park Robbie Gordon

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"Mark" <mblackwell1958 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

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Whether it was first or second really doesn't matter. He didn't
deserve 13th.

Agreed. Strenuously.

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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE (AT) alltel (DOT) net

#22

"Mark" <mblackwell1958 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

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On Aug 5, 12:17 pm, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREM... (AT) alltel (DOT) net> wrote:
"Alan Jones" <ajo... (AT) sportswriterusa (DOT) com> wrote in message

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If I may offer a tiebreaker, the camera shot jumped over to catch RG
just completing the pass "12" seconds after the wreck was in
progress. In the very first frame of that shot, RG had not yet
cleared the #59; still had all of his left quarterpanel to go.
Marcus' nose was up to RG's rear axle.

At 9 seconds into the wreck, the TV broadcast indicated NASCAR threw
the caution. Seems like there would be at least a 2 second delay in
relaying that info onto the screen.

Which puts Robbie in the lead. At the point of the caution (or the last
scoring loop prior to the caution), the lead is determined by the nose of
the car, not the rear quarter panel.

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-Mike-
mmarlowREM... (AT) alltel (DOT) net

Whether it was first or second really doesn't matter. He didn't
deserve 13th.

You're right, but it was consistent of NASCAR to make up and apply their

rules "on the fly."
And why in God's name, if NASCAR couldn't figure out the scoring from 1st
thru 6th or so, didn't they red-flag the event until they could figure it
out, rather than creating a green-white-checker situation with many cars on
the verge of running out of fuel? What an embarrassment!!!

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