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we are Jr fans here too!!!! So cool that he won the shootout.....but man that car looks weird.....will have to get used to NOT seeing the Budweiser plastered across it.....now i gotta buy DH a new hat.....
I am a Kyle Petty fan to the max!! Ok ... so he's not much of a driver but he sure is a nice guy! I think he is so down to earth and no one in NASCAR is more of a humanitarian than he is! Many years ago I got a chance to meet him at a charity NASCAR auction I helped with in Maryland. He was just a fun guy to talk to. AND he isn't hard to look at!
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Hmmm, Villeneuve didn't seem to get too far did he? So I had to pick somebody else to watch. This is my first year watching NASCAR so I don't know much about the sport. So who caught my eye? Somebody was driving a car with M&M's all over it!! So I thought that was cute (hey, I pick my NASCAR drivers like I pick my NFL teams - whoever's got the best uniform/colour scheme gets my vote). Well, I'll be blessed if this guy didn't win the race! So then I started looking for him every race and rooting for him. I don't understand why he gets boo'd so much. So far as I can see he's no dirtier than any of the other drivers, and he certainly is good. Maybe something happened last season that I don't know about, but I like what I see right now. Plus - I mean, it's the M&M car!! So, it's official and I'm out of the closet - I root for Kyle Busch!
Go JR, Go! DS loves Kevin Harvick...DH even made him a Kevin Harvick car to wear for Halloween one year...It was the coolest halloween costume on the block...Tommy wore it over his shoulders...made of styromfoam and bondo! Dh is pretty crafty!
Hmmm, Villeneuve didn't seem to get too far did he? So I had to pick somebody else to watch. This is my first year watching NASCAR so I don't know much about the sport. So who caught my eye? Somebody was driving a car with M&M's all over it!! So I thought that was cute (hey, I pick my NASCAR drivers like I pick my NFL teams - whoever's got the best uniform/colour scheme gets my vote). Well, I'll be blessed if this guy didn't win the race! So then I started looking for him every race and rooting for him. I don't understand why he gets boo'd so much. So far as I can see he's no dirtier than any of the other drivers, and he certainly is good. Maybe something happened last season that I don't know about, but I like what I see right now. Plus - I mean, it's the M&M car!! So, it's official and I'm out of the closet - I root for Kyle Busch!
To give you a little background on the reaction that Kyle Busch gets at the track..... there have been a few times when he caused an accident and didn't take responsibility for it, which is a no-no in the fan's eye.... then to top it off, he went and wrecked Dale Earnhardt, Jr (The "anointed" one) while racing for the win a few weeks ago. He doesn't have a lot of popularity at the moment.
My favorite driver is Michael Waltrip and at least this season he is consistently getting in the races. I also root for Dale, Jr. and Mark Martin (when he's in a race). My DH is a big Kyle Petty fan.
To give you a little background on the reaction that Kyle Busch gets at the track..... there have been a few times when he caused an accident and didn't take responsibility for it, which is a no-no in the fan's eye.... then to top it off, he went and wrecked Dale Earnhardt, Jr (The "anointed" one) while racing for the win a few weeks ago. He doesn't have a lot of popularity at the moment.
Thanks for the explanation Rob. I think I saw that race, (that was the Richmond one, right?) and to me, it didn't look like he wrecked Jr. on purpose. I've watched it on YouTube without the sound on a few times so I wouldn't hear the commentators. I thought they were both going for the same lane (Jr came down and Busch went up) and when that happens something's gonna give. It looked like either one of them could've ended up spinning out of control, and Jr was the unlucky one because he was a few feet ahead. What if Jr had spun out the 18 car instead? Would he be boo'd now because Busch didn't win the race? I'm really not trying to pick a fight, I'm just coming at it with a noobie's wide-eyed interest. Now I can't say anything about him not taking responsibility for some crashes, because I honestly don't know anything about that. But I think that the Richmond incident is skewed a bit biased because, at least from this noob's perspective, I think the wreck was a 50/50 fault and I wouldn't have taken 100% responsibility for it if it were me.
Thanks for the explanation Rob. I think I saw that race, (that was the Richmond one, right?) and to me, it didn't look like he wrecked Jr. on purpose. I've watched it on YouTube without the sound on a few times so I wouldn't hear the commentators. I thought they were both going for the same lane (Jr came down and Busch went up) and when that happens something's gonna give. It looked like either one of them could've ended up spinning out of control, and Jr was the unlucky one because he was a few feet ahead. What if Jr had spun out the 18 car instead? Would he be boo'd now because Busch didn't win the race? I'm really not trying to pick a fight, I'm just coming at it with a noobie's wide-eyed interest. Now I can't say anything about him not taking responsibility for some crashes, because I honestly don't know anything about that. But I think that the Richmond incident is skewed a bit biased because, at least from this noob's perspective, I think the wreck was a 50/50 fault and I wouldn't have taken 100% responsibility for it if it were me.
I totally agree with you, but I think a Budweiser-fueled Junior Nation loudly disagrees with us.
To me, it seemed like one of those "racing deals".
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Well, living here in Race City USA this past week has been "crawling" with tourists! Yes, we love NASCAR and I have since I can remember, and because we are heading back North we have been doing the "touristy" (sp?) thing this week as well. There really are some groupies out there I have heard some really funny things.
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So I thought that was cute (hey, I pick my NASCAR drivers like I pick my NFL teams - whoever's got the best uniform/colour scheme gets my vote). Well, I'll be blessed if this guy didn't win the race! So then I started looking for him every race and rooting for him. I don't understand why he gets boo'd so much. 
So, it's official and I'm out of the closet - I root for Kyle Busch! 
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I think I saw that race, (that was the Richmond one, right?) and to me, it didn't look like he wrecked Jr. on purpose. I've watched it on YouTube without the sound on a few times so I wouldn't hear the commentators. I thought they were both going for the same lane (Jr came down and Busch went up) and when that happens something's gonna give. It looked like either one of them could've ended up spinning out of control, and Jr was the unlucky one because he was a few feet ahead. What if Jr had spun out the 18 car instead? Would he be boo'd now because Busch didn't win the race? 
I'm really not trying to pick a fight, I'm just coming at it with a noobie's wide-eyed interest. Now I can't say anything about him not taking responsibility for some crashes, because I honestly don't know anything about that. But I think that the Richmond incident is skewed a bit biased because, at least from this noob's perspective, I think the wreck was a 50/50 fault and I wouldn't have taken 100% responsibility for it if it were me.
Yes, we love NASCAR and I have since I can remember, and because we are heading back North we have been doing the "touristy" (sp?) thing this week as well. There really are some groupies out there
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