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#1,252
you didnt miss anything. Kahne doesnt have the balls to rough anybody up to win. He will be like Mark Martin, race all your life and never win a championship.
 
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#1,254
he has always been like that. I just checked my fantasy league, might not be as bad as i thought. Alot of people had Johnson and Kurt Busch.
 
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Saturday night at Bristol, #10-Danica Patrick will again make NASCAR history when she makes her 34th career Sprint Cup Series start, breaking a tie with Janet Guthrie for the most career series starts by a woman. Not that breaking the record comes as much of a surprise. When it was announced that Patrick would become the first woman to run a full Cup Series schedule, August 24th was immediately known to be the date this mark would be met. The history of women in NASCARs top division is pretty sparse. Only 16 women have ever started a Cup race, half of those doing so in NASCARs first seven seasons (1949-55). Besides Patrick and Guthrie, only one other woman has even reached double digits in starts, Louise Smith, who ran 11 races in NASCARs first four seasons
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#1,261
I think it would depend on who was in front of me. Prob a little regret either way. I think I'd rather regret using my bumper than not.
 
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#1,263
Strong showing for Danica last night. No major malfunctions with the car, didn't hit anybody and still finished 7 laps off the pace. I still find it mind boggling that she's keeping her ride next year and Ryan Newman, a guy who once won 8 races in a season is out looking for work, but I guess that's just modern NASCAR.
 
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#1,264
bleedorange0037 said:
Strong showing for Danica last night. No major malfunctions with the car, didn't hit anybody and still finished 7 laps off the pace. I still find it mind boggling that she's keeping her ride next year and Ryan Newman, a guy who once won 8 races in a season is out looking for work, but I guess that's just modern NASCAR.
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He's not bringing anywhere near the $$$$ Danica is. NASCAR as a business, who knew?
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
He's not bringing anywhere near the $$$$ Danica is. NASCAR as a business, who knew?
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I fully understand how it works. It's just a shame that talent isn't what matters to get guys a ride. As a racing fan it's a shame that someone like Newman gets fired after winning a race this year and Danica is secure after a season where she will barely break the top 30 in points just because she sells more shirts. I mean, Denny Hamlin flat out didn't run in five races and he still has 20 more points than her.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I fully understand how it works. It's just a shame that talent isn't what matters to get guys a ride. As a racing fan it's a shame that someone like Newman gets fired after winning a race this year and Danica is secure after a season where she will barely break the top 30 in points just because she sells more shirts. I mean, Denny Hamlin flat out didn't run in five races and he still has 20 more points than her.
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Welcome to life
 
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#1,267
Yankee_Vol said:
Welcome to life
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Bleeding has a good point though. It is a pretty unique thing to racing as a sport. Been around since day 1, but it is a bummer at times.

You wouldn't see the Redskins trotting out an uncompetitive player just so they can sell whatever Redskins fans buy(Hoods and robes I suppose).
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Bleeding has a good point though. It is a pretty unique thing to racing as a sport. Been around since day 1, but it is a bummer at times.

You wouldn't see the Redskins trotting out an uncompetitive player just so they can sell whatever Redskins fans buy(Hoods and robes I suppose).
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Actually you would. Deon Sanders. Bruce Smith. I can go on
 
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