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#3,691
#3,691
Gordon on the radio

“@JeffGordonWeb: Spotter @EddieDHondt - "Real good lap times right there." #JeffGordon - "Get this sideways ************ (lapped car) out of my way."
 
#3,694
#3,694
doozer said:
Do those wins pay less? Come with less points? Don't get a trophy?
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I don't care that she won a race. She didn't dominate. She never had the best car. She didn't have to earn it. She didn't have to race someone. Fuel strategy won her that race, not pure talent. I rest my case.
 
#3,696
#3,696
They got the win but Hendrick has got to be concerned with engine problems that have crept up a number of times this year with teams using Hendrick motors.!


Coca Cola 600: Win, Lose or Draw


Lose: Hendrick Motorsports

Jimmie Johnson won his seventh race at Charlotte. That’s a record. If Johnson woke up as the announcers said after the race, it’s bad news for the rest of the Sprint Cup teams.

How can this be a loss? It wasn’t a matter of if Johnson would wake up, it’s when. The ominous issue is the three Hendrick engines with issues. Two didn’t finish. It’s not a surprise for teams to have engine issues at Nascar’s longest race. It is when that team is Hendrick Motorsports, who supplies engines to more than nearly 40% of the garage. And with win or go home consequences heading into the Chase, it’s important for this to be an anomaly, not a trend. Just ask Joe Gibbs Racing how tough that can be.
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Possible Engine Failure Terminates Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Night in Charlotte
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s night in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway went drastically haywire after engine issues, during the latter stages, prohibited him from competing inside the top dozen.

Earnhardt Jr., who’s never won the famed Memorial Day event at Charlotte, finished 19th, two laps down, after nursing his machine to the checkered flag with a sour engine an intense vibration.

“(The car) was trying to blow up. We had a lot of real high water pressure and a real bad vibration,” Earnhardt Jr. explained. “The vibration was so bad I was afraid to hold it wide open because it would just get so bad at the end of the straightaway. I thought we were about to break the motor. “

“We came in (to the pits) and knocked the pressure out of it and the vibration slowly got better and never completely went away. Something (was) wrong with the car.”

Hendrick Motors – which supplies for multiple teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – will have to return to shop and diagnose the problem this week, according to Earnhardt.
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#3,699
#3,699
Another truck win for Kyle

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#3,700
#3,700
Kyle Busch continues his dominance of the minor leagues. Yuck. Good run for Trevor Bayne today, shame he wasn't quite able to get all the way to the front in the final laps.
 
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