for Tony fans-
Did any of you listen in to any car audio during the cup race in Texas?
It sounded to me like Tony was bored early in the race. My question would be was it the “cookie cutter” track or possibly the cot playing a role in it?
Seems to me like I remember similiar complaints from him at “cookie cutter” tracks in the past.
It seems a shame for a guy who loves racing so much to be just going in circles,logging laps. Shouldn’t there be some enjoyment in it?
Isn’t that the job we all wish we had? Racing cars for a living? Why was he so bored? Just curious if anyone knows?
Thanks in advance.
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(you must be a member of this group to comment)Smoke20Wins
Apr 12 2008 17:26
Statement
A collection of comments from drivers at Phoenix
Do you think the new cars are too difficult to handle side-by-side and is there anything NASCAR can do to improve racing?
It was difficult (at Texas) and had similar feelings of Atlanta, again. I’m not sure what the solution is right now. You have to take it one variable at a time and change one variable and see how it makes it act. You definitely gave each other more room than you normally did — that takes away from the side-by-side racing aspect that we’ve all been accustomed to in this series for so long that I think has made this series so popular. It definitely was a handful. I mentioned earlier in the race on the radio to Zippy (Greg Zipadelli, crew chief) I said, ‘Every one of these other 42 guys that were on the racetrack were earning their money.’ These cars are not easy to drive — they’re not designed to be easy to drive.
“They were definitely a handful and there were a lot of guys that had moments by themselves and were like ‘oh man I can’t believe you didn’t lose it the rest of the way.’ Normally we’re accustomed to seeing that when you’re side-by-side and someone takes the air off of you. Seeing it when you’re by yourself, that makes you go ‘wow.’ I don’t think anyone predicted in practice that we’d be handling that bad in the race. I think it’s still a transitional period, too. We just haven’t ran on a lot of mile and a half and two mile tracks, yet. As the season goes and we get to go to some of these tracks a second time around I think everybody is going to be a little more caught up and be a little more aware of what the challenges for race day will be and anticipate that a little better.”
Smoke20Wins
Apr 11 2008 21:28
Yeah, I Heard Tony
But that’s about all I can say since I didn’t get to watch or hear much during the race.
It’s just a COT thing (feel), everyone is going to have to get use to this car & getting their stuff together for next season. I’m sure tires are also an issue & will be until the problem ever gets solved.
But there’s times where I feel the crew chief needs to make the desiccion to pit or changes more than Tony. Tony needs to concentrate on driving & explaining what he needs, not trying to do his job & the crew cheif’s job at the same time. When Tony makes the wrong call, it’s going to eat at him & it will have some type of effect on racing, even if in the smallest amount. That job needs on the crew chief so the driver can be 100% on driving & not stewing or being royally pissed off at “his” wrong call. Then he has a double let down feeling towards the team, bad call as well as driving.
On the other hand, it’s great that crew chief & driver can have that trust in each other for calls being made. Sometimes it works out. But when neither of you know really which way to go, don’t leave it on the driver.