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should Steve Torrence be crown champion #2717145
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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: theraif] #2717162
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He earned his championship on the track, His little B!T*H fest after that race should just cost him money, but sadly hes got loads of that so it wont do any good. Shouldnt get so upset over the tree battles, or anything he can do on the line to aid him. They both have similar cars, so if Torence is worried about mechanical issues, they both have to deal with that. If hes pissy that the other driver got into his head then thats on him....

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I dont care for him, and the only drivers in "FUEL" i care about are the lil guys who every once in a while sneak out a victory over the overlords....

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Moparnut426] #2717170
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Maybe you should familiarize yourself with the NHRA rulebook. Particularly section 3.1 Participant Conduct and then answer that question. Had this been observed by an NHRA official between sportsman racers, lets say S/G I would almost guarantee a DQ for the offending driver. Torrence gets but hurt over a driver going deep on him, they are allowed to if they so choose. The only rule broken was Torrences action at the top end. A fine to this guy will mean NOTHING.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Al_Alguire] #2717173
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Originally Posted by Al_Alguire
Maybe you should familiarize yourself with the NHRA rulebook. Particularly section 3.1 Participant Conduct and then answer that question. Had this been observed by an NHRA official between sportsman racers, lets say S/G I would almost guarantee a DQ for the offending driver. Torrence gets but hurt over a driver going deep on him, they are allowed to if they so choose. The only rule broken was Torrences action at the top end. A fine to this guy will mean NOTHING.


I agree, I also think he should have had 100 points taken away.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Moparnut426] #2717174
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Originally Posted by Moparnut426
He earned his championship on the track, His little B!T*H fest after that race should just cost him money, but sadly hes got loads of that so it wont do any good. Shouldnt get so upset over the tree battles, or anything he can do on the line to aid him. They both have similar cars, so if Torence is worried about mechanical issues, they both have to deal with that. If hes pissy that the other driver got into his head then thats on him....

PS,

I dont care for him, and the only drivers in "FUEL" i care about are the lil guys who every once in a while sneak out a victory over the overlords....




So in other words he can punch anyone he wants to and just reach into his wallet and buy his way out of any trouble he gets into.
Hmmmmmm. WRONG!!!!! NHRA blew it again.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: theraif] #2717180
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I watched the race on TV and the comments Torrence made right after the run to the reporter, before he smacked the guy sounded like Torrence thought his opponent was a duck, and how dare him deep stage to try and win the race when his championship was at stake. Then he goes over and confronts him and slaps him. I think Torrence should have lost points and if that meant losing the championship so be it. A racer in the sportsman ranks with the same behavior would have been DNQ.

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: pittsburghracer] #2717185
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So in other words he can punch anyone he wants to and just reach into his wallet and buy his way out of any trouble he gets into.
Hmmmmmm. WRONG!!!!! NHRA blew it again. [/quote]
Maybe Karma will knock a few of his front teeth out next time devil
He is less than respectful and professional, isn't he work Probably gets that from his mommy whistling
I had a guy try something in me at the old LACR track, we had flip for lane choice and he pulled into my lane, my car would vary .002 to .004 in the other lane and I had dial for the right one.
I had the water box guy change my dial in while he was doing his burn out and hung him out on my prestaging devil He was driving a air cooled V.W powered altered and he went ahead and staged and revved the motor way up before I was stage so that led to me taking a little more time in staging.
He came over to me inn the pits and tried to get inn my face, luckily for him he didn't touch me. He thought he was hot stuff, I told him to not mess with the bull if he didn't wand to get the horns haha
He avoided racing me after that shruggy

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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: jwb123] #2717186
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What he really needed was for that kid to knock him on his spoiled little a$$. That was a b!tch move, I'd expect it in nascrap but not in nhra.

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: pittsburghracer] #2717187
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I re-watched the exchange between he & Ferre a couple times.
At first they were shaking hands & talking, then as they parted Ferre said something that lit Torrence off.
Bearing in mind the death of a crewmember's kid and the pressure of the Countdown, I suspect Torrence's fuse was quite short.
He did apologize on camera later and subsequently had a much friendlier discussion with Ferre.

Folks upset with that deal have probably never been to a Sprint Car race laugh2
Not defending it, but I also don't get too bothered when some steam escapes...

I was more bothered by the Starter sending Beckman downtrack on a full run with Hight's car parked mid-track.
But that's a separate topic for a separate thread.

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: theraif] #2717223
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I've seen (on camera) lots of altercations that were more severe than that and NHRA did nothing.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: theraif] #2717225
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Secretly, the NHRA loved it. Noone got hurt, and they can turn a blind eye to the potential negative impact for the guaranteed publicity it caused. They aren't gaining fans anymore, so they need stuff like this or else Camaro Vs. Camaro or Force vs. Force will continue to bore fans.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: John_Kunkel] #2717226
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NHRA doesn`t want to chase away money is the way I see it.

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: mopars4ever] #2717236
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It look like there where a lot of empty seats in the stands on both days work
It was hot their also, around 90F with mild Santa Ana winds blowing out of the N/E, which made it nice and clear boogie


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Cab_Burge] #2717244
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Alot of the races this year,The stands were half filled.They try to hide it on TV

Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: topside] #2717256
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Originally Posted by topside
I re-watched the exchange between he & Ferre a couple times.
At first they were shaking hands & talking, then as they parted Ferre said something that lit Torrence off.
Bearing in mind the death of a crewmember's kid and the pressure of the Countdown, I suspect Torrence's fuse was quite short.
He did apologize on camera later and subsequently had a much friendlier discussion with Ferre.

Folks upset with that deal have probably never been to a Sprint Car race laugh2
Not defending it, but I also don't get too bothered when some steam escapes...

I was more bothered by the Starter sending Beckman downtrack on a full run with Hight's car parked mid-track.
But that's a separate topic for a separate thread.


They didn't know what to do!! They took him off the track and let him praying for the best........... sick


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Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
It look like there where a lot of empty seats in the stands on both days work
It was hot their also, around 90F with mild Santa Ana winds blowing out of the N/E, which made it nice and clear boogie


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So what did Cameron say to him? Any of you geniuses know? Maybe find out all the facts before deciding fate. We all know that Torrance is a little [censored], but how many of you have said the wrong thing in the heat of the battle? Glass houses... work


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Rhinodart] #2717316
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Originally Posted by Rhinodart
So what did Cameron say to him? Any of you geniuses know? Maybe find out all the facts before deciding fate. We all know that Torrance is a little [censored], but how many of you have said the wrong thing in the heat of the battle? Glass houses... work


None of Cameron’s mannerisms looked aggressive during that discussion. But only those two know what was said.

Myself, I couldn’t care less if Cameron told him he was gonna donkey punch his sister. Torrence is classless, and too bad his money is going to dictate his punishment. He’s getting to Tanner Gray level.


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Re: should Steve Torrence be crown champion [Re: Rhinodart] #2717336
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Originally Posted by Rhinodart
So what did Cameron say to him? Any of you geniuses know? Maybe find out all the facts before deciding fate. We all know that Torrance is a little [censored], but how many of you have said the wrong thing in the heat of the battle? Glass houses... work


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Yeah............ you're right.
Now , I have to temper my enthusiasm and mind my bidness.
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