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Mears blames spotter for wreck
The words were simple, but telling: "I wasn't clear." That's all Casey Mears could muster sitting in his wrecked No.5 Chevrolet after he cut off Michael Waltrip, causing a seven-car pileup that collected two drivers -- Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer -- still trying to fight their way into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Carl Edwards won the race. Mears passed Waltrip on Lap 217 of Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Turn 1. Just as he did, Mears' spotter, Eddie Masencup, said 'Clear, clear' over the radio, but Mears wasn't. He turned into Waltrip's No. 55 Toyota which ignited the multi-car wreck that required a nearly 13-minute red-flag to clean the track of debris. "I like my spotter; he's a good guy, but man that was ridiculous," Mears said after the wreck. "We took a bunch of cars out for no reason. I was just running along, heard 'clear, clear' and went up there and there was someone (Waltrip) still there. "I'm pretty upset about it. There were a lot of people that got involved in that which shouldn't have been involved because it shouldn't have happened." Also involved in the wreck were Robby Gordon, Reed Sorenson and Sam Hornish Jr. Kahne and Bowyer had the most to lose.
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That is what it looked like to me, but well here Mikey could of and Casey should of all day long. Just on of those racing things.
Someone had a Tantrum last night! Doesn't like the bump and run-Hilarious! LOL
Good Morning All
-The FLOAT-
Chilly, TX
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Guess the theory of what goes around comes around is playing out before our eyes. hahaha we got a rivalry.
jackman....!
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Your "spotter" knocked Kahne out dillweed.
jackman....!
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Death to the Spottor!!!!
-The FLOAT-
Chilly, TX
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spotter, whatever!
-The FLOAT-
Chilly, TX
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it is all good jackman.........Kasey will just get fired up now..sure was good to watch bill elliott run in the top ten for a long time... even thru pitstops!!! that was good to see i know there will be detracters but i could care less... he showed he could still get it done...
the dr.
drflavio309
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i think Kahne needs 2 top 5s or a win doc.....
jackman....!
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it is all good jackman.........Kasey will just get fired up now..sure was good to watch bill elliott run in the top ten for a long time... even thru pitstops!!! that was good to see i know there will be detracters but i could care less... he showed he could still get it done...
the dr.
drflavio309 | 08/24/08, 10:23 AM
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You know, it's hard to take Kasey Kahne seriously as a face of Budweiser in NASCAR. I noticed during an interview with one of the female reporters that, not only did his hat look two sizes to big, but he was about 5 inches shorter than the woman. Bud just took a man-point hit. And, come on, Kasey with a "K"? How juinor high.
HOOAH05!
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Ouch - a hit in the man-point. All these dudes are small.
jackman....!
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Really hoah05, these guys are almost all midgets.
How did jr do last night? Probably should have kept his trap shut this week, eh? Karma is a beetch.
Should be lot's of fun watching Opie and the Shrub battle for the Championship. I would hope that recent events would lay to rest all the Toyota/Nascar conspiracy bull, but somehow I get the feeling when Shrub wins again all that lunacy will surface once more.
Kind of ironic to see KB racing Opie clean, only to be the victim of an Earnhart special. Wonder if the KB haters will give the kid any credit for not running Edwards off the track when he had the chance. Doubt it.
Did I already ask how jr did last night? What a maroon!
Rex Racer
Manchester , NH
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Bristol Motor Speedway proves to be one he// of a track,
I myself got pretty pissed off when Kahne got knocked
out,just once I'd like to see him get a championship
in Nascar,he will someday.
JetJocky
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Rex Racer Did I already ask how jr did last night? What a maroon
I hate to say this, but you are right on the money in this and the rest of your comment. Go Speed Racer
Flat Mann
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What's a maroon?
MrMiyagiJr
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oh, it's moron. He couldn't spell moron!
MrMiyagiJr
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Bristol Motor Speedway proves to be one he// of a track,
I myself got pretty pissed off when Kahne got knocked
out,just once I'd like to see him get a championship
in Nascar,he will someday.
JetJocky | 08/24/08, 12:12 PM
Kasey seems like a nice kid, but you've got a better chance of seeing a C-17 actually land on a Carrier
Rex Racer
Manchester , NH
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What's a maroon?
MrMiyagiJr | 08/24/08, 12:15 PM
Ever watch Bugs Bunny?
Rex Racer
Manchester , NH
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So Casey finally get to blame somebody else besides himself, what a loser.
nascarzorin
Hollywood , FL
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It was an entertaining race, I'll say that. From Bowyer saying that Waltrip was the worst driver in NASCAR to the crowd cheering when Edwards spun out Busch on the cool down lap. I had a great time watching.
Rickapolis-Bard of…
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Yea, I can't believe they Black Flagged JR, who do they think they are anyway?
LOL
-The FLOAT-
Chilly, TX
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I Mean, he didn't pass the pace car, what was the big deal?
-The FLOAT-
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