Why is everyone ragging on Junior when he admittedly just had a bad day?
OK...sorry for the length of this, just trying to explain my opinion....
He admitted that the pit stops errors were his fault. He just plain missed his pit the first time. And the second error should be his pit crew to blame since they didn't have him back up into the pit box before starting work.
But in regards to the vickers nudge and subsequent pileup, you can clearly see in the replay that jr had plenty of speed to get around him and was attempting to do so. But vickers came down and forced jr below the double yellow. if he would have let up off the gas too much, he would have gotten stuck down there and been passed by a line of drivers, so he came up right away (matching vickers' speed) to get back in his spot. he just barely clips vickers' rear quarter panel, and vickers looses control and takes out 8 other cars.
most the affected drivers (and media) were talking about two ppl fighting over nothing and blaming jr for the accident. personally, i think vickers should have let the obviously faster car pass him instead of trying to block. they were both a lap down and jr had the room and the speed before vickers forced him below the double yellow. if he would have let him by, instead of "fighting over nothing" the pileup would have NEVER happened.
Yes, before you even ask, I am a junior fan and a senior fan before that. And before that crash, Jr was driving the best i've seen him drive in a LONG time. He was easily making up ground he lost on his earlier mistakes. But, two pit mistakes and vickers being greedy caused him to look like a @ss.
I'd like to know your thoughts? Did you see something different than I did? I may be a fan of his, but that doesnt mean i'll turn a blind eye when he messes up. I watched as they played the replay probably a dozen times and it looked like vickers was (more, but not entirely) to blame.
reds....in his short interview when the race was called, he admitted to making mistakes. And he gave his side of the story. So he didnt just blame everyone but himself. He admitted to some things being his fault, but he didnt think he caused the crash.
Like immediately after this, Darrell Waltrip (back in the studio) made mention of how Jr usually tells it like it happened, no BS or anything, and that he believed that Jr didnt intend to cause anything and that it was most likely just an accident. But then like two mintues later had completely changed his story and was ragging on him.