+NissanTy Both Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle gave Tony Stewart a run for his money at the championship. Mark Martin was still around, too. That was probably a huge role in Roush.
This was back when there was still real racing in NASCAR. This kind of racing and pass would never happen on any track today, except maybe one of the plate tracks. NASCAR is a shell of what it used to be.
im getting pissed about all the people saying that nascar sucks now and how the c.o.t has ruined it. in case you missed it, 2010 was the best season in a long time. there were good finishes, good rivalries and fights and a good chase for the title. it has been a great year for nascar and everybody still says it sucks. nascar is trying to make it better. they have been working on the cars and tweaking the rules to make it better and it is working.
I remember when DW Said Edwards was sliding around and that he shouldn't wreck a good finish and let Biffle go. I looked at my dad and said no way, Carl will get Johnson you watch.
I had J.Johnson inthe NASCAR pool at work and thought I had the win but you know what? I'd rather see a great race like that than take the pool. thats when I started following him. Even after the Atlanta (Keselowski ) incident this weekend, i still admire him. You give him shit, he gives it right back 10 fold
You have to give Carl a lot of credit, he had a very loose car and at the final lap, he caught up to Johnson and passed him at the front stretch, and you gotta give Jack Roush a lot of credit too, in the 2004 season, the 99 team had not a lot of sponsorship, and was about to abandon the 99 car next year, good thing he didn't, grat job for Carl in that race, i have a feeling that he'll win a championship sometime in his career
@RedzDevilz the chase has its ups and downs. what i dont like is that you can have someone who hasnt won a race all season and make it in the chase and get good runs and win the championship but its also good because it used to get boring when there used to be like 10 races left in the season and they had a huge lead and you already knew they were going to win
@DrwMrchnt3 haha yup. i was following jimmie johnson wen he was still in the SCORE circuit, and was excited as hell wen i found out he was racing in cup cars
@AndrizzleCheck; tell me about it !!! I loved the #48 Crash at the Coke 600 last Sunday !! It just made my day !!! I LOVE Jeff Gordon & I love the fact that he's not taking any shit off Jimmie this year !! And now, it's time for the #48 bunch to just GO AWAY !!! I'd rather see Kyle Busch win rrather than JJ !!!!
@fbookacc yeah their points have always been confusing but they just changed it this week so now the first place winner gets 43 points and and second place gets 42 points and so on until last place gets 1 point so at least they simplified it a little bit. that also proves what i was talking about, how NASCAR is listening to the fans and changing for them but everyone still gives them crap.
I love them more than any other network but Darrell and Larry try to call so many situations before they ever go down, and they are almost always wrong.
lydiascats this video makes me smile too but i disagree with you too. If any hendrick driver beat one of them Roush boys I'd be pist! Go Carl and Roush Fenway at Hotlanta this weekend! -Roush fan forever
Boy when I see finishes like these it makes me really this those Gen 4 cars. They were phenomenal cars that just created exciting finishes on all types of tracks. I like the Gen 6 cars, but I’m sorry, they’re nothing compared to the Gen 4s.
People are gonna get mad about my Sr comment. Sr never won 3 straight! I respected Sr but wasn't really a fan of him. He was great and shaped nascar and will go down as one of the greatest in history ever! I do believe if Johnson and Knaus stay together they can win more than 7! Even other drivers in the garage say if things have gone right and they had some luck..this would be 5 in a row. 48 has never finished worst than 5th in the points and finished 2nd twice..once by 8 points! 48!48!48
Guys, RELAX!!! Have you ever considered the fact that maybe there's more than one great team out there? Neither Roush nor Hendrick "suck", so please just calm down.
And this is a great example of how drivers fade and do it fast once the money starts stacking up. The promise this guy showed us all back then..now nothing.
Roush has gone down hill..but theyve NEVER been too good to begin with. A driver doesnt show up and run in the top 3 week after week and SHOWING great driving ability to barely a 15th place car maybe tenth now. Its a proven fact that once professional drivers make it they slack.off after 5 years..even the best do it and Carl certainly IS NOT. Look at kenseth..came in looked like the next star..won a tittle..then started slipping more and more..he goes to gibbs and suddenly he's great again..the next year slacking. You should better educate yourself further than the usual coach potato nascar fan that THINKS they understand it. Once a driver doesnt feel the need to prove themself they stop.giving 100%..and only a select few have the true drive it takes to stay hungry every race every year WITHOUT making excuses of why theyre not performing like they once did.
You make a good point but Roush Cars are compete shit right now I mean Stenhouse wants to prove himself but his car is garbage so I don't think your entirely corrsct
I'm not a fan of Carl Edwards, but I've got a major feeling that he's going to revive his career this year. He's a hell of a driver with a great team behind him now that he has moved to Joe Gibbs Racing. Trust me. :-)
Jack Johnson Roush has never been the same since Ford went to the Fusion from the Taurus. Roush Racing was a beast with the old Tauruses- in 8 years driving that car, a Roush driver finished no worse than third in the final standings save for 2001. And of course, don't forget Mark Martin's success (And Jeff Burton's breakout 1997) in the old Thunderbirds.
@smd4life Carl Fucking Eddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You mean Ford is the shyt! FR9 is what it's all about now! Carl Edwards should have 4 wins this year already in Sprint cup. He is gonna dominate!!!
Chris it had NOTHING to do with the decal on the car "taurus" or "fusion"...its all about the motor and car under it. Racing is all about constantly improving and staying ahead of the competition. The moment you dont you end up in theyre position..they simply have not dont theyre homework. Next years car could say "apalo 13" with a defferent design but it wont matter if whats important isnt there. Theyre engine departmeant mainly needs to step it up..and not to mention theyre arsonal of drivers is very poor right now.
Chris I can tell by your lack of real world experience in racing that its not worth me explaining the logistics and reality of it. If you wer more in depth into racing you would understand how things work better..a better grasp of what goes on behind your tv screen. How did kenseth with gibbs go from 7 wins two years ago to barely 1 the next.
Just realized this. But scraping the wall with 3 to go won him this race!! Hitting the wall can sometimes help the handling of the racecar. Kyle Busch is the best at it. Hitting the wall won Carl the race!
Is it just me or were the top drivers less prima-donnas here? Edwards has gotten an ego now, this was before Johnson won 5 CHASE seasons in a row and started to believe he's invincible...I dunno. Compared to how things are now, it just seems that the drivers had a less inflated view of themselves back then. And this wasn't that long ago.
Two things 1. The old vegas and atlanta are nothing alike. Vegas used to be very flat. 2. Carl did awful that race. He ran about 15th to 20th all race long.
@DrgnFly0101 we now have a showoff/wussie/crybaby who has to enter every race, and have the 11, 18 and 20 winning all the time, and they complain as well when things don't go their way.
