Originally Posted by Don Sofranko (Post 338144)

Win some lose some...
It comes down to hot rods, and hot rodders.
I don't believe the Disney character has ever tested a valve spring or pulled a hot clutch disc.
Respect to team K-B, they all work up until the last second, and maybe the driving suffers for it.
Many drivers and owners are chair weights, and I suppose that is the way the sport is going.
For my respect, they need to know every aspect of the hot rod, before they dump the clutch.
If all you know is Sharpie point quality, then you are just a celebrity, updating your blog on how great you are.
Thanks for informing us who couldn't get enough blog pictures. It looks like they need to play the video on how her boots were so shaking, that she deep staged the Chevy on Sunday, and went red because of it. Shaking in your boots is hardly bad ***.

Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 338204)

Maybe it's his interviews.

Originally Posted by Superfan1 (Post 338240)

When he wins, he credits the team, and when he loses he blames himself; I would think he should be admired not despised.

Originally Posted by davidhuff (Post 338241)

Also when he loses he should walk over , shake hands and congratulate the winner and then he would be admired.

Originally Posted by Superfan1 (Post 338242)

I agree, he was out of line when he lost to Erica; but does one act of poor judgement merit the dislike that a large number of people have for him?

Originally Posted by jpfanclub (Post 338274)

I like pro stock to i guess i had a brain fart. Go Allen Johnson and team mopar.

Originally Posted by davidhuff (Post 338276)

Great choice,Allen Johnson Racing sure looks to be Bad *****!

Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 338278)

That's one fast Dodge! And Roy, the HP man, is a very nice guy.

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez (Post 338321)

Jeez,I hope some maniac on bath salts doesn't break into their shop and start chewing on the engines
Calm down only a bit of levity.

Originally Posted by treessavoy (Post 338322)

If he wins a couple of more with the big Mopar they'll start complaining and the GM NHRA will legislate them out of competition.....it's not like it hasn't happened before.

JimR

Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 338337)

When?

Originally Posted by SSDiv6 (Post 338339)

Ed...you are old enough to remember when there were weight breaks in Pro Stock. :D

Every time a Mopar or Ford Cleveland would go faster than a GM, they would get punished.
Jeez...even the AMC's took a beating in the weight breaks when they started to go fast...

Originally Posted by cutta (Post 338351)

Why is this daddy write check stuff so important when Greg Anderson has one of the most well funded teams racing in Pro Stock. Ken Black spends plenty as well. The funny thing is that most of you have failed to realized that Pro Stock is no longer about being a good driver, you have to bring money to the table as well. Thats probably the only reason that Dave Connoly and other great drivers are not in a car now.

As far as Greg is concerned, people dislike him because he one of those drivers that doesn't always know how to come back down to reality after a loss. When he loses, its as if he's still in the car and takes him a while to settle back down. Essentially, most people would like him to lighten up a little bit when things go wrong. Unfortunately, everyone can't be the same, so the each his own. On another note, I love how Allen and Jason can't find time to joke around in the midst of the seriousness of racing, it fun to watch and in my opinion how it should be. Serious in the car, back to reality once you get out.


Also, why is that when Allen Johnson goes fast, people refer to the Wayne County Deal? Why not just express that I dislike mopar and acknowledge that Roy, Jim, Mark, and Allen are doing a great job to make their car fast?

Originally Posted by Andys dad (Post 338148)

Come on guys - this is what sells newspapers - could not be scripted better

man vs woman - good vs bad

It has nothing to do with sportsmanship or professionalism

It is about the making of a story to cover - it is good business for NHRA and sponsors

Controversy sells - there is no bad ink there is only ink (Howard Cosell)

Ron

Originally Posted by EMMONS MOTORSPORTS (Post 338384)

I agree with Mr. Ron D. I like the personalities both drivers bring to the sport and many of the others. I love them both. Heck, I love everybody...including Kyle Ratcliff and his sheep. Well, maybe not as much as HE loves his sheep but I hear he is working that out in therapy. Pass the popcorn please.

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 338420)

I'd guess that about 90% of the people driving today at the sportsman level could not drive well enough to make the field in a competitive car.

Originally Posted by HR9121 (Post 338390)

It doesn't matter who is writing the check just as long as you can get somebody to write a big one. It takes a tremendous amount of money to run these things and the teams will do whatever it takes to get it. If summit racing didn't want to sponsor Greg's team because of his arrogance or attitude he probably would not be driving that car. Erica just happens to bring a sponsor with her, can she drive? I don't know I pretty much believe a monkey could drive one. The deal is who can bring the money to the table gets the ride.

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez (Post 338477)

Yeah that "monkey" only ran a .51 to your hero's .53.And look at their RT's round 1.And she ran .55 to match the hero's et.Wow she bulbed by a whole .003.Think you can do that
crappy if you got a ride?

Originally Posted by D.Johns (Post 338401)

I disagree that the driver isn't that important. I think a great driver is absolutely a huge key ingredient in having a successful team. Erica's driving has certainly improved and it's showing in results. In a class that is separated by .07 from #1 and not getting in the show. The driver actually has to cut a light, change all gears and deal with how unstable the cars are on the top end with near zero downforce. I'd say the cars are quite difficult to drive one to the winners circle. Heck Johnson has a huge performance advantage(sitting in #1 spot most times ET/MPH) and he hasn't be dominate in the class(winning every race).
No doubt money is a massive key ingredient but all the money in the world isn't going to make up for a poor or even average driver.

I plan to eventually head to prostock within the next 6-10 years. I do not have the budget to run my own car yet but I'm working on it.