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It's going to be a good year of racing.
None of these guys are on Stewarts level if they have to battle him straight up.
Don't ever bring the "straight up" comments into it. They all started on the same line at the same time, what happens from there determines wins or losses. Stewart got 3rd, he got beat "straight up". There is no telling how outcomes would change with Stewart there at the start. There also is no telling how things play out after a few rounds go by. Without a doubt, Stewart was fastest last night. That doesn't mean he will be in 2 months....or next weekend. Look at Hangtown 2010 and how that didn't mean a thing concerning the coming races.
RV got the win but his pure speed is not close to Stewarts.
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That being said, RV's speed right now is pretty damn close to Stewart's. By midseason, Stewart is gonna realize he will have to really work to keep it that way.
raceface was on the money. They all started at the same time, on the same gate, and none of them crashed. Fastest lap times or not, two other guys put it all together better than JS and he finished 3rd. Straight up as it gets. It all comes down to one thing: whoever has the most points at the end, wins. not that hard a concept to grasp really.
One thing that i don't see on any of the posts here is that RD also started a ways back, seems like he was about 6-10th at one point. At any rate he also had to deal with wide riding by several slower guys and in the end he was gaining on RV and dropping JS. Yes not by much but still was the fastest guy late in the race by eye and by lap times.
I don't know what to say as far as who will win all the marbles this year! Too close to call IMO
James is on a different level. But at that level he crashes more. It is about consistancy. If James keeps his speed and his consistancy and doesn't crash, I don't think anyone will beat him. But that is what makes it exciting. If James gets the holeshot, he is gone. If he has to work his way up through the pack, he has to be smart. I don't wish anything bad on James but there is nothing more fun to watch than James move through the pack like no one else can. He is amazing and brings excitment to the sport, If he gets a holeshot, it is a yawner because everyone knows he will win. Even Reed couldn't beat him. Thinking crashing him would hold James back, that did not work either.
Get over it fercristsakes.
It's only a straight up race if James wins.
Silly me I always thought the guy that got to the checkered flag first was the winner but I guess laptimes and heat races are what decide it.
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