Posted 19 February 2016 - 12:02 AM
Great run for Ryan Blaney tonight at Daytona!! Finished third with the Wood Brothers car in the first qualifier despite a vibration problem that caused an early pit stop. A caution allowed him to get back on the lead lap and then he passed a bunch of cars to get third. Lou has to be smiling!!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
Walt
Posted 19 February 2016 - 07:04 AM
Great Job. Will give me a reason to watch come Sunday.
Posted 19 February 2016 - 08:28 AM
Congrats Ryan on a good run. I know Dad and Lou are PROUD. Best of luck on Sunday.
Posted 19 February 2016 - 02:28 PM
Dave once said in an interview that Ryan is a better driver than ever thought about being...
Posted 20 February 2016 - 09:58 AM
Dave was good in a sprint car, but I saw him get collected in accidents in nascrap that Lou would have seen coming for laps.
Ryan looks like he may have the same vision Lou had.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
Posted 21 February 2016 - 09:18 AM
Posted 21 February 2016 - 05:13 PM
Yeah ..... Accidents that happen in a split second at 200 mph Lou could see 5 hours ahead of time !!! He was like Jesus in a fire suit !!!
If you don't think Lou saw stuff before it actually happened, I doubt I can explain it to you. It's not some kind of clairvoyance or anything like that, but it's like a football running back who can see the holes about to open in front of him or a quarterback who can see the receivers routes before they make their break. Some accidents start laps before they actually happen, and if you know what you're seeing you can let it happen without participating in it yourself. I'm telling you, Lou saw things before they actually happened, and he moved into holes that hadn't opened when he started into them.
As good as he is, Dave doesn't have that, and Ryan might.
Edited by FanJim24, 22 February 2016 - 12:32 PM.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
Posted 21 February 2016 - 05:22 PM
At the speeds they run in NASCAR, all the talent in the world can't keep you from being collected in many accidents.
Edited by flash49, 21 February 2016 - 07:21 PM.
Posted 21 February 2016 - 05:29 PM
Posted 21 February 2016 - 05:52 PM
At the speeds they run in NASCAR, all the talent in the world can't keep you from being collected in many accidents, no matter how talented you might be.
Not every accident, but some. Yeah, Lou had his night ended more than a few times, and he did it to himself sometimes too, but he avoided some because they were going to happen.
Dave was right behind two of the more notorious idiots in nascrap at the time, Robby Gordon and someone else, at a road course, and they were beating on each other for over a lap, at a road course. They were going to wreck, it wasn't a question. Instead of backing off far enough for them to clear when the inevitable happened, and drive by as they spun each other, Dave stayed close and got collected in a wreck that even I could see coming. I understand that the view is different in the car, but even at that, it had to be predictable.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
Posted 21 February 2016 - 06:21 PM
Ryan had another good run today, in the top ten over half of the race before being shuffled back in the late going. He is going to give Chase Elliott a real run for the NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!
Walt
Posted 21 February 2016 - 09:03 PM
Posted 21 February 2016 - 10:08 PM
Posted 22 February 2016 - 10:34 AM
The casual fan doesn't care about Chase Elliot or Ryan Blaney. They are only aware of the back 35 if little E or Danica are still in the race. All that the non-fans know is that Dale Jr, and Danica crashed, that the finish was within inches, and that nascrap didn't deliver on the big one, (mass carnage), this year and will have to fix that by July.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
Posted 22 February 2016 - 12:02 PM
Not every accident, but some. Yeah, Lou had his night ended more than a few times, and he did it to himself sometimes too, but he avoided some because they were going to happen.
Dave was right behind two of the more notorious idiots in nascrap at the time, Robby Gordon and someone else, at a road course, and they were beating on each other for over a lap, at a road course. They were going to wreck, it wasn't a question. Instead of backing off far enough for them to clear when the inevitable happened, and drive by as they spun each other, Dave stayed close and got collected in a wreck that even I could see coming. I understand that the view is different in the car, but even at that, it had to be predictable.
A lot of excitement left when Robby Gordon left .
Posted 22 February 2016 - 12:35 PM
A lot of excitement left when Robby Gordon left .
I prefer drivers who can out drive the other driver, not ones who aren't afraid to wreck anyone who has the nerve to be in front of them. My excitement is a good race. I'm glad when losers like r.gordon leave. I don't miss j.flinner and I won't miss joe kelly or kevin bolland when they quit.
Edited by FanJim24, 22 February 2016 - 12:56 PM.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
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