NASCAR'S COT Car is boring

Just My Opinion

Is it just me or is NASCAR getting boring. That new peice of crap car they have should be called the "Crap of Tomorrow" instead of the "Car of Tomorrow" (C.O.T) I mean really now, look at the restarts a car gets out ahead and it is in front til next restart cause no one can catch him. It
's all about "clean air" now and the drivers will even say that in victory lane, and during practices. So that means they are saying as long as they are out front in clean air they will have a chance to win barring some mechanical problems or something.
I feel this new car is taking some racing away from the drivers and they are at the hands of the car itself as it seems to do what it wants. The Indy race yesterday was boring as hell. No one did any passing especially up front. And how many time shave you seen a car struggle at the back and when he gets near the front on pit strategy takes off when the green falls and is gone?
The Nationwise series still uses the old style cars and their races are more exciting to watch, as well as the Camping World Truck Series (by far the best series in NASCAR). An dthese series still have old style cars and can pass each other more and that is waht racing is about. If they want single file racing for 500 miles they should call themselves "NASCARF1".

I have found several forums on nascar.com that show people feel like I do and are getting bored. I have been watching racing for years since I was 6 at our local track and on TV. ANd racing compared to 10-20 years ago, even 3 years ago before the COT came out was terrific! It is in trouble now I feel. You can't have 43 cars start a race and stay in line for 500 miles week after week. The 2 mile + raceteracks seem to spread these cars out more and make for a boring race. Maybe nascar should just race on Martinsville and Bristol every week. That would be cool.

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2009 NHRA Northwest Nationals

Day 4 Sunday the Finals,
"the Shimy Shimy"

So we were walking around getting some photo ops with some people and managed to get pics with Graham Light, Rick Stewart and some people with the Safety Safari.
But what beauty day for for racing! Not as cool as I had hope for but still cooler. Had to wear my jeans as I got burnt the day before. In the morning we went to the set of NHRA today and hung around with MIke Dunn and Larry Dixon. It was a good day at the races and my wife invented a new racing term and Jeg Coughlin is pictured here showing it.










The "Shimy Shimy" she called it when a driver gets a little "slideways bothways". Jeggy perfected it here. Was close to rolling over.

Anywyay congrats to the winners of 2009 NHRA Northwest Nationals:

Pro Stock. Mike Edwards
Funny Car Tim Wilkerson
Top Fuel Antron Brown

Even John Force's daughter Courtney won in Alcohol dragster.

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We always have a good time in the bar after the races and here are some other Canadians we have met there in the last 3 years who always end up in there as well. It truly is a cool little bar to go hang out at and they make really good drinks to.

So a special thanks goes out to the special friends we have met in Meeker Street bar and grill and to the staff for putting up with our Canadian ways.

2009 NHRA Northwest Nationals

Day 3 Saturday,

We arrived at the track earlier today than yeterday and it is still hot outside even though the weather forecast said it would cool down a bit. We got to meet Bob Frey and say hi to him like we do every year as we helped us get married at the track that in 1998. There was some good racing on Saturday, not as much oildowns although I am still undecided about the 1000 foot race length for T/F dragsters and Funny Cars, but safety is safety. We also got pics of the NHRA safety Safari as they were cruisin thru the pits early before the races started. It was good to see some good times and even som etrack records were broken in Pro Stock.

At the end of the day during a small tailgate party and friendly family cooked us a burger on the little barbeque while we waited for traffic to die down. We still went to the bart when we got back for a quick salad and some drinks.

2009 Northwest Nationals

Day 2 Friday

I can sure feel the age thing kicking in as it seems to be harder to get up for the 6:30 am alarm now, but I was still ready before my wife was, hahah. Coudn't wait to go to the track in the Stanger ever got to open her up a bit on the freeway to the track.....pretty sweet.... The racing was cool as always alot of oildowns though, and the track was really hot so I think some cars were having trouble wiht the high track temps, especialy during the Alcohol car sessions. Speaking of alcohol, it sure a good thing we bought a $9.99 cooler last year for this race cause we had it filled with beer and water on icew for the end of the day tailgating sessions. It was a scorching ho tday and at the end of the day it was nice to have some cold beer waiting for us.

I will post more days events in the coming days and post pictures of this years event on my Flickr page.

2009 Northwest National trip

Day 1 Thursday

We left on Thursday this year to go to Seattle to watch the NHRA Northwest Nationals. We haven't done that since 2002! But this way we won't miss any Friday qualifying sessions and will be able to get to the track early on Friday morning. Also being here a day ewarly means one more night at Meeker Street Bar & Grill!
Airport security is getting pretty carried away these days as they took away a bottle of mouthwash from us and a threw it in the garbage! Oh well. Another person had her hair clip taken away , is sad to see your stuff going in the garbeg but htese are the days we live in I guess. Anyway once arriving in Seattle we went to the car rental place and was talked into renting a Mustang instead of the economy car I had originally booked. But it was cool to go to the track in a Stang! Reminds me of the days when we used to take my Camaro down there. Once we checked into our hotel we went for a cruise to Lake Meridian and walked around a bit and then to Safeway to buy a little food and beer. $11.98 for a case of Budweiser, Bargain compared to Canadian prices.
Oh well Off to dinner at Meeker St. Bar and Grill.

NASCAR FInishes

Well how about the 2009 NASCAR season so far? Mark Martin has won 4 races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn't done anything and the other two Hendrick cars are up there as always. But it seems as though the new "car of tomorrow" (COT)has thrown some teams for a loop. And some of the racing at some tracks has been bad. Single file racing, that like F1!
So Introduce double file restarts in NASCAR, which is what they did and it makes the starts interesting but once a car is out front it is hard to catch. Those new cars seem to be great in clean air but noone can ever catch them it seems. BUt how about that finish at Dayton a few weeks ago? Now that was NASCAR at it's finest!

Northwest Nat's time again

Well it's that time again that the NHRA Northwest Nationals are in Seattle again and we are leaving in two day to go watch it. I can't wait! It's the most awesome sporting event I have ever seen.
Although looking thru the entry lists on NHRA.com there may be only 16 cars in each pro class, but given the so called recession it is understandable. BUt it will cut sown on some drama like who will be bumped out of the top 16 qualifiers, as if only 16 show up then they will all make the show.
But it is still awesome to go see.

Oh by the way this us down infront of driver introductions on raceday.
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