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Racewriter
11-11-03, 07:49 PM
"It was actually fun, because you're back fully driving again in these trucks. Ninety percent of the tracks we go to in the IRL, you're flat-out. I was having to lift off the corners some here."

Welcome to the pros, Buddy.
DaveL
11-11-03, 08:12 PM
And if he wins in Trucks, race fans will actually know who he is.
RaceChic
11-11-03, 08:16 PM
That's a very sad statement for the IRL.....saying that you have to "drive" the vehicle more in the truck races than the EARL.... sheesh. :shakehead :rofl:
Railbird
11-11-03, 08:28 PM
it's a very sad statement that more people will know who he is after a CTS win than after any openwheel win in America outside of maybe Marion county Indiana.

A classic post a few years back at 7thGear concluded that the poster would "eat a bullet" if the Trucks ever became more popular than CART.

I haven't heard from him lately so I have to fear the worst.
Chaos
11-11-03, 09:01 PM
despite the fact that they are more popular that CART, truck racing is just silly. I don't get the appeal of them. But we all know it's the NASCAR branding that does it.
pchall
11-12-03, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by Chaos
despite the fact that they are more popular that CART, truck racing is just silly.

I thought it was pretty silly when they raced the mini pickups with SCCA sanctioning for a few years in the 80s. With hindsight, however, that made a little bit more sense than putting pickup metal on a NASCAR tube frame.
Dr. Corkski
11-12-03, 09:14 AM
Originally posted by Chaos
truck racing is just silly.So is CSI: Miami, not that it stops too many people from watching. ;)
Ankf00
11-12-03, 12:19 PM
just another way to market products using the good ol' boy formula, makes more sense to me than grand am
racer2c
11-12-03, 02:35 PM
I think everyone should watch Nascar, eat at chain restaurants, drive Chevy's and drink Bud and never deviate!!!

Conform dagnabit!
mapguy
11-12-03, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by racer2c
I think everyone should watch Nascar, eat at chain restaurants, drive Chevy's and drink Bud and never deviate!!!

Conform dagnabit!

Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.
pchall
11-12-03, 03:29 PM
Originally posted by mapguy
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.


http://www.sevenof9.freeuk.com/jeri/borg/7of9p.jpg

I can think of worse ways to lose one's individuality and conform to the collective:

http://www.raybestos.com/usa/images/Sarah1.jpg
mapguy
11-12-03, 03:36 PM
^ No amount of elbow grease can polish that turd.
RaceGrrl
11-12-03, 03:42 PM
AHHHHH!! :eek:

Scary. The Sarah picture is more horrifying than the borg.
KLang
11-12-03, 04:21 PM
Need the right borg:

http://www.ltmiz.com/voyager/images/sevenofnine01.jpg
pchall
11-12-03, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by Type-S
Need the right borg:

http://www.ltmiz.com/voyager/images/sevenofnine01.jpg

You fail to appreciate 7 of 9's inner beauty as a Borg. ;)

On the other hand, DNFisher has none whatsoever... poor kid.
KLang
11-12-03, 06:00 PM
Originally posted by pchall
You fail to appreciate 7 of 9's inner beauty as a Borg. ;)


Not at all. She can assimilate me anytime. :D
cart7
11-13-03, 08:58 AM
Originally posted by RaceGrrl
AHHHHH!! :eek:

Scary. The Sarah picture is more horrifying than the borg.

It took me a minute to figure out which one was Sarah. I finally recognized the Raybestos logo on the shirt. ;)
Racewriter
11-13-03, 11:50 PM
Starts 33rd with a provisional. Qualified DFL, 3.2 seconds off the pole - about 10%.

In the 24 preceding races in that truck, Matt Crafton was 11th in points with 11 top 10 finishes.