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From: ">G< ©" <jimmyga...@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:56:38 -0400

Local: Fri, Jul 25 2008 5:56 am

Subject: Re: Forced Retirement

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John McCoy wrote:
> "armpit" <armarmpit...@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:A6adnRwQzMP_HhXVnZ2dnUVZ_sLinZ2d@giganews.com:

>> I don't understanfd why everyone wants to lump Mark Martin in with the
>> "over-the-hill" drivers. The guy is still competitive, and still
>> better than most of the guys out there now, regardless of age.

> He is the exception, tho.

> There's a few guys who kept their edge for a long time - Gant and
> Bobby Allison most notably, and Martin seems to fall in that group.

> But most drivers, even included some of the most successful, seem
> to have declined markedly when they get to that 48-49 point. Richard
> Petty and Darryl Waltrip being the most high-profile examples.

> John

Mark is the Red Farmer of today...

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