Wow, what sight. A full page blow-up of Elephant Ear on the front page of the
Dallas Morning News sports section. No wonder he can win races. When he flaps
those wings he was born with he creates a vacuum that pulls him to the front.
He best learn from his older brother and not pin those babies back. Once Kurt
had his sails trimmed he flew to the back. What a hero.

On Jun 4, 10:29*am, electric... (AT) xo (DOT) com (Electrician) wrote:
I like Kyle - he's maturing - he's funny - he doesn't give a damn what
people think of him personally.

His pre-race blurb on Eldora has him stating, with an amused look on
his face, that "Everyone's building cars, and testing....it's out of
control! There should be a rule - no tests." LOL. He didn't do too
well last year, but I think tonight will be different. It will be fun
to watch. He said qualifying would be his test.

Also, it's JJ's first year at Eldora, so that should be interesting as
well. I don't know how much dirt experience he's got. Clint Bowyer's
building JJ's car - JJ said it would be fun to see what kind of an
owner Clint would be.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:

Looks like weather will be the winner tonight ;-(

On Jun 4, 11:17 am, Nancy2 <nancy-doo... (AT) uiowa (DOT) edu> wrote:

seeing how KyB's (hornet class) Toyota will do
against those 8-cly American cars.

On Jun 4, 1:29*pm, SG <spaamtrap... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Nope - rain cleared up by "kill time" at 1:00 p.m....the track was
pretty decent. The BBs said Tony spent the afternoon with the tractor
and a pickup, making it right for the race. It was way different from
last year, which threw off some of the drivers a little. Robby Gordon
did a terrific job for his first time on a dirt oval. I loved JJ's
and JG's cars and uniforms - JJ's sponsor was his own foundation, and
JG's sponsor was EA Sports. They both went out and got sponsors this
year, with matching fire suits and everything. Gordon didn't acquit
himself too well - finished 13th (out of 24), mostly by attrition.
Wild Thing didn't do too well, either - sounded like he was going to
pack it in after he put it in the wall twice during the heats, but
went ahead and drove in the finish.

Definitely, a good time was had by all. Tony had the class of the
field (new car, trying some different things, according to him) -
announcers were Mike Joy, DW, Kyle Petty, and pit reporters were Matt
Yocum, along with Ford Martin, a (about) 10-year-old son of a Cup crew
chief, I guess. You could tell he had been around racing his whole
life - he had some good questions, and finished up his interview with
Clint Bowyer by saying, "Harvick says he can take you." Red Farmer
was driving again - he's 75 now, according to the blurb on the TV. DW
was hilarious, even if you don't like DW....after JJYeley crashed for
the second time, DW thought they should have a "3 strike" rule, like
they do in some rookie events. Then JJY crashed a couple more times,
just for good measure.

During the heat that Carl Edwards ran, nearly every other car (there
were about 8-10 in each heat) took a pot shot at him, and he got
bumped around a lot. Funny. During the final, JJ hit about
everything that wasn't nailed down.

Even the anthem wasn't the worst I've heard.

There was a crowd of 23,000 - about 5K more than last year. And they
gave VJGC a check for $1M, although there will probably be still more
donations and earnings coming in. Kyle was tickled - a lot of the
money will go to start the second VJGC in Kansas City.

N.

On Jun 4, 1:35*pm, Rick <pe... (AT) cray (DOT) com> wrote:
In this race, it's more about driving skill than motors - they cars go
about 116 mph at their top speed. Robby Gordon had the best line
around the track according to the experts; Tony had the best car,
period.

Turn 2 was a killer - lots of drivers never got through it without
saying hello to the wall.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
Great recap. Thanks!

On Jun 5, 10:38 am, Nancy2 <nancy-doo... (AT) uiowa (DOT) edu> wrote:
Robby's best work is done on dirt/sand in his off-road racing so I'm
not surprised he did well.

Any idea when it will be on Speed?

On Jun 5, 2:27 pm, TS02_05champ <tonystewart02_05ch... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
wrote:

The boys said, "...this summer on the Speed Channel." I can't
remember last year how long it was before they showed it -

I forgot about Blaney, too - very, very fast - set a track record and
had top spot in the qualifying heats. (But then they inverted the
field.) He "done blowed up" during the finish, though.

N.

"Nancy2" <nancy-dooley (AT) uiowa (DOT) edu> wrote

On Jun 4, 10:29 am, electric... (AT) xo (DOT) com (Electrician) wrote:
I like Kyle - he's maturing - he's funny - he doesn't give a damn what
people think of him personally.

His pre-race blurb on Eldora has him stating, with an amused look on
his face, that "Everyone's building cars, and testing....it's out of
control! There should be a rule - no tests." LOL. He didn't do too
well last year, but I think tonight will be different. It will be fun
to watch. He said qualifying would be his test.

Kyle finished a very close second last year in his first try.
A couple of more laps and he may have passed Edwards for the win.