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[ Cause if Tony has benefited in the past, and I suspect so, he has no room to talk - he knows the inside games as well as anyone. Don't play that game in the first place, and then maybe you can say something...but glass houses and stone throwers....



Exactly, watch the 2007 Championship run for Tony, Cruz laid down for his brother at least three times late in the season, not quite as obvious as yesterday (and not at the Nats, which brought more attention), so Tony and Cruz have no room to talk. Also, last year when Cruz was closing in on Wilky, Tony had a Blower Belt break when facing Cruz in the Countdown to 1, which put Cruz on Wilkersons heels. The worst offender of the practice is probably the Schumacher teams when Tony was on his big run, several falls for the man during those years. Antron Brown laid down for Sampey on a couple of occasions in Bike and the worst ever was Hines missing a gear mid track after Kraewick (sp?) cut an amazing.284 light (no chance of redlight there) and Eddie passed him like he was sitting still (Hines basically was sitting still) and that led Eddie K. on to win the Points Championship without ever winning a single event the entire season. Unfortuantly, while it is racing, it's still a business and these guys have to pays the bills and keep the sponsers on board. I Used to be a fan of Tony P., but the last few years he has become a whiney jerk on a number of occasions and that is probably why one of the best crew chiefs in the game is at Al-Anabi now.