NASCAR and NHRA Happenings

**Stainless** · 03-14-2014, 05:56 AM

Records will likely be broken today, the conditions are there.

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**Stainless** · 03-21-2014, 03:39 PM

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**Stainless** · 03-23-2014, 08:03 AM

Fontana...anyone going today?

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**The Doctor** · 03-23-2014, 05:33 PM

Today's race in Fontucky wasn't Goodyear's finest hour. Tires, not performance nor skill, decided the race. JJ dominated all day and Gordon, twice came from the back of the pack to contend for first place, proving he probably had the fastest car and best skills in today's race, but Goodyear decided the race.

**obnoxious001** · 03-23-2014, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by The Doctor

Today's race in Fontucky wasn't Goodyear's finest hour. Tires, not performance nor skill, decided the race. JJ dominated all day and Gordon, twice came from the back of the pack to contend for first place, proving he probably had the fastest car and best skills in today's race, but Goodyear decided the race.

Tires were definitely an issue, but when Jeff would start catching Jimmy, I am pretty sure because the "new" wore off Jimmy's tires, and he slowed more than Jeff. I was basing that primarily on starting line MPH that was posting When the yellow came out with around 30 laps remaining, I kind of figured it could be a toss up whether Jimmy's tires (and speed) would last that long, and of course the tire failed.

Then we were questioning why Jeff got pulled in for tires with a car that appeared to still be dominant with the used tires, but Tony showed us why staying out with the old tires was not a good idea. I had told my friend early on in the race if Kyle Busch got into a green/white/checker, he may be hard to beat because car apparently was the best on re-starts, usually passing a few cars by turn one.