Congrats to Ward Burton

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Originally posted by mustangdani55
But for the life of me I still cannot figure out why the stupid *** Marlin got out of his car!!!!! He knows the rules....Got what he deserved...The back of the longest line.

He had to. He had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. If he had left it alone, it would have blown in less than a lap, and he might have been a DNF. Bad for points. By trying to pull it out, there was a slight chance he could save it and finish in the top two. Worst case scenario: they foul him and move him to the back. Gee, all the way to 12th place. That gave him the chance to get 4 new tires without losing position, so when it went green, with 4 laps to go, he was in 12th place with 4 fresh tires. That got him an 8th place finish, which is alot better than a DNF.

Cheesy, but actually pretty clever.

Take care,
-Chris