Smith and Phillips

[sdwarf36]

PSB is not a class for me, but I remember last year wondering where Hector came from all of the sudden....he picked up kind of out of no where just like Phillips this year....

Two words: Larry Morgan.

From racing in most of the now defunct bike organizations, I can tell you from experience that the world of dragbikes is by FAR the most racially balanced sport out there.

 

[Professional Fan]

PSB is not a class for me, but I remember last year wondering where Hector came from all of the sudden....he picked up kind of out of no where just like Phillips this year....

You're entitled to your opinion although the same argument could be made about Greg Anderson and Mike Edwards in Pro Stock-guys who had been around a while but then technology, money and hard work pushed them to the top all of a sudden.

The bikes are the truest racers of the pro classes-no hired riders, they all work on their own bikes and many operate very successfully on low budgets. Plus virtually all of them are fan friendly. I like all the other pro classes as well but in my mind the bikes are a legitimate pro class and I enjoy watching them.

 

[Mad Mark]

The sad thing is that Phillips took two sayings that don't have anything to do with race.....and turned them into racial slurs.

Showing your true colors =

To "show one's true colors" refers to an individual who has been masking or hiding their true nature, but finally acts or behaves in a way that is more in keeping with their natural character. In the movie, Sleeping Beauty, the evil queen shows her true colors, by letting out an evil laugh, after the princess bites into the poisoned apple.

Calling a spade a spade =

To "call a spade a spade" is to speak honestly and directly about a topic, specifically topics that others may avoid speaking about due to their sensitivity or embarrassing nature. Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1913) defines it as

“ To be outspoken, blunt, even to the point of rudeness; to call things by their proper names without any "beating about the bush".

The phrase was introduced to English in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of Erasmus, Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte saiynges. First gathered by Erasmus:

Philippus aunswered, that the Macedonians wer feloes of no fyne witte in their termes but altogether grosse, clubbyshe, and rusticall, as they whiche had not the witte to calle a spade by any other name then a spade.
It is evident that the word spade refers to the instrument used to move earth, a very common tool. The same word was used in England and in Holland, Erasmus' country of origin.

The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African-Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur.



READ! POTENTIAL CONFUSION WITH THE SLUR....which means NOT a slur!

C'mon Kelly, quit interrupting the mudslingin' with facts!

 

[twostep]

If you're white, you're arguing with a black man and you use the term 'call a spade a spade'...I don't care how Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines it, said black man is gonna be on you like a june bug on a horse turd....doesn't take much intelligence to figure that out.

 

[Hockeyhick]

Folks, I love drag racing a whole heap!

I'm not a fan of either driver when this sort of muck is slung, but I have to add that if you are white, and argue at ALL with someone who is non-white, it is almost certain that you will be branded racial.

The best thing to do is let the win light do the talkin'!

 

[Vern]

Look like they could face each other in the 2nd round

 

[Huge]

If he is cheating, I hope he doesn't pick this weekend to stop because I have him as my pick the winners pick. Come to think of it I picked Matt Smith last weekend. NOW I WANT TO PROTEST. [ha ha]

 

[clwill]

All comes down to attitude. To wit:

- Couple of years ago Wilkerson was on a real roll, with a couple hundredths on the whole FC field. Ran like a banshee on his way to having the clowndown steal it from him. Most people's response: "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." No one wondered if he was cheating.

- A year or so later, Greg Anderson and Jason Line had several hundredths on the PS field. They seemed to act like they deserved it, had the silly curtains up in the pit, and so on. I, for one, felt: "what a tool." There were bunch of people wondering what they were doing and if it was kosher.

- The last couple of years Mike Edwards is pulling a couple hundredths on the PS field, walking away with things. Here again, most people are saying "good things happen to good people." He's humble, nice, and I don't know anyone saying that he's cheating.

- Now Phillips is showing a couple hundredths on the PSB field. He seems cocky and entitled to it. To me he sounds a little like a fool. And people are questioning if what they're doing is all on the up-and-up.

As I said, it seems to revolve around attitude.

 

[Smiley]

All comes down to attitude. To wit:

- Couple of years ago Wilkerson was on a real roll, with a couple hundredths on the whole FC field. Ran like a banshee on his way to having the clowndown steal it from him. Most people's response: "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." No one wondered if he was cheating.

- A year or so later, Greg Anderson and Jason Line had several hundredths on the PS field. They seemed to act like they deserved it, had the silly curtains up in the pit, and so on. I, for one, felt: "what a tool." There were bunch of people wondering what they were doing and if it was kosher.

- The last couple of years Mike Edwards is pulling a couple hundredths on the PS field, walking away with things. Here again, most people are saying "good things happen to good people." He's humble, nice, and I don't know anyone saying that he's cheating.

- Now Phillips is showing a couple hundredths on the PSB field. He seems cocky and entitled to it. To me he sounds a little like a fool. And people are questioning if what they're doing is all on the up-and-up.

As I said, it seems to revolve around attitude.

That's one of the best ways of splanin' it that I have seen. Well thought out and it makes a whole bunch of sense..

 

[The Swegian]

If he is cheating, I hope he doesn't pick this weekend to stop because I have him as my pick the winners pick. Come to think of it I picked Matt Smith last weekend. NOW I WANT TO PROTEST. [ha ha]

C'mon Eugene...no fair trying to add some humor to the situation.

