Comments on: Track Trash – Texas Two Step 09 http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/4208 Home of the FREE Stock Car Gazette E-zine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marybeth http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/4208/comment-page-1#comment-193396 Marybeth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:53:30 +0000 http://motorsportsnews.net/?p=4208#comment-193396 "DALE EARNHARDT JR. NO. 88 POST-RACE RECAP/TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY With six laps left in the 334-lap event, McGrew called Earnhardt down pit road for a quick splash of fuel. Unfortunately, as Earnhardt was making his way down pit road, he radioed to his team that he had run out of fuel. He managed to pull the No. 88 Chevy into his pit stall, but struggled to refire the engine after the fuel stop. Earnhardt finally rejoined the field and was scored 25th." …with all the money Jr. is bringing into HMS they can hire a top tier crew chief for him, like Addington, and pay him what he deserves… I find it odd that the whole way through the race, Jr. was one of the first called into the pits for green pit stops. On this last stop Mark and then Jeff were both called in before him. Finally Jr. was called in, very late. It almost seems that it was deliberate to run him out of gas...? He ran in the top ten and top five all day and would have finished there. Mark finished 5th. I sure hope and pray that Jr. can get out that rat’s nest and the sooner the better. Last spring Nascar Now started reporting that Tony Jr. was still making Jr.'s cars by DEI specs from 2007 when he left. They have finally given him a car with speed and now he is running out of gas...? Boris Said asked why they ran him out of gas on Nascar Now and did not get an answer. Marybeth “DALE EARNHARDT JR.
NO. 88 POST-RACE RECAP/TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
With six laps left in the 334-lap event, McGrew called Earnhardt down pit road for a quick splash of fuel. Unfortunately, as Earnhardt was making his way down pit road, he radioed to his team that he had run out of fuel. He managed to pull the No. 88 Chevy into his pit stall, but struggled to refire the engine after the fuel stop. Earnhardt finally rejoined the field and was scored 25th.”

…with all the money Jr. is bringing into HMS they can hire a top tier crew chief for him, like Addington, and pay him what he deserves…
I find it odd that the whole way through the race, Jr. was one of the first called into the pits for green pit stops. On this last stop Mark and then Jeff were both called in before him. Finally Jr. was called in, very late. It almost seems that it was deliberate to run him out of gas…? He ran in the top ten and top five all day and would have finished there. Mark finished 5th. I sure hope and pray that Jr. can get out that rat’s nest and the sooner the better. Last spring Nascar Now started reporting that Tony Jr. was still making Jr.’s cars by DEI specs from 2007 when he left. They have finally given him a car with speed and now he is running out of gas…? Boris Said asked why they ran him out of gas on Nascar Now and did not get an answer.
Marybeth

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