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Stewart admitted the first wreck was his fault. I'm glad he lost, good win for Harvick.
No he didn't. He said he thought he was clear of the 9 in a conversation with his spotter, saying it was his fault he didn't see him, not the spotter.
He never admitted to helping Johnson take his foot off the pedal and causing the actual wreck.
edit::Unless he did an interview and stated otherwise, I turned the TV off as soon as the race ended.
No he didn't. He said he thought he was clear of the 9 in a conversation with his spotter, saying it was his fault he didn't see him, not the spotter.
He never admitted to helping Johnson take his foot off the pedal and causing the actual wreck.
edit::Unless he did an interview and stated otherwise, I turned the TV off as soon as the race ended.
It's all the same thing. Whether the driver thinks he clear or is or isn't told he's clear by the spotter, it's still that driver/team's fault for the accident. Tony wasn't clear and he caused the contact.
I totally disagree with this. So that means anytime there is contact at the front of the field it can be the cause for something that was completely preventable further back? This isn't ARCA, these are supposed to be the best of the best. And a 5 time champion talks about seeing sparks and instinctively letting up instead of doing what a 5 time champion should know what to do and hammer down past the contact.
Again go back and listen to Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon, they basically are saying the same thing I am. How does someone getting loose regardless of how it happened completely affect the OTHER lane that was not even directly behind them. Almost the entire lane behind the 14 and 9 make it through...why? Because they didn't have a guy in front of them who doesn't know how to get through a super speedway accident.
Yeah Tony made a stupid move and almost got himself in a lot of trouble. But that has nothing to do with the guys running into each other behind him. Like I said, I keep hearing these guys are the best of the best, they had plenty of time and space to not wreck, and yet they did.
I'm really not getting defensive. Just saying the wreck should not have happened to guys that are that great. Personally I think Johnson is a decent driver but not great. I think those 5 championships had a lot more to do with that team then his driving. I also think he is extremely sub-par at the big tracks. Looking at the replays again today if that was a driver like Harvick, Jr, Kenseth, or Smoke driving the 48 the accident would not have happened. So again I place the blame on him more than anyone. You just can't convince me that it was the 14 or 9's fault when the guys directly behind them had no problem avoiding the initial incident.
Oh well. Can't wait for Sunday.
Danica wins the pole, but can she hang with the big boys? With Smoke(her teammate and car owner) right behind her, anything can happen.