Comments on: Earnhardt, Jr “pissed off” about 2007

By: Breanna.

Breanna. — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:19:04 +0000

Lee88, exactly right about Petty. Between Petty, Pearson, Earnhardt Sr, and probably a few others, if you compiled all their strong points you’d have the best driver ever. Trying to choose between them is a very loose matter of opinion. And when in hell did this article turn toward “Jr’s not as good as his daddy, her-her-her” anyway? Jr’s pissed he didn’t win=Jr has a competitive spirit. So he should be allowed to race. Period.

By: Lee88

Lee88 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:36:55 +0000

That maybe true matt but back then petty was the only driver that had a big sponsor STP while the rest of guys had joe blows garage an body shop for a sponsor an hauled there car to the track with a beat up old truck.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:14:17 +0000

Im gonna have to disagree with the above comment on Sr. as the best. He was the best of his time, but numbers dont lie Senior had 76 victories, 7 Champs and 1 Daytona 500 win, but then there was the King. 200 Victories, 7 Champs, and 7 Daytona 500 wins.

By: JG

JG — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:07:57 +0000

I don’t expect him to fill Sr’s shoes, he can’t nobody can’t and ever will, Sr is the best and always will be the best in Nascar !!!

REST IN PEACE # 3

KyleBst264
Dec 3rd, 2007 at 6:56 pm Quote

I feel bad for Jr. Everyone expects him to fill his old man’s shoes. Win, lose or draw, I pull for the kid.
I have his autograph from when he raced at Myrtle Beach speedway when he was about 17 or 18 years old.
It’ll be interesting to see what he can do when he’s in the best equipment in NASCAR next year. I really hope he can make alot of people “eat their hats.”

By: JG

JG — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:06:13 +0000

I AGREE WITH YOU 200%

KyleBst264
Dec 3rd, 2007 at 6:56 pm Quote

By: KyleBst264

KyleBst264 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:56:36 +0000

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:36:43 +0000

Wow these topics tend to get out of hand and way off quick. Lets see did the article mention Jr. being the most popular driver… Yes, but only to say he should be relaxed that he had won that fan vote. HE WASNT RELAXED. He was ticked that his season was bad enough that he wasnt on stage to get a trophy for the chase, the Nextel Cup. And more importantly his year was so bad he failed to win. His drive for competition has him mad because he didnt win. Anything wrong with saying, I just raced my butt off for 40 weeks, 36 races and thousands of miles to be 16th best. I am a junior fan and didnt watch racing til after Sr died. My first race to watch was the 2001 Pepsi 400. Jr won, therfore i took to liking him. The fact is a race car driver is mad that he didnt win, and personally if he wasnt then somethin is wrong with him. Gordon would be mad, Johnson would be mad, Tony would be furious, these guys race to win and coming up short should tick them off.

By: Cybil

Cybil — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:34:46 +0000

GO SAM!!! Other than a few who have had great luck…there are very few drivers who have done what Jr has done. And Jayson…as I said before…I am a JR Nation fan and I voted once. I doubt very seriously that I was the only one…and anyway….who said the fans of Gordon, Johnson, Busch, Stewert and others like them were not allowed to vote more than once????

By: V. DiMartile

V. DiMartile — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:02:27 +0000

Hey, the past is the past. Move on, you can do it on your own not just the last
name that counts, be your self.

By: RedDevil

RedDevil — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:05:29 +0000

Hey.. at least he’s speaking his mind.. He’s human.. he can be mad at times and I would try to let it out my chest as well. It’s like a therapy type thing I think, makes people feel better afterwards.

By: Trey

Trey — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:23:53 +0000

Steve Landers wrote:

Thats ok Jr. you’l show them next season. With Ricks help ,support and equipment you
will win alot of races next year. And rember your Dale Jr. and not Dale Sr.
You dont have to live up to your dads records you can set some of your own.
Like winning most popular driver the most times.

He has a long way to go if he’s gonna beat Bill Elliot’s record.

