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Phoenix What is up With Greg Biffle? Has he lost his mind or was it never there to begin with. At the Atlanta race 2 weeks ago he’s 2 laps down and starts racing Mark Martin (his own teammate and the race leader) and causes him to lose the lead and costs him a very important win. Then this week I’m listening to Mark Martin’s radio and I hear this: Mark: Did you know Biffle just flipped me off? Pat Tryson: No I didn’t know that Mark: Well, I just wanted everyone to know that. Now I’m convinced there is something wrong with Biffle. 1. He’s got a better ride offer and WANTS Roush to fire him. 2. He does not like Mark Martin and WANTS Roush to fire him or 3. He’s lost his mind and WANTS Roush to fire him. I say put him out of his misery and have Roush fire him. It’s not a new phenomenon it just seems like a waste of time. Rusty and Ryan are having their problems and I hope they get that worked out soon. I mean Penske doesn’t need his team cars trying to wreck each other every weekend. I’m sure that would really start to get expensive. With two races left I’m sure of one thing. Tempers are going to get hotter! Can’t wait for the Southern 500! Note to Roush: Restraining jackets are pretty cheap.  Goodyear? No! Badyear! Brickyard 400 08/08/04: What was up with those tires? In particular the front left! On a banked track I could see the right sides going to hell-in-a-hand-basket but this is pretty much a round road course! I’m not a physics major or an engineer so could someone help me out here? I do believe that every yellow flag and accident was due to a tire problem. Okay, Mark Martin did hit a wall early on for no apparent reason, but he kept on keeping on! Let’s get this over with. Congrats Jeff Gordon on your win! I wrote it right but I felt like a cat with a hairball! Congrats Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler (teammates) for driving like a team and staying up front! Congrats to Mark Martin-not once but twice having to go to 40th place and driving right back up to the front! Working hard and hard working! Dang those Badyear tires! Congrats to Dale Jr. for being able to finish a race since his accident! Dang those Badyear tires! Glad you’re okay, Ryan Newman, because that was a hard hit! Thank goodness for the safer walls! It was nice to see someone take a hit like that and still get out of the car “all ticked off”! I love racing! It’s off to Watkins Glen next weekend! Kiss of Death If you had a new Ford engine you were given the kiss of death! A big ole wet sloppy kiss of death. Who was kissed? Martin, Jarrett, Burton to name a few or name them all. I lost count. And on all of the racecars, hoses were breaking and fluid of every kind was flying around that track! Kenseth and Harvick must have had magnets attached to their cars as they connected hard on three different occasions. So the saying is true that opposites attract, and not in a good way! Robbie foiled Ryan and Jamie foiled P.J. Jones. Jamie didn’t realize his a$$-end was longer then it was. Maybe he should look into the Atkins Diet? Poor Mikey. Rusty had no brakes. He could have at least yelled to Mikey “No brakes! No brakes! Get outta my way”! Instead he must have said “No brakes, no brakes, oh well, I guess this #15 car will help slow me down a tad”. And finally the race ends under “yellow”. Boring! And yet another fan is not happy with the outcome and tries taking out a flagman this time. Temper, temper, I’m sure with your jail sentence you will be offered an anger management class. Hey, NASCAR ain’t just for Rednecks! I believe if you’re from Pennsylvania you would be called a Yankee! Note: 06/14/04 The Flagman is not pressing charges against the fan who hit him. It’s off to Michigan next week. Let’s hope it’s good weather! Well, well, well, a “Young Gun” doesn’t win a race? See what happens when Gillette just allows anyone ole person to use their razors! All seems right in the world when Mark Martin wins a race. He’s a racer’s racer, a man’s man and all around good guy and champion. All of the drivers like Mark and it showed as they came into Victory Circle to congratulate him. Tony Stewart redeemed himself, as he was the 1st