Comments on: Minter: Not All Issues Mechanical http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11965 Go With The Pros Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Bobbie83 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11965/comment-page-1#comment-9388 Bobbie83 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:05:13 +0000 http://www.racintoday.com/?p=11965#comment-9388 I agree with everything you said. No one seems to be able to answer why the 88 ran out of gas and why they let him sit on pit road for three laps. Seems like the driver gets criticized if he doesn't let the crew chief do his job. Yet what's he's supposed to do when this sort of thing happens. They knew he was five laps short.Why not bring him in earlier? It's almost as if no one know the rules for how to handle the situation. In previous weeks when the 88 wrecked, I don't recall seeing other team members assisting with repairs. Is this just something they do for Jimmie? I agree with everything you said. No one seems to be able to answer why the 88 ran out of gas and why they let him sit on pit road for three laps. Seems like the driver gets criticized if he doesn’t let the crew chief do his job. Yet what’s he’s supposed to do when this sort of thing happens. They knew he was five laps short.Why not bring him in earlier?

It’s almost as if no one know the rules for how to handle the situation. In previous weeks when the 88 wrecked, I don’t recall seeing other team members assisting with repairs. Is this just something they do for Jimmie?

]]> By: Marybeth http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11965/comment-page-1#comment-9384 Marybeth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:04:35 +0000 http://www.racintoday.com/?p=11965#comment-9384 Throughout the Texas race, the 88 was one of the first cars called in for green pitstops. At the end of the race and for the last green pitstop, he radioed in 10 laps before he finally was called in that he wanted to pit then. The 5 pitted, later the 24 pitted. Finally the 88 was called to the pit. He ran out of gas on pit road before he got to his pit. He took off and the car stalled. He was left out on pit road alone. He radioed “Isn’t anyone going to help me?” No one did. No one showed up with a can of ether, or whatever it is they spray in the top, no one came to push him. He ended up 3 laps down and 25th. Where was this Hendrick philosophy of teamwork for Junior…? Is he an orphan? On Nascar Now, Boris Said asked ‘why did they run him out of gas’? No one answered him. For all the money Jr. is bringing into HMS alone, he deserves better. The end of this race probably didn't do a lot of Jr.'s happiness factor either. Marybeth Throughout the Texas race, the 88 was one of the first cars called in for green pitstops. At the end of the race and for the last green pitstop, he radioed in 10 laps before he finally was called in that he wanted to pit then. The 5 pitted, later the 24 pitted. Finally the 88 was called to the pit. He ran out of gas on pit road before he got to his pit. He took off and the car stalled. He was left out on pit road alone. He radioed “Isn’t anyone going to help me?” No one did. No one showed up with a can of ether, or whatever it is they spray in the top, no one came to push him. He ended up 3 laps down and 25th. Where was this Hendrick philosophy of teamwork for Junior…? Is he an orphan? On Nascar Now, Boris Said asked ‘why did they run him out of gas’? No one answered him. For all the money Jr. is bringing into HMS alone, he deserves better.
The end of this race probably didn’t do a lot of Jr.’s happiness factor either.
Marybeth

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