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Originally posted by Clayton_Wetter
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Good call KB Fan!!! 
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There can only be one possible reason to hire a driver with as insignificant a record as pee wee jr. over one of the greatest drivers of any era and a quality human being of the caliber of Jimmie Johnson. That would be due to age. Jimmie has many less years left and I don't see Jimmie hanging on past the time has passed that he should retire. It has to be age since the numbers and results just aren't there for little pee wee jr.Originally posted by TS FAN View Post
Power, we're still curious as to why you are such an adamant Jimmie Johnson hater. It never ceases to amaze how someone like yourself, who is still a big NASCAR fan can hold any sort of legitimate contempt for a great driver and by all accounts a superb human being as is Jimmie. Baffling.Comment
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And here we go. Just for you CIRF. A Christmas present. You were just dying for me to post something that would result in Jimmie Johnson response. LOLOLOLOL
People do have different opinions. LOLOLOLOL
If the 48 would have had been the number 18 they way he won the championship, you would have been screaming. LOLOLOL
By the way, what really did make me mad about that last race was this. That was Kyle Larson's race to win, but he had to let the 48 win because he did not want to be the story in case they would have wrecked on that last restart. There is your gimmicked up chase for you.
Merry ChristmasComment
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I almost forgot. CIRF you should go to Nascar.com and see what that hated, awful Kyle Busch has done nowComment
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As for Kyle Petty??? GET A HAIRCUT!!!!!! He he heComment
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One thing about it Jimmy would not have 7 championships if not for the new format. In the old points system Gordon would have more them 4.Comment
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Opinion? Hmmm!! Is it opinion that the #48 has 7 championships? Is it opinion that the #48 has 80 wins in 543 Cup starts? Is it opinion that Jimmie Johnson is man of class, dignity and of high moral fiber? I don't think so, and I don't think you do, either.Originally posted by TS FAN View Post
Is it opinion that pee wee jr. has only 46 wins and just one completely illegitimate championship? Is it opinion that pee wee jr. has no manners and is a wimpy, classless creepy crawler? I don't think so and I don't think you do either.
Come on power, once and for all give your expert (LOL!) opinion as to why Jimmie is worthy and is deserving of your utmost contempt? Feel free to be truthful and frank.
I really don't have any interest in pee wee's philanthropic endeavors.Originally posted by TS FAN View Post
Please show ANYWHERE that I've said that I hate pee wee jr. I just believe he's somewhat overrated as a driver and isn't a very nice person and his Cup driving record and personal actions prove it. No hate, just the truth. All the philanthropic endeavors in the world can't change the fact pee wee jr. received a rather inadequate upbringing and I had nothing to do with that. If I had, chances are he'd probably be much more like Jimmie Johnson.Comment
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Originally posted by kidrock View Post
You are exactly correct Kid but with most every sport comes rule changes... I do like Jimmy Johnson as a racecar driver and an individual but he wouldnt have those championships under the old format Gordon would have 4 more and Hard telling about the rest of the field lol...If you can't race it or take it to bed! It ain't worth having!Comment
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There is no "Old format" there is only the present format... you don't live very long in the past....Originally posted by Nasty55 View PostComment
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LOL That other Kyle kid is pretty good... it will take him just a little longer working on the patience part of racing NASCAR, but he'll get it and he will be a force, much like young Elliot...Originally posted by TS FAN View PostComment
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Originally posted by CIRF View Post
CIRF your correct the number's dont lie about Jimmy Johnson he does have those championship's and yes Jimmy is legit... Chad Knaus Not so much...
Knaus not fretting reputation, but he really should be!
Published on Mar. 2, 2012
Chad Knaus said Friday that he isn't worried about his reputation after his fourth NASCAR suspension in the past 11 years.
He should be.
Why?
Because a vast majority of fans are fed up with Knaus and believe him to be a blatant cheater.
Whether that’s true or not—or fair or not—the facts are not on his side. The championship crew chief has been penalized for technical violations on Jimmie Johnson’s car nine times in the past 11 years. He’s been suspended four times and has won only once on appeal.
He now faces a six-week suspension and $100,000 fine after Johnson’s car failed opening inspection at Daytona International Speedway two weeks ago.
It doesn’t matter what the violation was for; that’s inconsequential at this point. What matters is that this marks the fourth time since 2005 that Knaus has been fined and suspended for major violations.
If Knaus is widely regarded as a crew chief that consistently bends the rules and outright cheats, doesn’t that taint the five championships he and Johnson won from 2006-10?
And if NASCAR fans and the general public feel that way, shouldn’t Knaus be concerned about that?
Hendrick Motorsports and its sponsors certainly should be.
