Ringer results from Sonoma

Ringer results from Sonoma

Well, let's see how the so called 'ringers' did at Sonoma yesterday:

Ambrose = started 7th, finished 42nd, lost 35 spots
Said = started 14th, finished 41st, lost 27 spots
Fellows = started 22, finished 29th, lost 7 spots
Pruett = started 27th, finished 38th, lost 11 spots
Papis = started 28th, finished 35th, lost 7 spots
Simo = srarted 43rd, finished 43rd, even

Another fine group performance - an average loss of only 14.5 positions.
Outstanding! From these results I guess one would have to say that Simo was
the best of the bunch. He started dead last and finished dead last but at
least didn't lost any positions. Why the owners keep hiring these 'road
course' bozos is beyond me.
And someone let Said know the 70's are over. And even back then only a fool
would wear a white afro.

Re: Ringer results from Sonoma

On Jun 23, 8:27 am, electric...@xo,com (Electrician) wrote:
> Well, let's see how the so called 'ringers' did at Sonoma yesterday:
>
> Ambrose = started 7th, finished 42nd, lost 35 spots
> Said = started 14th, finished 41st, lost 27 spots
> Fellows = started 22, finished 29th, lost 7 spots
> Pruett = started 27th, finished 38th, lost 11 spots
> Papis = started 28th, finished 35th, lost 7 spots
> Simo = srarted 43rd, finished 43rd, even
>
> Another fine group performance - an average loss of only 14.5 positions.
> Outstanding! From these results I guess one would have to say that Simo was
> the best of the bunch. He started dead last and finished dead last but at
> least didn't lost any positions. Why the owners keep hiring these 'road
> course' bozos is beyond me.
> And someone let Said know the 70's are over. And even back then only a fool
> would wear a white afro.

Did you watch the race, by chance?

Ambrose was on track for a top-five finish before "Special Ed" Sadler
spun him, causing massive transmission damage to Ambrose's car.
Further, he's been on the schedule since the beginning of the year to
run races in the 21 car. He's not a ringer at all, although his
championship credentials prior to NASCAR did come from the Australian
V-8 Supercars, a stock-body road course series. You can no more call
him a ringer in this case than you can Terry Labonte.

Likewise, Fellows was working on a top-ten when Harvick decided that
brakes are optional and ended up taking McMurray, Stewart, and Fellows
all out of contention.

Papis - Never in contention to win, but still got collected when Kurt
Busch smacked into Robby Gordon.

Pruett - Ran decently enough until Stewart got into the back of him.

So these 'bozos', with the exception of Said, Simo, and maybe Papis,
were actually running pretty well. Certainly much better than their
results sheets ended up showing. The only thing that kept them from
pulling off some of the best finishes in recent ringer history were
the impatience or incompetence of the Cup regulars.

-Steven

Re: Ringer results from Sonoma

In article
<ad1ab6a7-187e-4aee-95e1-4c6f662edaba@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups,com >,
sevensks@chek,com says...
>
>...Certainly much better than their
>results sheets ended up showing. The only thing that kept them from
>pulling off some of the best finishes in recent ringer history were
>the impatience or incompetence of the Cup regulars.

I agree that Ambrose had an awesome race until he got taken out - I found
myself actually rooting for him. I shouldn't have grouped him in with
the true 'bozos' of Fellows, Said and Pruett who have proven year in and year
out to be substandard drivers, road course or not. Apparently some people
think they are great road course drivers but all I've seen from them in the
cup series are drivers who shouldn't be there. If the owners are going to
bring in drivers like the clowns why not make it more interesting and bring
back drivers like P.J. Jones, any Bodine brother, etc. That would make the
race interesting.

Re: Ringer results from Sonoma



"Electrician" <electrician@xo,com > wrote in message
news:YiV7k.119573$G33.110438@trnddc03...
> In article
> <ad1ab6a7-187e-4aee-95e1-4c6f662edaba@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups,com >,
> sevensks@chek,com says...
> >
> >...Certainly much better than their
> >results sheets ended up showing. The only thing that kept them from
> >pulling off some of the best finishes in recent ringer history were
> >the impatience or incompetence of the Cup regulars.
>
> I agree that Ambrose had an awesome race until he got taken out - I found
> myself actually rooting for him. I shouldn't have grouped him in with
> the true 'bozos' of Fellows, Said and Pruett who have proven year in and
year
> out to be substandard drivers, road course or not.

I swear that when Pruett had a regular Cup ride, the other drivers would
draw straws every week to determine the "designated punter." Pruett got
taken out more than anyone else I've ever seen.