{"id":966,"date":"2007-06-30T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2007-06-30T12:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/30\/if-you-are-not-cheating-you-are-not-trying\/"},"modified":"2007-06-30T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T12:35:41","slug":"if-you-are-not-cheating-you-are-not-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/30\/if-you-are-not-cheating-you-are-not-trying\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are not cheating, you are not trying."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That used to be the saying in NASCAR garages, and I guess it still holds true in Gordon and Johnson camps.  I think Gordon will miss Steve Letarte more than Johnson will miss Chad Knaus.  Johnson has already proven that he can get by without Knaus.  I am not that he is not needed, but Johnson survived Knaus\u2019 suspension for the first four races last year.  Letarte\u2019s pit calls are directly responsible for a couple of Gordon\u2019s wins, but Gordon has so much momentum right now that he may not miss a beat.  Should be interesting to watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf (Earnhardt\u2019s) not winning, it\u2019s going to be my fault,\u201d Hendrick says.  \u201cIf he\u2019s winning, it\u2019s going to be because of his talent.\u201d [source: Sporting News, June 25, 2007]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Those of you in management will understand that last quote.  As far as NASCAR goes, I always liked Gordon (he is around my age), Stewart (great open wheel talent), JPM (at least in NASCAR), and I cannot wait to see Earnhardt, Jr. behind the wheel of a Hendrick car.<\/p>\n<p>Of course Earnhardt, Sr. was the best:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to wreck him, I just wanted to rattle his cage.\u201d  [August 30, 1999; Bristol \u2013 Earnhardt took out Terry Labonte]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, the next few races should be interesting to watch to see if Gordon can keep things together, or if he starts to slip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That used to be the saying in NASCAR garages, and I guess it still holds true in Gordon and Johnson camps. I think Gordon will miss Steve Letarte more than Johnson will miss Chad Knaus. Johnson has already proven that he can get by without Knaus. I am not that he is not needed, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/30\/if-you-are-not-cheating-you-are-not-trying\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If you are not cheating, you are not trying.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}