Stewart at Dega question

[redneckprofessor]

Wanted to ask some fellow Nascar fans this question: did you see Stewart at the end of the race, rushing back and forth trying to find a line to draft in and get to the front?

The reason I ask is, did you notice that he was "left out" or even shoved out, of line quite a few times.

Do you think, as I think, that perhaps he is gettings some frosty shoulders these days? Temper tantrums, knocking Hamlin, Busch, and others, and then what he did to Paul Menard the race before just because Menard was a little too far into Stewart's pit box (Menard had to stop short to avoid hitting a crew member). All of those things are starting to add up this season, I think.

 

[Radar]

It looked to me like he was trying to block both the high and low lines ,and got hung out to dry .

 

[NICHOLS3]

I think he just got a little to anxious at the end and it cost him because he seemed to have a fast car. Now I dont know if he thought he would get help or he thought he could do it alone either way it didnt work.

 

[iowavf]

I think if he would have either stayed in the top or bottom line he would have been there at the end. He said before the race he didn't want to be leading at the end, but he must have changed his mind. I'm not thinking he's a big Gordon fan, but that was a heck of a move that won him the race.

 

[backstraps]

I think......... Had Gordo stayed on the bottom behind 48...Stewart would have maybe won the race.....you know after Gordeys move...it was the shot from Stewart that pushed him in front to win....then both lines got scrambled pretty fast...

 

[iowavf]

I think Gordon was smart enough to realize that when he saw Tony coming it was a better chance for him to win the race than following the 48. I think there was a lot more skill and knowing track positions than luck concerning that move which won him the race.

 

[redneckprofessor]

I did notice on this race, nobody was giving Stewart an inch.
He drove hard and he was all alone doing so.
It helps to have other drivers on your side. Guess he has some work to do.

I noticed that, too. Edwards may be suffering in the same way in these next few races.

Just goes to show, if you demand respect out loud, or stomp around because you don't feel that you have it, it is because it ain't there.

 

[JohninKnoxville]

As much as it pains me to say it,Gordon is just great at restrictor plate racing,and he outsmarted Stewart and Johnson.