"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

He promoted a NASCAR/WoO drivers in late models as a prelim to the World 100
last year. I am not sure if he ran the ARCA race on the dirt at DuQuoin
last year, but he has in the past. I was commenting on Janal's painting
with a broad brush, especially the comment where he says that Stewart witll
race at every opportunity. He does race often, but not at every
opportunity, to be sure. When I met him in the pits at Lincoln Park last
summer, he was watching his USAC sprint car teams race. He most certainly
had the time to break out a back up car and qualify, but did not. In fact,
he commented that he was pretty beat from testing the Cup car all day at the
Speedway.

Janal is just typical of that breed of journalist that is too lazy to
actually check his facts. Which, unfortunately is most of them these days.

Carey in Manvel

"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote

Why isn't the story of Stewart and Kahne competing in a huge event that
draws drivers from several differend disciplines a story? Why didn't Janal
find a story about when Tony flipped on Wednesday during practice and
scratched the car from that evening's qualifying and post a link to that?
Again, there is a whole lot more to racing than NASCAR, and it is one hell
of a story when these folks race another venue and type of car. Isn't the
story of Kahne just cracking the top ten of an event a story? Apparently
not. It should be.

There are so many posts here, whining about how there isn't anything to do
since it isn't racing season. Well, there is quite a bit of racing going
on, outside of Daytona Practice. Hell, there is a whole other sprint car
season going on down in Australia right now. With quite a few US drivers,
too. In racing, there really is no "off season", at least for me.

I just find that Janal's limiting his comments to an injury to be cheap and
lazy. Like most of what he does.

Carey in Manvel

<support (AT) stockcar-challenge (DOT) com> wrote

sport, what with his midget, sprint and champ car teams; and his purchase of
Eldora.

Carey in Manvel

On 2006-01-16 08:06:04 -0500, "Carey Akin" <cmakin (AT) att (DOT) net> said:

Where did I say that they weren't stories worthy of notation?!?!.....
The last time I checked Alan didn't comment on every story related to
racing in this NG, but that hardly would equate to him believing that
none of it is newsworthy. This isn't an either / or situation. I
can't speak for why Alan didn't post a story on other events of the
weekend, but did choose to post a story about an accident that could
possibly effect the reigning Champ's participation in NASCAR.

that may be true.... but this isn't rec.autos.sport.anykindofracing,
it's devoted NASCAR, and Stewart's accident is directly related to that.

well, it's not just Alan, nascar.com currently features a story on
Stewart's injury but not anything on the rest of the weekend as well.


--
...."from the dark side, we can see the glow of something bright ~
there's much more than we see here".... $1 to Dave from "Pig"

http://www.nancies.org/music/lyrics/pig/

"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote

And my grip is that the ONLY story that he found newsworthy is Stewart
getting "injured". That is pathetic.
And there are NASCAR drivers competing over the off season.

Carey in Manvel

On 2006-01-16 09:17:06 -0500, "Carey Akin" <cmakin (AT) att (DOT) net> said:

Did he say that he didn't find the rest of the weekend newsworthy?
Does someone need to comment on *all* newsworthy events related to
racing in order to comment on any of them?

quite frankly, I had no interest in the Chili Bowl, none whatsoever,
but if Stewart had been injured to the point where his participation in
testing or Daytona had been effected, I would be very interested ~
because it could have a big impact on the NC season. I'm trying to
give Alan the benefit of the doubt on this one.

I'm not so sure it was. I strongly suspect that had *anyone* other
than Alan started the thread your reaction to the story would have been
different.

--
...."from the dark side, we can see the glow of something bright ~
there's much more than we see here".... $1 to Dave from "Pig"

http://www.nancies.org/music/lyrics/pig/

"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote

I would guess, just by what he posted. I get back to my point for the last
time. His only "newsworthy" item really has little to do with racing and
everything to do with an injury.
going on in Tulsa over the weekend than there is in an entire Cup season.
My guess is that you don't attend your local track, either.
Nope, my reaction would have been the same. It is just more enjoyable when
he does it.

On 2006-01-16 09:59:44 -0500, "Carey Akin" <cmakin (AT) att (DOT) net> said:

and I'll get back to mine for the last time ~ You are making
assumptions that may not be true, I suspect only because it is Alan.

You would be wrong. I go to the Spring Sizzler at Stafford Springs
every year, it's a major event with myself and my friends.... and we
also attend every race we can get to at Lime Rock.

well, I guess it's more enjoyable for you, but the constant bitching
about Alan gets quite tiring for myself and other readers, I'm sure.
I'm not his biggest fan by any stretch of the imagination, but too much
time and energy is wasted complaining about what he does (or now on
what he *doesn't* do). As far as I can tell, he feeds off the
negatives as much as he does the positives.


--
...."from the dark side, we can see the glow of something bright ~
there's much more than we see here".... $1 to Dave from "Pig"

http://www.nancies.org/music/lyrics/pig/

"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote

No, I would have taken the same stance, regardless. You should have heard
me bitching at the Sunday Chronicle yesterday morning, for just the same
reason.
Oooh, Spring Sizzler. That is a race I would love to see. I am not so much
a road racing fan, though.
inaccurate (which is often) or like this most recent one. Believe me, I
don't comment on his every post (although he may say something QUITE
different, given his propensity to see the world in generalities), because
most of them are just a rehash of news I get other places.

Carey in Manvel

"Carey Akin" wrote ...
there a rehash of news HE gets other places. The only original part is his
weird, twisted, out of context and inaccurate takes on them.