I like him .. Jimmy, Kenny Wallace, and John Roberts make a good team

Yes, he was a great driver...I know most of the NASCAR fans (ie, so called race fans) think that racing stops once you hit the truck series...but real racing takes place with real racers ever week at your local short track...Jimmy Spencer was one of the best asphalt modified/NASCAR modified racers to ever get behind the wheel. His duels with Richie Evans were legendary...and for you that do not know, there isnt a driver in NASCRAPS "big 3" that could even come close to Evans!

Dang, I would be willing to bet that 99% of the drivers on the current roster of the "big 3" series would not have survived back then...(late 1970's early 1980's)...they would have ran back home to their moms crying! Notice I left 1%...Stewart, Schrader, Reuterman (spelling?), Blaney and maybe a couple more that I can not think of could handle it...pretty boys like Earnhardt, Jr...Johnson, Gordon and such...well, they would never have made it out of the last chance race...that is if they werent to busy crying to drive.

If you find the guy irritating don't watch, simple problem, simple solution. What's the big deal about a cigar at a race track. Was it Trickle who smoked during the cautions? At least he didnt wear a shirt with "Bring Back Bobby" on it!!! That will get you ejected. (hinted with sarcasm).

I don't want to turn off the show. I might see something and/or learn something interesting. Not likely with Kenny and Jimmy acting like clowns, but you never know....there is such a thing as professionalism. Not to them though.

I agree with the original poster, he almost sounds like when he's talking that someone is talking in his ear and he forgets what he's talking about. He almost never finishes in the same subject he started and even if he does he makes little sense. He might be a good guy to have a beer with, but I think he is a weak link for "Race Day" and "Victory Lane".

dubs - 14 February 2008 07:13 PM

Hey SPEED, what's up with Jimmy holding the cigar on-camera during the end of NASCAR Victory Lane tonight? Real nice.

He has smoked Cigars for as long as my family has known him (about 15 years), and I see nothing wrong with that. He has been seen many times on Camera with Cigars as have many other current/former drivers.



Now you will probaly come on here and say "That is teaching kids its ok to smoke".. Well it is OK to smoke, it is the persons prerogative to smoke, and if you are a parent and you don't want your kids to smoke, then BE A PARENT and teach them instead of letting the TV raise them because you are too lazy.

I do agree with you I have never like him and never will I never thought he was that great a driver anyway. He mite have a ride if he was good or at least be good for a sponser. He just has a really big mouth!!

He just has a really big mouth!

Well - there's our answer. Apparently that is what they're looking for because they sure found it in Jimmy and Kenny! I think they're targeting the younger generation about the age of my son who is 22. He would find them amusing except he never watches Nascar stuff.

Northeast_Dirttrack_fan - 15 February 2008 07:54 PM

Yes, he was a great driver...I know most of the NASCAR fans (ie, so called race fans) think that racing stops once you hit the truck series...but real racing takes place with real racers ever week at your local short track...Jimmy Spencer was one of the best asphalt modified/NASCAR modified racers to ever get behind the wheel. His duels with Richie Evans were legendary...and for you that do not know, there isnt a driver in NASCRAPS "big 3" that could even come close to Evans!

Dang, I would be willing to bet that 99% of the drivers on the current roster of the "big 3" series would not have survived back then...(late 1970's early 1980's)...they would have ran back home to their moms crying! Notice I left 1%...Stewart, Schrader, Reuterman (spelling?), Blaney and maybe a couple more that I can not think of could handle it...pretty boys like Earnhardt, Jr...Johnson, Gordon and such...well, they would never have made it out of the last chance race...that is if they werent to busy crying to drive.

Well said. It's amazing that so many "so called fans" don't know how good the modified, and yes, short track late model drivers were. Spencer, Evans, Bodine, Bouchard, and many others were every bit as talented as the Grand National drivers. Ask a Bobby Allison, Mark Martin, Waltrip, or many other veteran drivers if Trickle, Howe, Senneker, Eddy, Phillips, etc, were good enough to move "up" to the so called top.

Most of those drivers were making a better living on the short tracks and had no urge to "move up."

Jimmy Spencer was a great modified driver but typical of a lot of guys, he never got to drive good equipment. Look at Michael Waltrip. He was, and still is, a hack but Earnhardt put him in the 15 car and though he won a couple of plate races, he still couldn't do crap with top equipment. But
he thinks his poop doesn't stink because of it.

Jimmy Spencer used to be a great personality. Outspoken and critical of the glamour boys. Now he's just another shill for na$car. Kenny Wallace is a moron too. Poor Dave Roberts. The only one with a brain.