Shirley and Thornton

[chupp n bloomer fan]

How the he!! can Shirley be mad at Thornton? You pulled another Illinois drivers “slide job”. You had way too much steam, locked up the left front at least, and drove over the cushion, you literally parked it in front of him. You totally overdrove it, was not enough time for Thornton to react. Had you pulled a legit slider, yeah he coulda turned under you. That was not that.

At least Thornton’s assessment was legit.

[BloomerWon]

Illinois drivers slide job??? WHAT? Lol, dont let the bs bobby displays effect your better judgment on some of the cleanest drivers in the country...

[LM1M]

Agree, Shirley seems like a good guy but he should have just said I screwed up. But it looks like he was mad that Thornton went from bottom of 4 to the wall on front stretch and that's what precipitated it. Not sure what Shirley wanted it to go that way but he did have to take evasive action on the front stretch to keep his momentum up when Thornton pulled in front of him.

[zyoung25]

So you can basically drive straight into the corner at weird angle, stand on the brakes and push up the entire track, almost come to a stop, and still blame the guy behind you? I must say, that's a new one for me.

I'd expect better out of a guy that's won national titles and has been around for awhile. There was nothing Ricky could.

[TS FAN]

Racing deal. It happens. Of course that is unless Pierce was involved.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Racing deal. It happens. Of course that is unless Pierce was involved.

If Pierce pulled that same move I’d call it that same way. And yeah, it was a racing deal. But Shirley acting like Thornton was at fault was BS. I expect that move from 32, not from Shirley.

Bad slider no matter who it was. I don’t wear rose colored glasses for anyone.

[84wedge]

His car was a little too fast, for him to be entering the corner at that speed, that low, the track would have needed to be about 50 feet wider.

[Highside Hustler25]

I'm a Shirley fan and yes, that's a head scratcher.

[Highside Hustler25]

Illinois drivers slide job??? WHAT? Lol

He's gotta be talking about you. Mine are always clean 😇😇😇

[0_VodooChild_0]

Lap 6-7 of a 30 lapper. Yeah, Squirrel, you really needed to do that at that point of the race. What a moron. For what it is worth, Shirley NEVER touched the brakes on the front stretch when Thornton slid up. Squirrel is full of $h1t

[Highside Hustler25]

Lap 6-7 of a 30 lapper. Yeah, Squirrel, you really needed to do that at that point of the race. What a moron. For what it is worth, Shirley NEVER touched the brakes on the front stretch when Thornton slid up. Squirrel is full of $h1t

Feel better now?🥱

[Zonks32x]

Racing deal. It happens. Of course that is unless Pierce was involved.

I thought this thread was about Squirrel and RTJ!?!?
Well...it was nice while it lasted for all of 4 post.

Squirrel has only himself to blame for the end result of that deal.

[Barbecueboy]

Racing deal. It happens. Of course that is unless Pierce was involved.

Just not as frequently

[chupp n bloomer fan]

I thought this thread was about Squirrel and RTJ!?!?
Well...it was nice while it lasted for all of 4 post.

Squirrel has only himself to blame for the end result of that deal.

I’m guilty sorta in the start of the thread. When I said Illinois drivers, I meant that one guy. But I didn’t wanna say it and go down that rabbit hole.

[Jking24]

I like aggressive drivers like both of them but thought it was overly aggressive for both of them so early in the race. Rtj slid to the moon out of four you know the sliders coming he had to be able to hear Shirley. I don't know about brakes but Shirley did look like he checked the fuel to give rt room. If Shirley wouldn't of parked it over the cushion rt probably would have lifted but it looked like he tried to gas it up and turn under Shirley so that he didn't cost himself abunch of track position. Ultimately just a racing deal that could of been prevented by both partys.