By: JG

JG — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:08:50 +0000

The reason Jr didn’t win this year is because Theresa made it that way, she was pissed he was leaving TEI, so in turn she gave him bad equipment to race with.

By: ShowMeDon'tTellMe

ShowMeDon'tTellMe — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:44:45 +0000

I like results, not nepotism and last names and excuses. I guess that must make me a freako, because clearly the entirety of the NASCAR fanbase loves underachievement in a race-driver so much that they’ll repeatedly vote an average driver most popular just because he’s the son of a famous racer. Results don’t matter. It’s political and cultural now for some, like confederate flags and animal rights. I do kinda feel bad for the guy, gotta be hard on him to not win….but geez. Racing is about results.

By: gigolo george

gigolo george — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:22:26 +0000

Junior is showing us that he’s human. He believes he has a name to live up to, a certain image. He’s got a stepmother he can’t stand. It almost seems like he’s searching for validation or something. Now he closes one chapter of his life and starts another at HMS. Cheer up, Junior! Thank God you had the balls to move on. Don’t look back.

By: freekey1

freekey1 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:46:44 +0000

I think JR’s so popular is because he is the last of the breed of drivers from the South. Look at all the prim and proper, along with the foreigners. It’s a breath of fresh air to hear someone use the word reckon nowdays.

By: KK

KK — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:41:56 +0000

Jeff gets crap all the time, where were you Laura when cans are thrown at him and all the boos are happening, get real… Oh and by the way Jr. may have had blown engines this year and I agree that sucks but what about before that, I agree he had alot of crap to deal with this year…but he still hasn’t shown me and my “warped opinion” that he is as talented as Jr. Nation seems to think…not saying he isn’t but Has yet to prove it to me. If he does I will be the first to say I was wrong..
I also agree he’s a nice guy but so is Jeff Gordon, and several years ago I realized Jr. was a nice guy, but most of his fans that I see at the race track or not….and that comes from personal experience.
Sorry Laura I think you are the one with the warped opinion!!!!

By: Steve Landers

Steve Landers — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:25:41 +0000

Thats ok Jr. you’l show them next season. With Ricks help ,support and equipment you
will win alot of races next year. And rember your Dale Jr. and not Dale Sr.
You dont have to live up to your dads records you can set some of your own.
Like winning most popular driver the most times.

By: Breanna.

Breanna. — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:19:17 +0000

Oh for chrissake, can’t anyone get through an article about him without talking about his popularity and where it comes from? The article is about how he’s peeved he didn’t win. Most skilled driver, least skilled driver, transferred fans from his dad or ones he made himself [[like me, because I didn't start watching until 2003 and realized the sport has gone to hell by early 2007]], the fact that he cares so much that he didn’t win shows he has a competitive drive for the sport and that’s what matters. Oh, and FYI, he’s not the most skilled driver out there today. I admit that. And he’s still my favorite driver. Why? Because he’s a genuinely nice guy. Try finding a handful of those in professional sports.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:59:44 +0000

Jeff Gordon doesn’t get crap all. He gets the occasional “he’s gay”.. but that’s it. His talent is NEVER questioned, and it shouldn’t be…he has MORE than proved himself. Junior may not have the stats of Gordon, Johnson, or Stewart… but he’s right behind those guys. And that’s with having to deal with that bitch Teresa and all the BS that TEI has become famous for. Give Gordon and Johnson 8 or 9 blown engines, and see how well they do. But keep it up, KK… I wouldn’t expect the truth to get in the way of your warped opinion.

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:56:26 +0000

Roxanne wrote:

Fisha695, you spend a whole lot of time on Jr’s articles for claiming not to be a fan.
I’m starting to think you have a crush on him!! ….. LOL
Seriously, who do you cheer for?

l0l. I was a Richard Petty fan since I was born, so now I route for Kyle (in the same way allot of Jr fans were Sr fans), and I grew up in the area that Spencer is from so also since I was born I was brought up to be a fan of his. But really I dont have one driver I am a diehard fan of, I’m more of a fan of the sport then of any particular driver.