 

[Huge]

C'mon Eugene...no fair trying to add some humor to the situation.

I hope Matt dosen't get in his head and cause him to go red.

 

[theraceman]

"Vance and Hines his engine builder said he does not have that much power to go that fast.... " Matt Smith

"6.80s aren’t out of the question. He (Phillips) has big speed and he tucks in and that bike is probably one of the most aerodynamic bikes out here. His bike also may have some things that are working just a little bit better than some of the rest of the guys. Maybe it has a really good air box on it or a few things here and there.” Matt Hines

Well it looks like smith was "mistaken" on what he was told. oops.

If anyone with even a hint of intellegence can't figure out that the racers that would be on Mike the most (if he were dirty) would be the V&H team - expecially after he beats them in Sonoma. Of course you have to ignore the fact that Matt Hines is frequently in the Phillps trailer, and Treble is helping out with the clutch... Neither of these people would care if Mike was dirty?

Watch the Sonoma final. Mike jumps of his bike and onto the golfcart to go for the interview. he didnt seem concerned a bit that his bike was left behind and available for immediate inspection. Hard to believe that if it was dirty he wouldnt want to do "something" to it quickly before everyone tore it apart.

Maybe Smith can go back to his '09 complaints that V&H was sandbagging. Problem there is that V&H forgot to throw off the act and win the 2009 championship. oops again.

 

[I was NITRO BREATH]

All comes down to attitude. To wit:

- Couple of years ago Wilkerson was on a real roll, with a couple hundredths on the whole FC field. Ran like a banshee on his way to having the clowndown steal it from him. Most people's response: "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." No one wondered if he was cheating.

- A year or so later, Greg Anderson and Jason Line had several hundredths on the PS field. They seemed to act like they deserved it, had the silly curtains up in the pit, and so on. I, for one, felt: "what a tool." There were bunch of people wondering what they were doing and if it was kosher.

- The last couple of years Mike Edwards is pulling a couple hundredths on the PS field, walking away with things. Here again, most people are saying "good things happen to good people." He's humble, nice, and I don't know anyone saying that he's cheating.

- Now Phillips is showing a couple hundredths on the PSB field. He seems cocky and entitled to it. To me he sounds a little like a fool. And people are questioning if what they're doing is all on the up-and-up.

As I said, it seems to revolve around attitude.

alot of truth here chris, and maybe a lesson to be learned by Micheal

 

[sdwarf36]

Wow-a 7 page bike thread-I beginining to think the fight might have been a good thing!

 

[kingcobrafan]

All comes down to attitude. To wit:

- Couple of years ago Wilkerson was on a real roll, with a couple hundredths on the whole FC field. Ran like a banshee on his way to having the clowndown steal it from him. Most people's response: "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." No one wondered if he was cheating.

- A year or so later, Greg Anderson and Jason Line had several hundredths on the PS field. They seemed to act like they deserved it, had the silly curtains up in the pit, and so on. I, for one, felt: "what a tool." There were bunch of people wondering what they were doing and if it was kosher.

- The last couple of years Mike Edwards is pulling a couple hundredths on the PS field, walking away with things. Here again, most people are saying "good things happen to good people." He's humble, nice, and I don't know anyone saying that he's cheating.

- Now Phillips is showing a couple hundredths on the PSB field. He seems cocky and entitled to it. To me he sounds a little like a fool. And people are questioning if what they're doing is all on the up-and-up.

As I said, it seems to revolve around attitude.

Terrific post, Chris!

 

[Nick Name]

All comes down to attitude. To wit:

- Couple of years ago Wilkerson was on a real roll, with a couple hundredths on the whole FC field. Ran like a banshee on his way to having the clowndown steal it from him. Most people's response: "couldn't happen to a nicer guy." No one wondered if he was cheating.

- A year or so later, Greg Anderson and Jason Line had several hundredths on the PS field. They seemed to act like they deserved it, had the silly curtains up in the pit, and so on. I, for one, felt: "what a tool." There were bunch of people wondering what they were doing and if it was kosher.

- The last couple of years Mike Edwards is pulling a couple hundredths on the PS field, walking away with things. Here again, most people are saying "good things happen to good people." He's humble, nice, and I don't know anyone saying that he's cheating.

- Now Phillips is showing a couple hundredths on the PSB field. He seems cocky and entitled to it. To me he sounds a little like a fool. And people are questioning if what they're doing is all on the up-and-up.

As I said, it seems to revolve around attitude.

You think the Dodge boys had a bad attitude?

 

[BF]

Looking at the qualifying order from this weekend, we see four Suzukis at the top of the order. Are we to believe that all of them are cheating? I know Steve Johnson hasn't been known for having these kinds of qualifying efforts. Seems to me, if they were cheating, they would be sand bagging waiting for the Countdown to start.

 

[Wayne]

***SPOILER***
1st Rd info.......




















































Let the 2 bikes decide it in Rd 2!!!

 

[twostep]

Looking at the qualifying order from this weekend, we see four Suzukis at the top of the order. Are we to believe that all of them are cheating?

Of course not. What we can believe is that those four Suzukis will be carrying 20 extra pounds of weight at the next PSB event

 

[BF]

Of course not. What we can believe is that those four Suzukis will be carrying 20 extra pounds of weight at the next PSB event

Wouldn't surprize me at all.