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Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Favorite Driver: Brian Vickers
Driver I won't be sending a Christmas card:
Sam Hornish Jr
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Graphic designer with a lovely wife and three cats. Co-owner of three websites:
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Dover International Speedway
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Going to my first race this summer and experiencing the action and culture upfront
How I discovered Rowdy, and why I Listen:
I was searching for any NASCAR-related podcasts on iTunes and Rowdy was on top of the list... I've listened to other podcasts but honestly none of them are as cool as Rowdy which I feel has a nice balance of humor and analysis.
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Last season I started watching bits of the races on Fox and ESPN, I enjoyed the personalities in the media as well as the action on the track. I love the various color schemes of the race cars also.
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Heroes:
Anybody who's brave enough to live and achieve goals through their own principles despite discouragement from others. Anyone who's had the balls to stand up to others and voice their opinions without fear of rejection, excommunication and/or death
Reutimann gets the #44 but loses points from the #00
So I'm reading on ESPN's website that David Reutimann will not be getting his points from the #00 car transfered to Dale Jarrett's former #44 ride which Reutimann will be taking over.
This has got to be a kick in the teeth as Reutimann felt honored for being picked to inherit the 44 but he was 27th in owner's points with the 00 while the 44 is 34th and close to falling out the top 35 tier.
According to NASCAR the points-swapping deal is for when teams are restructuring and other business changes, not to give drivers better position in the points standings.
I was comparing this to the points swap in Penske where Hornish got Busch's points, and I guess that was more to help Hornish make the first few races rather than qualifying via speed, am I correct? It wasn't so much for better position as it was just to get the rookie in the race without worries, right?
Forgive my ignorance as I am still learning this sport, if any of ya'll can clear this up for me I'd appreciate it because I'm not sure if this is just another of NASCAR's inconsistencies with rules and polices or not.
As for Reutimann, one can only hope that if he's had some success in the 00 car that he can be consistent with the 44 and work his way back up, but it has to be frustrating to earn those points then have to kind of start from scratch but hey, that's life.
The lucky recipient of Reutimann's points will be Michael McDowell as he's taking over the 00 car.
You are right about the Hornish/Busch swap. As for Reutimann, I think I like what NASCAR did here. Let's not get into mid-season point swapping. I know those are David's points in one sense, but he couldn't take them if he left for another team. I don't know, maybe I could be swayed with a well-reasoned argument...
- Keith
- 15:55:08 03-28-2008
I think NASCAr is really in a challengng position here. The Hornish/Busch swap could be viewed as an "off-season" deal, where I think NASCAR really wants to avoid this kind of thing mid-season. They floated the trial balloon a couple of weeks ago, and I think they gauged the reaction of fans, media and whatnot as very negative for mid-season swapping of points. I think the concern is something like Kurt Busch and Sam Horrnish swapping points AGAIN, which would opwn the door for lots of deals like that with the Petty team, for instance.
The difference in this case, it could be argued, is that there is actually a change over of car numbers as well.
In reality, as we saw today, Ruetemann seems to have his feet under him at this point. He can deal with being on the margins of making the field on points, where I think you'd want a rookie like McDowell to have a bit more cushion. Plus, remember that McDowell only has secured sponsorship for 5 races - that points cushion may mean a lot when courting future sponsorship as the season goes on.
As an aside, I think this McDowell kid will surprise a lot of NASCAR fans... although he's missed the first 5 races, I expect him to seriously contend for the ROTY honors. He's pretty good...
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- Racer X
- 15:56:45 03-28-2008
Part of the confusion is the difference between owner points and driver points. David will keep his driver points, as would any driver who ran each race in the season for a different owner. Owner points stay with the car. At the beginning of the season an owner of multiple cars from the previous season gets to choose which car gets which set of points from last season. They can't change during the season.
- Racer187
- 02:01:21 03-29-2008
NASCAR better not allow the 2 and the 77 to swap again when Hornish drops out of the Top 35 after this week!! If this means NO POINTS SWAPPING in season...I am all for this!!
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- Dennis
- 06:02:44 03-29-2008
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