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Whatta ya mean my motor’s broke? I’m on the dang pole

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by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

February 14, 2008 12:03 am CST 2 Comments

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Untitled PostIt’s a good thing that the best brains in NASCAR discovered they had an engine issue before the races. Word is, a coating on a batch of lifters used by Hendrick Motorsports’ engine builders - and other motor shops too - is failing and the failure would have been fatal.

According to Lowes #48 team crew chief Chad Knaus, there’s no way the faulty power plants would have survived 150 miles. Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt Jr all were forced to change engines, sending them to the back of the grid to start the Dual Daytona 500 qualifiying races.

The bad parts infected the Toyota of Dale Jarrett, Scott Riggs’ Haas CNC Chevy and probably others too.

As a blogger, I kind of wish they hadn’t found the problem. There would have been some great posting opportunities in the aftermath. Just think of the possibilities.

  • Visions of hope in the eyes of Ford and Dodge teams as all of the HMS cars and their clients went up in smoke.
  • Lists of the best trash talking lines used by Hendrick/Gordon/Johnson haters as they kicked the evil empire while it was down.
  • How it’s obvious that the engine problems are Dale Earnhardt Jr‘s fault. I mean, look at what happened at DEI!

Now we’ll probably have to write about a brilliant, come-from-behind win or two instead.

Photo credit: Rusty Jarrett - Getty Images for NASCAR

Filed under: Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jarrett, Daytona 500, Haas CNC Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Sprint Cup Series, The Waltrips 

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2 Responses to “Whatta ya mean my motor’s broke? I’m on the dang pole”

  1. User Avatar Marc on February 14th, 2008 2:40 am

    Thanks for the link, now everyone knows I wear a foil hat.

    Oh, wait! There’s a picture that goes with this thing.

    Nevermind.

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