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Old 07-29-2008, 05:41 PM
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Compulink counts down to an exact seven (7) seconds on every racer, in every class. If he really claimed "5 1/2 seconds" that's hilarious. What would he have measured it with, his wristwatch?

Warren has as much, or more, MPH than anyone this year, yet he sits in 11th place. I think Warren would make a great crew chief for his new driver...trained by his son Kurt.
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Old 07-29-2008, 05:57 PM
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the problem with warren putting someone else in the car is it will hinder his sons chances of ever winning a championship even further. in order for Kurt win a title he has get the best of the cagnazzi cars,GA/JL and a couple others. putting a lightning quick driver in GM performance parts car will present kurt with another huge obstacle and this one would be coming from his own shop !!
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:06 PM
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Of coarse he dident use his wristwatch, he knows how to count. One thousand one, One thousand two, One thousand three, ETC !
I would expect nothing less from any driver, It was the timeing clock, a quick light, bad track prep, sun in my eyes, line lock failed, drove thru the clutch, a girl in the stands with big boobs distracted me and on and on and on!
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:09 PM
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Of coarse he dident use his wristwatch, he knows how to count. One thousand one, One thousand two, One thousand three, ETC !
I would expect nothing less from any driver, It was the timeing clock, a quick light, bad track prep, sun in my eyes, line lock failed, drove thru the clutch, a girl in the stands with big boobs distracted me and on and on and on!
You've been digging through your old Diamond P tapes haven't you???
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:15 PM
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I read it. And I blew it off because it sounded like a politically correct response to a fan from someone who had a few hours to formulate an anwer.

Warren sat there a long time and almost seemed surprised when Rick Stewert told him he was out. My feeble attempt at a guess with regard to the situation would be to say that when Johnny quickly staged WJ didn't see it on the tree and was patiently waiting as if he was expecting some sort of games to be played.

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I think that's it right there Randy. Johnny went in and turned the top light on..and it was a while before WJ did.

WJ lights the top bulb..and it was immediately that Johnny fully staged.

Bottom line...Warren needed to wake up.

If someone checked..I wonder how many hole shots he's lost this season..and I'm a Johnson family fan..well..a drag racing fan. I would rather he hit some lights and show these punks wassup..hehe..did I say that?
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Old 07-29-2008, 07:06 PM
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Can someone direct me to the website/video/article/interview/first hand conversation with WJ etc. that says he was timed out before the 7 seconds was up? I've looked everywhere,even got an email from corporate and nothing was mentioned about it. I'm not saying there isn't something somewhere that says it,I just want to see it for myself. As far as WJ getting out of the car,he will,WHEN HE GETS DAMN READY.
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:06 PM
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Let's see if I got this right. WJ gets timed out, so he has a flawed strategy, he is too old, he is playing games, he doesn't know how to count, etc. Well, at least he didn't come up with some stupid excuse like Greg Anderson did when he got timed out! As a matter of fact, I don't believe I have heard any "excuse" for what happened. Like I stated previously, I believe it to be an equipment malfunction and until I hear differently, from someone that was in the car, I'll just ignore this idle chatter!!

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Old 07-29-2008, 10:20 PM
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Dubya Jay has earned the right to do whatever he dammed well pleases. I certainly don't have the huevos to make any suggestions to the man who has forgotten, remembered and then forgotten again more than any of us will ever know about this game.

You haven't heard any excuses from that camp because WJ knows EXACTLY what happened, and it was either him or his equipment. No sense in crying about it ... fix it and move on to the next race.
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:26 PM
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Let's see if I got this right. WJ gets timed out, so he has a flawed strategy, he is too old, he is playing games, he doesn't know how to count, etc. Well, at least he didn't come up with some stupid excuse like Greg Anderson did when he got timed out! As a matter of fact, I don't believe I have heard any "excuse" for what happened. Like I stated previously, I believe it to be an equipment malfunction and until I hear differently, from someone that was in the car, I'll just ignore this idle chatter!!

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You are saying that you will not believe it was driver error but was equipment failure that caused the D/Q? That is until WJ admits he screwed up.
Im glad I don't plan on holding my breath until that happens!
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:48 PM
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You are saying that you will not believe it was driver error but was equipment failure that caused the D/Q? That is until WJ admits he screwed up.
Im glad I don't plan on holding my breath until that happens!

YEP. But, if he does say it was not an equipment malfunction, would you please hold your breath??

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Old 07-29-2008, 11:47 PM
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I'll just ignore this idle chatter!!

You're not doing a very good job of ignoring this idle chatter.
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:50 PM
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You are saying that you will not believe it was driver error but was equipment failure that caused the D/Q? That is until WJ admits he screwed up.
Im glad I don't plan on holding my breath until that happens!
I think WJ has been very hard on himself about his RT,that's "screwing up" isn't it? Don't pass out from holding your breath either.
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:35 AM
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Well, at least he didn't come up with some stupid excuse like Greg Anderson did when he got timed out!
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way to take a cheap shot at greg !! what did he do to you ??
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:14 AM
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Sounds like some have been dipping into the general's cool-aide.
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Old 07-30-2008, 07:13 AM
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way to take a cheap shot at greg !! what did he do to you ??
I think Pat knows Greg very well,he worked with him. Pat also was a crew chief for WJ. So I would think he has very good insight on the workings of P/S. WJ is catching more flack over not saying anything about what happened than Greg did with that lame excuse about the autostart. Some of you need to give it a rest and as WJ told ESPN when asked about making the countdown. " I can only do my best".
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