Foo - Ok I've got to know.....

Whose cheering for Montoya tomorrow at Daytona?

What is this Daytona of which you speak?

I'm cheering for him to get punted into the the wall at turn one. So now all of America can hear what a whining POS he really is.

i think most fans of any series other than NASCAR will be pulling for montoya.

i'm not sure i am or not.

on the one hand i want him to be successful, on the other, if he's TOO successfull, it will just add to the stereotype people have that NASCAR is a walk in the park.

skill involved or not, NASCAR is much more exciting than F1.

i'm not sure i am or not.

on the one hand i want him to be successful, on the other, if he's TOO successfull, it will just add to the stereotype people have that NASCAR is a walk in the park.

skill involved or not, NASCAR is much more exciting than F1.

Yeah personally I love it when people come out of other types of cars and do well in Nascar. Almendinger will probably be dangerous once he gets a car underneath him. If I had to make a choice of a Nascar or F-1 race to spectate, in person, I'd rather see Formula 1. Guess that's why I like bicycles, I'm just wired differently than the average American.

i think most fans of any series other than NASCAR will be pulling for montoya.

Really? Most of my friends are F1 fans and they weren't big fans of JPM then. Now is in the WWF of auto racing they don't even care. I thought he was a whiner in F1 and I doubt much will change now that he's in CrashCAR.

Really? Most of my friends are F1 fans and they weren't big fans of JPM then. Now is in the WWF of auto racing they don't even care. I thought he was a whiner in F1 and I doubt much will change now that he's in CrashCAR. I certainlywould not put him in the whiner class that Villenueve is in.

I think that the move Montoya made to NASCAR will be good for the sport, the same said with toyota moving into NASCAR as well (and the single sponsored Red Bull team who now has a spot in just about every extreme or racing sport :-). I know i will have someone else to cheer for besides Jeff Gordon. I'm a huge F1 fan but at the same time just an all around anything that goes fast fan.

I certainlywould not put him in the whiner class that Villenueve is in.

No JV is a world class whiner, JPM is close but no JV.

My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2005/04/07/inigomontoya.jpg

Really? Most of my friends are F1 fans and they weren't big fans of JPM then. Now is in the WWF of auto racing they don't even care. I thought he was a whiner in F1 and I doubt much will change now that he's in CrashCAR.


well now that i know most of your friends make up the majority i'll be sure to keep my mouth shut.

My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2005/04/07/inigomontoya.jpg

bastage!!
I was getting ready to type that!!

What are all us rednecks spose'd to do since they took our NASCAR and gave it to Toyota and Juan Pablo?

Seriously, I think this sport is heading for disaster. It's going to take most of these fans awhile to figure out they've been dooped (they aren't the brightest bunch), but eventually they'll figure out that they are a turd in a punch bowl.

My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2005/04/07/inigomontoya.jpg

Oh **** he races now. Poor guy must have a permanent tilt going left all the time

No JV is a world class whiner, JPM is close but no JV.

Hard to say, If you put JPM in a Ferrari or Renault would things have been considerably different. I saw him when he was driving CART nee Champ Car and he certainly had no problems there, nor did Villenueve. Easier cars to drive or more equal to each other than the Formula 1 field? I think i've become a philosopher here

I think that the move Montoya made to NASCAR will be good for the sport, the same said with toyota moving into NASCAR as well (and the single sponsored Red Bull team who now has a spot in just about every extreme or racing sport :-). I know i will have someone else to cheer for besides Jeff Gordon. I'm a huge F1 fan but at the same time just an all around anything that goes fast fan.

Same here with the possible exception of NHRA. Definitely will be good for NASCAR. Now if Schumacher takes up NASCAR'S invitation to test and comes to play I think we might have a horse race on our hands

http://www.motorsports.autoblog.com/2007/02/13/schumacher-offered-open-invitation-to-drive-a-nascar/

Hard to say, If you put JPM in a Ferrari or Renault would things have been considerably different. I saw him when he was driving CART nee Champ Car and he certainly had no problems there, nor did Villenueve. Easier cars to drive or more equal to each other than the Formula 1 field? I think i've become a philosopher here

JPM has said that driving a champcar was harder than F1. champcars are heavier and have less downforce than an F1 car, plus they are amost as fast. they have no power steering, and up until this season, drivers have always had to take one hand off the wheel to downshift. in most cases, your typical F1 driver is simply an overpriced pansy.

F-1 has no power steering either but both are very light in the front end so steering effort isn't too bad unless you are bouncing it off the curbing then it's a blister fest.

F-1 has no power steering either but both are very light in the front end so steering effort isn't too bad unless you are bouncing it off the curbing then it's a blister fest.

oh, but they do have power steering. and when you consider the effects of all that downforce, it's almost needed. but champcar doesn't allow it.

http://www.formula1.com/insight/rulesandregs/14/494.html


edit: here's an interesting one:
http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/strArticleID/60202/strSite/MDSite/viewSelectedArticle.asp
"Another application of note, says Jones, is power steering. Although F1 cars are light, they experience nearly 3 g of downforce at high speeds. They also have extreme steering geometries with large caster angles, which lifts or lowers the front end as the steering wheel turns. This makes the cars essentially undriveable without power steering."

crazy how small they can make that stuff.

well now that i know most of your friends make up the majority i'll be sure to keep my mouth shut.

The first smart thing I've seen you write. There's hope for you yet.

Hard to say, If you put JPM in a Ferrari or Renault would things have been considerably different. I saw him when he was driving CART nee Champ Car and he certainly had no problems there, nor did Villenueve. Easier cars to drive or more equal to each other than the Formula 1 field? I think i've become a philosopher here

He was in a competitive car abet a fragile one. Kimi had no problems leading, and at times dominating races. Had the McLaren stayed running I have little doubt Kimi would have at least one WC under his belt.

The first smart thing I've seen you write. There's hope for you yet.


good one. i'll try another comeback when i feel the need for a final, defiant jab;)

Whoops sorry, Guess I haven't been keeping up with the FIA regs. I defer to you on that point.

i'll pull for montoya if he'll talk like jean girard.

http://www.moviehabit.com/photos/talladega_nights_150.jpg

I would like to see him do well, but Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart are also high on my list. When he was with DEI I did not care for Waltrip, but I would like to see him do well also. Robbie Gordon needs to have major problems on lap one.

Robbie Gordon needs to have major problems on lap one. Generally Robbie takes care of that on his own, Unfortunately he usually takes out some innocents with him. What a hack!

robby's just an aggressive driver. actually, he's a maniac. put him in a car that likes to be manhandled(ie., driven, raced) and he shines. just so happens that doesn't pay off in nascar unless they're on a roadcourse.
he's a lot like JPM in that he's been a winner or has won in just about every series he was a part of and they can both absolutely drive the wheels off of anything they get their hands on. HARDLY a hack by any stretch of the imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wHDuggdVyA

he's a passionate driver and also one of the coolest guys you'll ever talk to in the paddock.

I used to think that about P. Tracy too until this year. He's just holding on to tight when you have to chuck roll bar padding on the track to create your own yellow.

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