Re: Loomis or Gordan?

4-X-Champ wrote:
> "Vandar" <vandar69@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1126822673.767015.272780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Robert R Kircher, Jr. wrote:
> >> Has it crossed anyone's mind that Gordo may just be washed up? I'm not
> >> trying to incite a flame war here I'm being very serious.
> >
> > He's a classic example of a driver who is only as good as his car.
> > Gordon was never a driver to get a good finish from a bad car. He
> > doesn't get top 10s with a 20th place car, he gets 20th. He needs the
> > best equipment to get the best result. Without the best equipment, he's
> > just another driver.
> >
> It's that way for EVERY driver with the recent aero package.
> You easily forget about his Charlotte win in a backup car (only one hour
> prep time to swap motor from main car).

His backup car that day was a top-5 car. If it was a 20th place car, he
would've finished 20th. There have been drivers who, others have
claimed, add 20 horsepower just by being behind the wheel. Gordon is
not one of those drivers.

> Also the time when he won Martinsville without power steering.

Not that impressive. Dozens of drivers have won races with no power
steering.

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