No matter how many times Knaus gets caught for cheating, it won’t erase the five Cup championships he and Johnson won. They won those titles fair and square—or at least as far as we know.
And therein lies the rub.
If Knaus is consistently and frequently penalized for technical violations and found guilty of trying to gain an illegal advantage, why wouldn’t he have done the same thing with a championship on the line?
Did he and he just didn’t get caught?
Does that explain why Johnson has such a remarkable record in the Chase? Or why he is suddenly able to step up his performance to legendary heights when the 10-race Chase begins?
That’s what many fans believe.
For the record, I believe Johnson and Knaus did win those champions and 55 Cup races without cheating. They are too talented and too good together to have to cheat to win.
And NASCAR inspectors are too thorough to pull the wool over their eyes that many times or in such critical inspections.
But when you get caught for repeated violations, suspicions linger and eventually they cloud people’s judgment and taint the success you’ve had.
That might be unfair, but that’s what happens in the court of public opinion when you continually get busted for bending the rules.
Some defend Knaus by saying that’s he’s only doing what a good crew chief should do—looking for loopholes in the rulebook and trying to find an edge in a sport that has always applauded and encouraged mechanical ingenuity. But in an era when NASCAR has laid out more specific and more clear-cut rules—some say they’re still not specific or clear enough—and cracked down on bending those rules, Knaus has emerged as the sport’s most penalized competitor.
And when you’re the sport’s most successful crew chief, and it’s most penalized, that only raises the cloud of suspicion and tarnishes your reputation even more.
And in an age when cheating athletes are publicly vilified, Knaus’ constantly running afoul of NASCAR casts a black eye on not only himself, but on his team and the whole sport.
Some of baseball’s greatest players have had their records and performances tainted because they were accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Barry Bonds is baseball’s all-time home run king, but in the minds of most, it doesn’t count because he was accused of using steroids during much of his career and charged with perjury for allegedly lying about it.
Mark McGwire broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record, but he, too, was accused of using steroids when he broke the record and later admitted to it.
Roger Clemens, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, faces the same steroid issues and perjury charges as Bonds.
None of them will ever get into baseball’s hall of fame. In the minds of most, their records and accomplishments are tainted by their alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, or by cheating.
In a sense, Knaus allegedly did the same thing by trying to race a stock car that did not meet NASCAR’s rules and specifications and that allegedly gave his car, and thus Johnson, a competitive advantage.
How long before Knaus’ repeated violations have the same impact on Johnson’s accomplishments and championships?
If Knaus isn’t concerned, Johnson certainly should be. So should Rick Hendrick, whose organization has won 10 championships—half of them with Johnson and Knaus.
You can argue that NASCAR inspects the cars multiple times before and after each race, and Johnson’s car passed inspections almost every time.
But if Knaus has been caught for rules violations that many times over the years, how many times has he gotten away with something and not gotten caught?
Again, those are the kinds of questions that surface when you’re a repeat offender. You don’t get the benefit of the doubt anymore and, in the eyes of the general public, you are perceived to be guilty whether you are or not.
That’s the perception that Knaus faces right now among NASCAR fans—a fan base that is harsher and more critical than most.
Even if he and Hendrick Motorsports win their appeal, that likely won’t help their public perception.
Reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun faces a similar problem. He failed a Major League Baseball drug test for performance-enhancing drugs last year and recently was suspended for 50 games.
He won his appeal on a technicality when his attorneys proved that there were problems with the way his urine sample was collected and transported for testing.
His 50-game suspension was overturned, but most baseball fans and media still believe he is guilty because he allegedly failed the drug test.
Knaus faces even more scrutiny because he has been penalized and suspended for technical violations multiple times, casting a cloud of suspension over not only himself but Johnson, their team and all of Hendrick Motorsports.
Knaus says he’s not worried about that.
“As far as my reputation goes, I’m not too concerned about that,†he said Friday. “What we want to do is go out there and do the best thing we can for Hendrick Motorsports and the best things for (sponsor) Lowe’s and try to win races and championships.â€
But if you win with a tainted reputation and under a cloud of suspicion, doesn’t that delude those accomplishments?
Isn’t your reputation and credibility as an honest, honorable competitor worth worrying about?
It should be.
Just sayin! Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy Hangover
If you can't race it or take it to bed! It ain't worth having!Comment
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Originally posted by mudslinger47 View Post
Wow your a Rocket Scientist Mudsucker! Are you sure that you and litey arent Twin's?If you can't race it or take it to bed! It ain't worth having!Comment
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OLE CIRF YOU DUMMY READ THIS LIL TID BIT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...racing_driver)Comment
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