Not sure why I'm always agreeing with Mark, but JPM is all about been there done that. If he ever leaves NASCAR, there is only the NHRA and NASA left for him.
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Not sure why I'm always agreeing with Mark, but JPM is all about been there done that. If he ever leaves NASCAR, there is only the NHRA and NASA left for him.
Not likely. He left CART (Champ Car is something different) to get to the higher level. Once he got there he found out Formula One has a lot to do with politics and engineering and very little to do with racing. He was absolutely miserable. He is much happier 20 something in points in NASCAR than he was winning racing in F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by LTalbot
What part of my statement is not likely? NHRA or NASA?
Boy that superior F1 road racing ability sure showed itself in todays Sears Point qualifying...32nd place.
I'm sure he'll finish higher in the race(or wreck).
I was expecting a lot more this weekend.
And I was worried that he'd knock Robby off the pole. What a letdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoss Ghoul
What killed him today was two things. One is a team that is strugglling across the board, and two is the fact he maybe underestimated how much more time he had to get out of the COT to make it drive well. He was in the top 15 in practice, and just seemed to make an error or two in qualfying. These COT cars are a handful from what I saw in qualifying, and I think JPM's learning curve is still messed up by the fact the team doesn't know what to do to make the damn car work either.
Mark, look at the lineup, his way younger and less experienced teammate outqualified him. Aside from that, look at how many Dodge teams/drivers outqualified him, with drivers he's ahead of in the points even.
I'm not saying JPM isn't better than this, or those drivers, but he got shown up today plain and simple.
:dozey: Hhmmmm.... YEP !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoss Ghoul
JPM didn't do as well as many of us expected, especially on a road course.
:rolleyes: That said... on a road course the Car Of Tomorrow is a POS (piece of $hit)!!!
It won't corner, CG's too high... causing the car to lift the inside tire, doesn't stop too well, either.
He showed good pace in practice and I guess he made some mistakes during his qualifying run.
But let's see the race first, before jumping to any conclusions.
He's in good company from where he's starting, so I expect a train of cars charging to the front on sunday.
JPM drove like a rookie in qualifying. OOOOps, he is a rookie. JPM needs someone like Boris Said to show him how to drive the stock cars and also to help with the setup. I don't think that JPM has any idea how the cars should be setup. If you notice, Jamie McMurray gave Boris credit for Jamie's qualifying run.
As far as the COT goes, I do believe that all the drivers used it in qualifying :)