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Random thoughts/responses from the last few pages-
If Kyle doesn't win a Cup championship he's still a first ballot Hall of Famer, if anything for being the best "bad guy" since DW, and is better at the role than Rusty was (Quite an accomplishment). In 20 years people will be talking about Busch vs Earnhardt like we talk about Gordon vs Earnhardt Sr.- not so much an actual battle on the racetrack (for the most part, and anything that happens between them is glorified), but actually rather fanbase vs fanbase. Good old boy vs the Vegas/California punk.
I'd feel more sympathy for Danica if she wasn't like 28th in points right now in a SHR ride.
Kurt had an excuse, being in a completely new team that was put together relatively last second. And even then he has been improving a lot the last couple of months.
Tony has a pass as well, for obvious reasons.
The only two SHR cars that don't have any excuses this year are the 4 and the 10..... who might as well be in two completely different series. And even then, the 4 has had a worse pit crew this year.
Menard has proven to be a middle of the road driver unlike Danica. He's not horrible at a lot of things but he isn't better than okay at a lot of things either.
If RPM were smart I'd try and sign Cassill. Dude has built Circle Sport from a single car team missing every other race and only existing to be used by Childress to give his grandsons Cup seat time to two full time cars that usually finish in the top 30 every week. Not only that but he had a great run at Daytona and could of won Dega if he had waited another lap to try a move.
Truex isn't as good a driver as Kurt was, which isn't really a criticism of Truex.... Kurt is a former series champion. Remember, this is the same team that did nothing for 6-7 years before 2013 outside of an insane Darlington victory. They aren't even in the RTA because the owner is an idiot with a lot of money who won't move his team to Charlotte like everybody else.
Hornish was rushed to Cup and didn't respond well to it. For every Tony Stewart or Carl Edwards there are 50 Casey Atwoods or Dario Franchettis. A lot of owners have thankfully realized this and don't want to take the risk. That said, as a driver gets more seat time, you can get much better- Logano might be the best example of this. If Hornish had stayed in Nationwide until like 2009-2010 he might be in the 22 now.
If Kyle doesn't win a Cup championship he's still a first ballot Hall of Famer, if anything for being the best "bad guy" since DW, and is better at the role than Rusty was (Quite an accomplishment). In 20 years people will be talking about Busch vs Earnhardt like we talk about Gordon vs Earnhardt Sr.- not so much an actual battle on the racetrack (for the most part, and anything that happens between them is glorified), but actually rather fanbase vs fanbase. Good old boy vs the Vegas/California punk.
I'd feel more sympathy for Danica if she wasn't like 28th in points right now in a SHR ride.
Kurt had an excuse, being in a completely new team that was put together relatively last second. And even then he has been improving a lot the last couple of months.
Tony has a pass as well, for obvious reasons.
The only two SHR cars that don't have any excuses this year are the 4 and the 10..... who might as well be in two completely different series. And even then, the 4 has had a worse pit crew this year.
Menard has proven to be a middle of the road driver unlike Danica. He's not horrible at a lot of things but he isn't better than okay at a lot of things either.
If RPM were smart I'd try and sign Cassill. Dude has built Circle Sport from a single car team missing every other race and only existing to be used by Childress to give his grandsons Cup seat time to two full time cars that usually finish in the top 30 every week. Not only that but he had a great run at Daytona and could of won Dega if he had waited another lap to try a move.
Truex isn't as good a driver as Kurt was, which isn't really a criticism of Truex.... Kurt is a former series champion. Remember, this is the same team that did nothing for 6-7 years before 2013 outside of an insane Darlington victory. They aren't even in the RTA because the owner is an idiot with a lot of money who won't move his team to Charlotte like everybody else.
Hornish was rushed to Cup and didn't respond well to it. For every Tony Stewart or Carl Edwards there are 50 Casey Atwoods or Dario Franchettis. A lot of owners have thankfully realized this and don't want to take the risk. That said, as a driver gets more seat time, you can get much better- Logano might be the best example of this. If Hornish had stayed in Nationwide until like 2009-2010 he might be in the 22 now.
