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'08 Season: A Long Way's End

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From 1-10, how excited are you for the 2009 season to begin?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:34 pm


The 2008 season, after all, for better or worse, is over.
Many drivers are excited for the fresh start of the 2009 season. One great example is David Stremme. Stremme claims he has a great chance to make the Chase and contend for the Sprint Cup in '09 while driving Penske Racing's #12.
Some silly season drivers this year include Tony Stewart (#14), Ryan Newman (#39), David Stremme (#12), Paul Menard (???), AJ Allmendinger (#10), Mark Martin (#5), and Casey Mears (#07).
Another driver that cannot wait until next season is Jimmie Johnson.
After winning this year's title, which earned him a piece of history for winning three championships in a row, Johnson said after being asked if he can go four in a row "Yeah. Definately. I can't wait for the '09 season to get started!"
Many of drivers would like to re-bound and make up for a miserable 2008 season in 2009, such as Kyle Busch.
Well, I'll say this; Kyle Busch DEFINATELY did not have a very miserable season. He won the second most races this season, winning eight races (Carl Edwards won a total of nine races). What would be more accurate is Kyle Busch had a miserable Chase. Busch had what was turning out to be a dream season as he dominated the Sprint Cup series. But after three mechanical problems in a row, all in the first three races of the '08 Chase, NASCAR made it clear that it thought otherwise.
In 2009, its inevitable that race teams will fall in this economic crisis, at least one manufacture may drop out of NASCAR, and staff and drivers will be layed off. But what else is guarenteed is wins, losses, cheers, jeers, wrecks, passes, big winners, huge losers, one champion, and one great time.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:23 pm


for the first time, i am actually not excited in the slightest about the new season. After how this last season was pretty much only three drivers, i am glad it's finally over.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:38 pm


I'm middle of the road. On one hand, I can't wait for Daytona, but on the other hand, it IS a very long season.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:55 pm


yeas Dale Jr. stated that, it is too long. But it's a money sport and NASCAR doesn't want to give it up. I am looking forward to 09 cuz SHR will be very good with a the new employees they have got. And if they dont, they have no hope. I expect them to do right out of the box and challenge at DAYTONA for the win.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:35 pm


I would like to say that they will need some time to get up to speed, but with the way Gibbs ran last year after changing manufacturers...
PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:16 pm


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yeas Dale Jr. stated that, it is too long. But it's a money sport and NASCAR doesn't want to give it up. I am looking forward to 09 cuz SHR will be very good with a the new employees they have got. And if they dont, they have no hope. I expect them to do right out of the box and challenge at DAYTONA for the win.
i think both teams will be solid top 20 teams, don't know if they'll make the chase or not though, but it's not unlikely. 50/50 chance i think.

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