Comments on: If NASCAR Is Like Wrasslin’, Should NASCAR Put Smoke In a Figure-Four?

By: Chuck Abrams

Chuck Abrams — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:45:07 +0000

Smoke was not fined for his radio comments, he was fined for snot attending the post race interview session at Phoenix. So everyone should calm down.
His contrition on the other hand, seems a bit Jekyll and Hyde. As often as Smoke spouts off and then tucks his tail and whimpers, you have to wonder if you can trust anything he says. Sure NASCAr spanked him hard. Sure he can say most often the cautions are valid.
But we all know that they seem a bit odd at times and often ill-timed.
But that is the imperfect system you get with human judgment.
This si not 1980 when drivers race and drive over eveything on teh track unimpeded. This is NASCAR 2007 when every chunk of rubber has to be removed fomr the track in case it gets sent into the stands and beans a fan.

By: everfast

everfast — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:50:15 +0000

of course Mike doesn,t agree with Smoke he knows who butters his bread and it sure is not us race fans!!!

By: Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:42:47 +0000

I have got to get something off my chest! I love racing in general and stock car racing in specific, but this top 35 in owners points thing is making me insane!

I’ve raced for a living in the past and EVERY time I went to the track I knew if I wasn’t fast enough that night, I went home, the fastest cars raced period!

Now I’m not writing this because I’m a fan of MW, but he is going home from ‘Dega even though he was faster than at LEAST 16 other cars!!! That’s BS!!!!!!!!!!! If the fans want the fixed events, watch wrestling!

It used to be the top 35 was a way to protect the teams and sponsors that supported NASCAR, but now you have big name/money sponsors going home and going home EVERY week because of some lame rule. I’m sure NAPA and Red Bull to name a couple think the protection the other teams is getting is wrong as well.

I’d love to see a ground swell of fan outrage about this stupid rule and get NASCAR to put on a real race for a change!!!!!!!!!!

The king is naked!

By: Shirley Jo

Shirley Jo — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:14:48 +0000

Tony didn’t back down. Tony always says what he believes to be true, and that’s exactly what he did after his meeting with NASCAR. Trust me, if he didn’t accept what they had to say he would never have said he did. Tony always says what he believes to be true. If you didn’t know that already, you don’t know Smoke very well!

Shirley Jo

By: Tom B

Tom B — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:31:47 +0000

Too bad Tony backed down. I find it impossible to believe the cars are upside down at Daytona and no caution.

And we get the Jaques Debris cautions every race when nobody can seem to spot anything posing any danger on the track. I don’t think NASCAR want to pick winners. But like I heard DW say once they would like about 10 cars coming to the checked flag side by side.

From about 1994 through NASCAR was appointment viewing for and about this time last year I started losing the fire. It took me a year and finally to seeing other people unhappy with the direction of NASCAR to see. I could probably write 50 pages explaining what I find is going the wrong with NASCAR but we all know.

By: Teresa Richardson

Teresa Richardson — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:33:52 +0000

Tony was not fined for what was said. he was fined for not complying to the rules-which are in the application for the race. He was obligated to appear at the media center if finished first or second in the race, which he chose not to do. Like everyone else when you express a strong opinion you better be prepared to back it up or back pedal. Smoke chose to apologize. That disappointed me. I agree with him and think the debris should be shone on the air like a football replay. If you complain about something offer an alternative. NASCAR and Tony should be careful or they are going to jump the shark.
Skipper