Loomis says Gordon should wreck Jimmie

[harvick#1]

would Gordon go this low to do it

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt=Ats.m16o7uT6iMMAiiYHbiY5nYcB?slug=jb-miami-earnhardt111607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns (http://<a%20href=)

[Sparky1329]

:D


"Wreck Jimmie," Loomis said.

Surely, he was kidding, right?

Nope. Loomis was serious as a heart attack.

"It's the championship," Loomis said. "You only get a couple shots at the championship."

Whether Gordon would follow his former crew chief's instructions is a whole other thing. But as long as Loomis felt that he had planted a seed in Gordon's mind, he had achieved his goal.

"I would tell Jeff (to wreck Johnson)," Loomis said. "He'd laugh and tell me I'm crazy, but at least I'd have it in his head, thinking about it."

Listening to Loomis got me thinking, would anyone actually do that – wreck the person standing between himself and the championship?

Hmmm, I could only think of one driver who might, the late Dale Earnhardt. The Intimidator himself.

And so with that in mind, I set out to find those who knew Earnhardt well, to ask the question: What would Dale do?

"He'd race just the same way that got you to where you're at," said Richard Childress, Earnhardt's boss for six of his seven Cup championships. "That was always our theory."

But would Earnhardt put a fender into Johnson if he was in Gordon's spot?

"I wouldn't say he wouldn't," Childress said with a big smile before walking away, chuckling to himself.

[Sparky1329]

Great column! :D :up:


While Dale Sr. might not have been able to get away with that much today, he still might have tried, maybe putting a fender or two to Johnson.

"Sure, why not?" Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "He was the best at doing that."

Finally I asked Johnson, what he would do if it were Earnhardt rather than Gordon chasing him Sunday.

"I know I'd be shaking in my driving shoes right now," Johnson said.

[RaceFanStan]

would Gordon go this low to do it
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I hope that Jeff Gordon takes a page from Dale Earnhardt's book & TAKES the Cup from Johnson ! http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/thum/1ua.gif

The Cup belongs to Jeff Gordon because he earned it during the ENTIRE season ! http://www.motorsportforum.com/forums/images/icons/tongue-anim.gif
Jeff Gordon should NOT allow Brian's DUMB Chase http://www.motorsportforum.com/forums/images/icons/rolleyes.gif to ROB him again !

[harvick#1]

I'd love to see Kyle Busch take out Johnson and Gordon to get a great parting gift to Hendrick

[Sparky1329]

I'd love to see Kyle Busch take out Johnson and Gordon to get a great parting gift to Hendrick

Oooooo. That's evil, harv. :D

[tstran17_88]

I'd love to see Kyle Busch take out Johnson and Gordon to get a great parting gift to Hendrick
:laugh:

I was actually hoping Kyle would pull a Kurt last weekend at Phoenix and force Rick to fire him with two races to go!

[muggle not]

Four times in the first 35 races (11.1 percent of the time) Gordon has outscored Johnson by at least 86 points in a race.

It ain't over till it's over.

[jeffmr2]

I'd love to see Kyle Busch take out Johnson and Gordon to get a great parting gift to Hendrick

Now that would be funny.I'm also hoping Kyle will take out Jr at Daytona next year for ruining his chase.

[Sparky1329]

Four times in the first 35 races (11.1 percent of the time) Gordon has outscored Johnson by at least 86 points in a race.

It ain't over till it's over.

Stanger things have happened, muggles. In on split second Skinner lost a wheel on Friday night and that was the end of his championship. It definitely ain't over till it's over.