Comments on: Rating the Race: Darlington – Dodge Challenger 500

By: Tim Zaegel

Tim Zaegel — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:10:11 +0000

I thought you might like that. ;)~

By: Alicia

Alicia — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:34:53 +0000

I would be finding solace in the fact that he’s not running a blown motor every three weeks

Ahahaha! VERY good point.

By: Tim Zaegel

Tim Zaegel — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:46:23 +0000

And, yes … Junior’s wins will come. IF I were an Earnhardt fan, right now I would be finding solace in the fact that he’s not running a blown motor every three weeks and is walking away with consistent top finishes.

Patience is a virtue.

By: Tim Zaegel

Tim Zaegel — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:44:44 +0000

Mr. McCoy (had to do that so as not to confuse ya with the Rev), all in all, I thought it was a solid race. It wasn’t great by any stretch of the imagination, but it definitely wasn’t bad. I don’t need a heart-stopping race every week … but, I do need something that won’t put me to sleep (ie, back to Texas on that one).

By: Tim Zaegel

Tim Zaegel — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:42:06 +0000

I don’t think this was the best Darlington race we’ve seen in the past couple of years, but I will say that the new pavement looks like it has great potential. I think a lot of drivers spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly how the cars would handle on it, and now that they’ve seen what Busch did with the track, I’d be willing to bet that they put on a pretty nifty (yes, I said nifty) little show next year.

By: LeadLap

LeadLap — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:43:17 +0000

I found it interesting that everyone from DW to the crew chiefs were saying that you can’t run that hard at Darlington and that Busch would not be there at the end.

I guess he showed them.

By: TrackHazard4Real

TrackHazard4Real — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:07:15 +0000

I tell you what it didn’t help improve is that Darlington stripe. Walls in the turns were black by lap 30.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:03:08 +0000

Ha ha, hey Roc, I ain’t gonna call you daddy but you are sounding a little gray under chin. Jr. will win. No doubt about it and it will happen this year. Along with him, his team and equipment are just to good not to. Is it me or has he been pretty depressing to listen to during pre and post race interviews?
As far as the track. i thought it was much better racing. The fact that the tires lasted much longer than they did on the old surface ment that we were able to see drivers continue to pass throughout the whole run.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:10:38 +0000

@ roc – You sound just like my dad, i.e. that’s the same thing he says. And, it’s true, I know it.

By: roc

roc — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:46:49 +0000

I know jr. ain’t winning the wins will come but if he keeps running up front and in the top five or ten that is all he needs right know he mave have not won but is having a good season and t.z good ratings i would have to agree i’m just getting fed up with the jr. count down on last win.