Re: Jr Crash MysteriousOn Jun 30, 1:31 pm, SimRacer <NOsimrace...@yahoo,com SPAM> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:58 -0700, "Blake S" <steame...@aol,com >
> wrote:
>
> >Was listening to Jr's radio on the TNT broadcast. It seems that Jr. made a
> >last minute decision to pit, beacause he radioed "OK, I'm coming in!" right
> >before he headed to pit lane. Was there some sort of problem with Jr.'s
> >car? And why would he pit with about 30 laps to go when no one else was
> >pitting? McMurray said that he had no idea Jr was pitting, leading me to
> >believe that this was an unscheduled stop.
>
> You must have missed Tony Eury Jr calling him to "Pit this time by"
> several times after they crossed the S/F line on that lap. Junior was
> called to the pits, he just didn't decide spur of the moment to do it.
>
> I have the whole thing (HotPass, channel 796, Dale Junior, in HD) on
> DVR if you'd like to see it. lol
>
>
>
> >Does anyone have any more information about this incident? What did Jr.
> >have to say about it? I'm guessing there's more to this story than just
> >McMurray recklessly crashing into Jr.
>
> Not really, Junior's pit called him in, they couldn't make it on fuel.
> They wanted to try and pit early in hopes of getting back out and
> hanging on to near-top 10 track position if the rain stayed away a few
> more minutes.
>
> Junior didn't get all the way on to the apron, and McMurray didn't
> stay all the way out on the track. It was just a racin' deal.
And "I didn't even see the 88" - Jamie Mac
He is becoming the Stevie Wallace of the Cup series.