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Originally posted by The_Dude
"You're coming to the checkered, and he runs out of gas," a weary Harvick said. "I got into the back of him, and then he's zigging and zagging. I gassed it up again and spun him out. Not much I could do about it.
"Usually, when you're out of gas, you get out of the racing groove."
that's from harvick
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Maybe on the ovals where you can get really low or really high to avoid traffic and bring out the caution, but on road courses it's damn near impossible, for NASCAR racing cars. Harvick was right behind him by the way, after Casey Mears took a trip thru the kitty litter and fell back to 22nd from 4th. On ovals, it's a lot easier to steer without power steering because you're going left all the time (and they have gas) Gordon didn't, his motor was failing because it was running on fumes, there is not much he could do, but Harvick could have gone around him, it was unnecessary for him to put Gordon into the wall. Harvick actually might have kept a spot and not lost it to Jimmie Johnson had he gone around Gordon instead of trying to go through him. Also, if you watch, the 24 car was trying to get to the very outside at the straightaway to let Harvick by, giving him plenty of room to pass him, all he had to do was tap on the brakes, slide right and pass him, it's that simple. And that thing about the cars coming out on the high side from turn 11 is a load of crock, how come JJ was down there then? Several other cars have come off of that turn on the bottom line and done just fine.