Darlington race

MountaineerTom · March 18, 2002

Pretty good race today. Hated to see Park get wrecked like that. Would have been nice to see him win in his first race back after being hurt, at the same track he was hurt at. Glad to hear Stewert wasn't seriously injured too, even though I don't care for him too much.

General Lee 01 · March 18, 2002

I thought that was a good race too.

Hated to see some of my favorites like Mark Martin, and Jimmy Spencer taken out but that's how racin' goes.

Gotta love Spencer, he really speaks his mind.

It was also a heart breaker to see Steve Park's return end up like it did, but it was real cool to see him lead.

Elwood · March 18, 2002

Yeah, it was a pretty good race. I hated to see Park wreck too.

Rickey Craven didn't care to speak his mind either.

Looks like Sterling Marlin is trying to just runaway with the season. And the two rookies (Newmwn and Johnson) are looking pretty tough too. I like Newman, but I can't like Johnson since he drives for Gordon. And why is it that Hendrick Motorsports has so many cars, but Gordon's is the only one that is ever any good until now. Now they suddenly have two good cars. If I were one of the other drivers I would want to know why I never get a car as good as these two get on a regular basis.

March 18, 2002

I remember reading that all Hendrick cars and motors are "assembly line". Any changes are done by individual teams, therefore, the better a particular team is, the better the end product. I did hear on Sunday that Gordon and Johnson are housed in the same shop.

LarryE · March 18, 2002

I really disliked the race, if marlin keeps winning and dodges keep coming out of nowheres to win I'm just gonna stop watching all together, it is really really boring for the same guy to keep finishing where he is, plus I CAN NOT stand when the old ####ers win they don't burn em off or do donuts after the race, they are so old they just want to go to victory lane and then go home so they can take a nap.

antig24 · March 18, 2002

I thought the race was pretty good, I hated to see Park get wrecked but I guess thats just racin. Spencer's interviews are pretty cool to listen to, I guess he's been watching John Force's interviews to much,lol

Elwood · March 18, 2002

I really disliked the race, if marlin keeps winning and dodges keep coming out of nowheres to win I'm just gonna stop watching all together, it is really really boring for the same guy to keep finishing where he is, plus I CAN NOT stand when the old ####ers win they don't burn em off or do donuts after the race, they are so old they just want to go to victory lane and then go home so they can take a nap.

Marlin finishing up front so much is no different than when Jeff Gordon or Dale Jarrett or Dale Earnhardt has done it in the past.

As for the "old guys" I'm glad to see them still winning. I can remember seeing Marlin finish in second place so many times it wasn't funny in the early ninties, I'm glad he's finally winning and showing his talent.

quadrunner500 · March 20, 2002

I can do without the donuts. I can do without end zone celebrations and quarterback sack celebrations. Just makes 'em look stupid when they lose.

As for Marlin, good to see the talents of a good fender/body man not going to waste! Of course, he's really been one of the very best drivers drivers for many years, with back to back Daytona 500 victories, more than Stewart, Kenseth, Park, Newman, Johnson, Wallaces, Jr, Spencer, Harvick put together.