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Phoenix Fast Laps: The Chase Heats Up

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by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

November 5, 2008 1:53 pm CST 1 Comment

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Is it coincidence that the Sprint Cup Chase heads to the hottest place in NASCAR just when the suits in Daytona  would like you to think that the playoff pressure is heating up for Jimmy Johnson and Carl Edwards?  I think not.

You gotta give Edwards and crew chief Bob Osborne credit. They aren’t holding anything back in their attempt to make a game out of this Chase thing. Between banzai passes and high-stakes fuel strategies, the Office Depot Racing team is hangin’ it out.

The 2008 Chase has become - perhaps always was - a classic Chevy  vs Ford battle. Dodge never showed and Toyota, strangely, never contended.

Last night’s live radio version of the Fast Lap  was a classic battle too. Steve put up a good fight, only to be over-matched by his more experienced, and intelligent, opposition - me. At least that’s what I think. We’ll put our opinions up here later but in the meantime, we’d like to see yours. Here you go. Batter up! 

1: NASCAR is backing off its 24 practice dates in 2009 strategy. What is the right number?

2: What was Greg Biffle REALLY asking after the race by wondering how the #99 team got 8 more laps to a tank of fuel than his #16 team?

3: Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the season is too long. If it is, what is the right number?

4: Should there be any concern in the Joe Gibbs Racing organization over Joey Logano’s lack of performance in their cars?

Four Fast Laps but you only get a hundred words or less to respond to the questions. After that, the gloves are off and you can defend your position just like David Gilliland or Scott Speed. And nobody will sanction you even a little bit. Come on, we want to argue with you.

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One Response to “Phoenix Fast Laps: The Chase Heats Up”

  1. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on November 5th, 2008 10:38 pm

    1– I don’t know that there is a right number. No matter how many test dates they allow, it will benefit the teams that can afford to test. Smaller teams will continue to struggle regardless.

    2– Biffle seems to think that Carl is getting better stuff. He is the one who said that Jack was giving better stuff to the Chase contender teams. Maybe he isn’t as far on the inside as he was. But no matte how alike they try to make all this stuff, it is still all hand made and prone to inconsistencies.

    3– His point referenced the NFL season being just the right length–always leaving the fans wanting more. Again it isn’t fair to compare the two. There are football junkies that would love to go year round. I like the length as it is. Remember when they ran over 100 races–i don’t but it sounds interesting.

    4– Of more concern is the lack of production from that whole Joe Gibbs organization. They have been sucking since the chase started.

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