one there. The FOX/FX cameras swayed from Mark and fixated on Tony. Tony had to remind them of who the winner was and quickly walked away. Jeff Burton had nice things to say also. Atta Boy Awards: Ricky Rudd: for helping Ryan to the pits. Kasey Kahne: for always giving it your all. You are sure to win plenty of races in your career. That other Casey just screwed it up for ya! Ralph Sheheen: There was a trivia type question about something that happen in the Cup Series a long time ago. On T.V. they showed the NNC series (which stands for the NASCAR Nextel Cup). Now, they haven’t even sponsored the series for a year yet and Ralph simply said “The Cup” series. Smart. I don’t think of Nextel when I think of a 1970’s, 80’s or 90’s trivia question. Since cell phones didn’t even exist (for most of us) it would sound pretty stupid. The “Where have you been?” Award: Quote from Mike Joy: “I fail to understand why so many people cheer Jeff Gordon’s misfortune?” Silly Mike. I’m not condoning it. I’m just saying, “Are you serious”? It’s all a Conspiracy! Or am I Just Paranoid! 1. Does anybody else find it a little strange that Lowes cars at Lowes Motor Speedway won both the Busch and the Cup race? It’s just something to think about. 2. Mark Martin had a great run going but as usual something exploded, caught fire or just plain fell off his car. And it is always a manufacturing problem. First fuel lines and now wires catching fire! Someone is trying to kill Roush Racers! Well, at least Mark and Greg. And what’s up with certain Ford drivers getting these special Roush/Yates/Ford engines and others having to wait. What in the hee-haw is going on there! While all of these secret, magical engines are being built by little elves in a land far, far away, Chevrolet is racing away, literally with all the trophies. For the love of everything holy, give Mark a car he can drive and he’ll race the wheels right off that thing. Yeah, I’m sure those are the next to go. 3. Good job to Jamie McMurray for taking a chance and staying out. Sometimes you just gotta go for it! 4. Too much! Too much! Racing that is. Never thought I’d say that but with the Indy being rain delayed and starting back up when the 600 was on, was a bit of an overload. I spent an inordinate amount of time switching channels, T.V sets and listening to radio transmissions on TrackPass. Indy was having a lot of crashes making it just too exciting to miss. I was running room to room tripping over dogs, bumping into walls. Okay maybe it wasn't too much racing but too much beer! HA! My TrackPass was so loud my neighbors probably thought I turned the house into a truck-stop. "You got your ears on, I'm eastbound and down"! Dang! Now that song is stuck in my head! It’s off to Dover this weekend. Well, not me but them. I’ll be here! Note to Ryan Newman Not your fault. Whenever you have Smirnoff Ice on your back you ALWAYS get a little loose! HA! Great job Matt and Ryan! A great race and that’s the kind of racing I like to watch. Losers of the race: 1. Kurt Busch for taking out his own teammate and others. Was it impatience? Was it a little helping nudge? Either way you took out half the field! You don’t back draft in this kind of race (nice excuse) and you don’t do it on a straightaway. At least that’s what D.W. said or was it Larry Mac? 2. Dale Jr. for ramming Mark Martin so he slides in to Terry Labonte. Refer to my Kurt Busch statement! Although I don’t think your intention was to back draft but it was to RAM Mark Martin. Winners of the race: Besides the obvious, 1. Jeff Burton & Sterling Marlin for only pretending to beat up Casey Mears when they stepped out of the ambulance. 2. Jimmy Spencer for having a big smile after his wreck even though deep down he wanted to wrap his hands around someone’s neck and squeeze! Yes, I bet it was the shortest race you’ve ever been in too! The 600 is right around the corner and more excitement is on the way! | B.A.'s Archives 2005 | B.A.'s Archives 2004 | | B.A.'s Archives 2007 | B.A.'s Archives 2006 | Splash and Go Blog | | Return Home | Drivers & Owners | Tracks & Schedules | B.A.'s Race Observations | The Garage | About Us | E-mail Us | |
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