 16, 2011 3:06:42 GMT -5
I think it's a little bit of both. Or it could be the fact they both have been driving everybody clean.
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Post by espnisgone on Nov 16, 2011 12:57:25 GMT -5
From my point of view either one would make a good champion. Tony has proved this in the past and Carl is a serious driver who like Tony will apply discipline when he thinks he should.
The only negative I see and that is personal on my part, is hating to see Jack get another championship. He just rubs me the wrong way.
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Post by espnisgone on Nov 16, 2011 13:02:40 GMT -5
Not trying to hijack the thread, but sticking this here since it kind of fits.
Anybody have any theories about Darian Grubb's future with the 14 team?
Where does Zippy stand contract wise with JGR?
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Post by myles on Nov 17, 2011 7:40:21 GMT -5
Not trying to hijack the thread, but sticking this here since it kind of fits. Anybody have any theories about Darian Grubb's future with the 14 team? Where does Zippy stand contract wise with JGR? You thinking of a reunion?
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Post by espnisgone on Nov 17, 2011 9:46:44 GMT -5
Not trying to hijack the thread, but sticking this here since it kind of fits. Anybody have any theories about Darian Grubb's future with the 14 team? Where does Zippy stand contract wise with JGR? You thinking of a reunion? There are the rumors, which are just that at this time. But what did cross my mind was that Zippy and Tony were pretty tight and Zippadeli being under contract to JGR could not go with Tony to the new team. Tony may have hired Grubb with the condition that when Zippy was available he would take over the 14 team and Grubb would go to that director of competition position.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 17, 2011 16:07:51 GMT -5
Thu Nov 17 02:15pm EST
Stewart, Edwards trade jabs at Homestead press conference By Jay Busbee
Two of NASCAR's most intense competitors shared a stage on Thursday afternoon to talk up the upcoming decisive, Sprint Cup season-ending Homestead race, and it took only two questions for the blades to come out.
Tony Stewart, looking sunburnt, and Carl Edwards, looking more nervous than he ever has, sit only three points apart in the standings, and sat just three feet apart from each other in a South Beach tent. And after the initial, perfunctory "what's-your-mindset" questions, Stewart and Edwards got down to the big question: If they were running side by side, would one of them dump the other to take home the Cup?
Stewart, naturally, didn't miss a beat. "I'd wreck my mom to win a championship," he said. "I respect him as a driver, but this isn't about friendships this weekend. This is a war. This is for the national championship."
Edwards waited an extra beat, and then turned to Tony. "Did you say something?"
"You can come visit my trophy in the room at Vegas," Stewart shot back.
Edwards counterpunched with a "scoreboard"-type comment about the points standings, but with only three points separating the two, it was like pointing at the scoreboard with a three-point lead.
"There's talkers and doers," Stewart replied, "and I've done this thing, twice."
But Edwards gained his footing. Stewart has said several times that he has nothing to lose, but Edwards didn't believe that assertion. "I'm not buying that," he said. "He has two trophies, and that's huge. But if you think he's not going to sleep at night and thinking about what it would mean to him, his sponsors, his team ... "
Stewart has maintained that his championship history gives him some hidden knowledge that he hasn't, as yet, disclosed, but Edwards isn't buying that argument either. "I don't know any part of the trophy that makes the car go faster this Sunday," Edwards said.
Once Edwards set his feet, this conference was a far cry from last year's painful affair, in which Denny Hamlin was so nervous his legs were shaking. Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick circled in for the kill, and Hamlin apparently has yet to recover from the psychological beatdown he took that day.
Still, there's plenty of psychological warfare going on. At Wednesday's Office Depot sponsor celebration, the entree was — get this — roast duck. Confidence is running high in both camps, and both drivers fully expect to be in the hunt right until the final turn.
"As Kid Rock says, 'It ain't cocky if you back it up,' " Stewart said. "We've backed it up for the last three weeks."
"I don't worry about sponsors, I don't worry about money, I don't worry about women," Edwards said, this last prompting a smirk from Stewart. "I just worry about going as fast as I can."
If this were a prize fight, Stewart would win on points. But it was a split decision ... and Edwards also has an excellent chance to take the real prize on Sunday.
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Post by Yogisd1 on Nov 18, 2011 1:12:32 GMT -5
Looks like Nascar is doing their best WWE impersonation. I hate it when they do that. As for Stewart and Zippy getting back together, I think they could be as dominate as Jimmy and Chad have been.
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Post by goodgrief on Nov 18, 2011 9:16:04 GMT -5
I think a lot of us would like to see Tony and Zippy as a team again.
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Post by myles on Nov 18, 2011 11:06:18 GMT -5
I think a lot of us would like to see Tony and Zippy as a team again. Yep.
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