Comments on: Ask The Insiders Wednesday #40

By: JEFF in SOCAL

JEFF in SOCAL — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:27:43 +0000

LOL Holmes!!

wow so there gonna have the challenger and mustang in Nationwide….. Chevy should throw in the Camaro lol

By: Holmes

Holmes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:42:20 +0000

I remember Earnhardt using the push to pass button some:-)

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:49:54 +0000

I think Jeff Gordon fans, myself being one, are questioning the 24 team’s performance over the last few years because they’re seeing the 48 team performance being head and shoulders above the DuPont team. If anyone would research the win numbers between the 2 teams since Johnson came into Cup I think they would find the 48 team with a good many more wins then the 24 team in the same time period. It seems the Lowes team has been setting the performance standard, especially the last 3 years. Hey it’s tough seeing the employee outshine the boss. With that said I think Gordon is doing very well, but just not as good as Johnson. What is going to be hard to deal with is when Johnson passes Gordon on the number of championships.
If things continue the way they are with the 48 team 7+ championships are not out of the question.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:07:04 +0000

Regarding question 5 – Sometimes they go out by points, with the reigning champion going out first. I remember a driver asking his cc once about that.

There is sometimes an advantage to being one of the first cars on the track. Since there is not as much traffic, those that go out first tend to be at the top of the speed chart, which fans, broadcasters, and probably sponsors use to gauge how the car is. Of course the fastest lap doesn’t have much to do with how the car is handling or will race, so it’s not a good gauge of anything other than how fast the car can go for 1 lap.

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:39:55 +0000

In regards to Kathy’s question. It was in, what was then, the Busch Series. Mark was driving the #60 for Roush, there was a few laps to go and the caution came out. He passed the finish line, behind the pace car, and got the white flag. Instead of going around to get the checkered he pulled onto pit road, therefore handing the win to the person in second. I can not recall what track it was or how long ago it was, but I do remember that happening.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:43 +0000

The Mark Martin incident was quite a few years back when he was in the #60 Winn Dixie Busch car. There was a caution with I think 2 laps to go and Mark thought the 1st caution lap was actually the final lap of the race, so coming off of turn four to take the checker flag he pulled down pit road allowing most of the field to get to the start finish line before him. I might be wrong about his but I think that David Green won the race for his 1st career Busch race.

By: vettesnfrets

vettesnfrets — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:21:12 +0000

You Tube video of MM’s big mistake

By: john hickson

john hickson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:08:23 +0000

the Mark Martin deal was at bristol.a caution came out with only 2or 3 laps to go and instead of staying on the track to take the checkered flag under caution he pulled down pit road,handing the win to the 2nd place car. i dont remember when,but it was quite a few years ago

By: vettesnfrets

vettesnfrets — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:02:16 +0000

RE: Mark Martin.
It was a Busch race at Bristol that MM pulled off the track too early and lost the race. The race was finishing under caution with a couple laps left and everyone was pulling up to MM to give a thumbs up and he thought since they done this the race was over and came down pit road. David Green was awarded the win.

By: red

red — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:59:17 +0000

too early for my lap top: the word is “cringe-worthy”! sorry . . .