tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31806110.post7874544429135463108..comments2023-05-22T07:57:46.830-05:00Comments on One Lugnut Short: Catching Upokla21fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13510135260252333633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31806110.post-46452612765600105182008-07-02T15:26:00.000-05:002008-07-02T15:26:00.000-05:00Go 19 and 12,I think there was more 'code talking'...Go 19 and 12,<BR/><BR/>I think there was more 'code talking' going on the 19 scanner than we might know. For example, Sadler asked multiple times if the 19 was 'using Sonoma fuel calculations'. The would be little reason to compare fuel mileage from a road course to a mile oval with no shifting. When Rodney said they would be 8 laps short, I honestly don't think that was the real lap figure.<BR/><BR/>I also think the change of direction in the later stages of the race to go from 'conserving fuel' to 'racing' had more to do with the change of the weather. With 50 to go, I think that most at the track were watching the radar and felt that the rains would not hit as soon as they did.<BR/><BR/>Had they not choose to go for 'track position' and a two tire stop with over 200 laps to go with an ill-handling car, they gambling on fuel mileage may have never been needed in the first place.<BR/><BR/>I was a bit disappointed when the rains came cause we will never know who was bluffing and who had aces.okla21fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510135260252333633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31806110.post-12223303284199028472008-07-02T15:10:00.000-05:002008-07-02T15:10:00.000-05:00Phil, in all fairness, Rodney was not on his A gam...Phil, in all fairness, Rodney was not on his A game Sunday. First he admits, when Sadler fell back so far, that he went the wrong way on the adjustments. Communication problem of the driver, but if I'm in charge of making changes, I'd make damn sure I was clear as to what the problem was. <BR/><BR/>Then, once he got back on the lead lap and was passing cars, Rodney told Elliott to conserve fuel. Elliott asked if he should race the guys around him and Rodney told him "no" so the 3 cars that he had passed went by him. A little while later Rodney came back and said to go ahead and race, they would be 8 laps short. Thankfully the rain came and we never had to worry about fuel; moot point but there is no way they would've made it; but had Rodney decided earlier to just go for it and not let the 3 cars they had just gotten past pass them, they would have finished 2nd, not <BR/>5th.<BR/><BR/>Totally screwy day all the way around and thankfully luck was on their side. It sure wasn't because of a stellar day on the pit box other than the call to stay out.<BR/><BR/>go 19 and 12Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31806110.post-41989824730777142622008-07-02T12:29:00.000-05:002008-07-02T12:29:00.000-05:00I read this quote on an SI Blog"Elliott Sadler, pl...I read this quote on an SI Blog<BR/><BR/>"Elliott Sadler, please do not brag about your great day."<BR/><BR/>No kidding, even a blind dog finds a bone somedays.<BR/><BR/>I can't believe its less than two months till football season.<BR/>Hookem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com