Comments on: Where Lies The Problem At KV?

By: billytheskink

billytheskink — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:58:45 +0000

Poor Jeff Gordon, would have won 2 more championships (04 and 07) if the Chase had never been established. Of course, had the Chase been established earlier, he would have been only a 3 time champion, ceding his 2001 title to Sterling Marlin of all people.

And this conversation makes me wonder if ‘Your Favorite Driver Sucks’ is still around…

By: The Lapper

The Lapper — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:23:38 +0000

Bryan Herta is also a winner and I am sure that he would love to find a way to have TK or Rubens working for him.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:36:53 +0000

My favorite BS Champion looking back in the books is Terry Labonte in 1996. Jeff Gordon won 10 races to Labobte’s 2 and finished second.

By: JohnMc

JohnMc — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:04:22 +0000

Yes, it is spec, but Penkse and Ganassi don’t treat it as one and, besides testing, R&D and finding speed, they do the little things like keeping a clean garage area and they don’t treat their racing programs like their weekend toys. Winning is that important to them. I can say the same about Andretti and you will see the Rahal team come on because Bobby Rahal wants to win. KK and Vassar don’t want it as bad and it shows. It is too bad because they have two of the best drivers a team would want and they are being wasted. Rahal could use them.

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:38:14 +0000

Ah. Well. For what it’s worth, I probably don’t like your favorite driver, either.

By: Brian McKay in Florida

Brian McKay in Florida — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:50:04 +0000

– but John, it’s a spec-car series with same chassis, aero kits, and tires. And some other Chevy-powered drivers aren’t sucking wind, so the engines aren’t the KVRT problem…
I didn’t make a choice in the poll, because I have no way of knowing what’s amiss. Maybe Penske and Ganassi spend far more money behind-the-scenes on R&D …
Maybe other racers better understand how to setup the DW12 …

By: JB

JB — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:02:01 +0000

Well. Because Jimmy and Jensen suck.

I never said they were the only ones.

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:45:34 +0000

I don’t see how Jimmy in ’96 or Jenson in ’09 is any different from Tracy in ’03 (sputtered down the stretch, only real competition was Bourdais, who was a rookie), Rahal in ’92 (not exactly dominant down the stretch), Montoya in ’99 (nearly choked away championship, won on tiebreak), Hakkinen in ’99 (beat Eddie Freaking Irvine by 2 points after Michael broke his leg), Prost in ’89 (clinched by turning into Senna, outpaced more often than not all season), Prost in ’86 (won after freak tire issues for Williams guys), Rosberg in ’82 (basically won because Ferrari drivers had career- or life-ending injuries), or about 15 other champions I could list. The point is, so long as it’s not through putting up a ton of top 10s in a BS points system (I’m looking at you, NASCAR and GrandAm), the champion is the guy who scores the most points. Each race pays the same. Scoreboard! Scoreboard!

By: JB

JB — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:54:25 +0000

I can get behind this, but first we need to correct the 1985 World Series, game 6,bottom of the 9th.

By: JB

JB — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:51:37 +0000

He took advantage of them before zanardi got settled,.

The us500 victory was total bullcrap.

I also laugh at how Jensen button became a word champion in 2009.