"Megan Zurawicz" sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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ewwwwww Pig, you can be vicious!

:^)

Mike

Time is now to tweak Car of Tomorrow

Jeff Hammond
FOX Sports, Updated 1 day ago
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/7440784

During the final weeks of the season, I spoke with people in the garage
about the 2007 year and where we're going. Our conversations focused in
particular on the Car of Tomorrow, and to this day I have yet to find a
crew chief, crew member or drivers that's happy with the COT.

We all give NASCAR a lot of credit for trying to come up with a safer car.
It has done that. But now it's time to reevaluate what they consider to be
a good race car. Is the COT the best race car it can be right now?
In my opinion, no. It still needs some improvements to allow us to have a
race car that teams can fine-tune and get better as we go into 2008.

I wasn't impressed with the superspeedway race at Talladega, and I hope
that we won't be put in a position where we can't refine the car between
now and Daytona. We've had very exciting finishes, but have we seen the
kind of racing that NASCAR hoped to promote?

On Nov 29, 7:57 pm, "Mike Simmons" yhti.net> wrote:

He's done it before, at least once.

N.

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:57:21 CST, "Mike Simmons" yhti.net> wrote in <13kureomrjnjt8e@corp.supernews.com>:

Right.

I have no doubts about his talent.

As with JG, I just hate the fact that he wins so much. :o(

Marty

...sometimes getting caught is best.

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/9630.html

Is this weekend at 5-Flags in Pensacola. Handful of Busch (or
Nationwide, I guess) drivers there - Cale Gale and Steve Wallace
I see in the list - and one from Cup: Kyle Busch. Plus the
usual selection of notables from USAR, ASA, etc, etc.

Unfortunately, no TV as far as I can tell :-(

John