Silly Season Thread For Drivers Whose Name Doesn't End In Earnhardt Jr.

muggle not · 17 Oct 2007, 14:34 (Ref:2042727)

Just a suggestion. Instead of starting a topic for every driver that makes a change or signs for a ride in Nascar why not put them all in one thread.

Starting with the strong rumor that Tony Stewart will leave JGR at season's end and sign with RCR. Seems like Tony is pretty unhappy with JGR and has a good relationship with RCR. RCR has not denied the rumor and in fact has stated that they have had some talks with Tony.

stradlin21 · 17 Oct 2007, 16:00 (Ref:2042783)

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Originally Posted by muggle not

Just a suggestion. Instead of starting a topic for every driver that makes a change or signs for a ride in Nascar why not put them all in one thread.

Starting with the strong rumor that Tony Stewart will leave JGR at season's end and sign with RCR. Seems like Tony is pretty unhappy with JGR and has a good relationship with RCR. RCR has not denied the rumor and in fact has stated that they have had some talks with Tony.

how interesting....

hadn't heard that, nice post

**FIRE** · 17 Oct 2007, 17:56 (Ref:2042898)

#33 RCR car?

Fish_Flake · 17 Oct 2007, 19:22 (Ref:2042976)

I know that Tony Stewart will never drive a Toyota, so the RCR rumor doesn't surprise me at all.

fish88 · 17 Oct 2007, 20:47 (Ref:2043074)

Interesting rumour.

stradlin21 · 17 Oct 2007, 21:01 (Ref:2043089)

isn't there some kind of problem for him with Toyota because his sprint car teams use chevrolet or something?

Or something along those lines...

kingfloopy · 17 Oct 2007, 22:03 (Ref:2043155)

Yeah his sprint teams run Chevy engines and plan to continue that in the future. I've never really thought Tony would go along with the switch at JGR to Toyota. He has a pretty strong relationship with Kevin Harvicks Busch team and I imagine he would like to continue driving for them in the future and by way of that he has a connection at RCR. GM has also made it clear that they planned to being him back to the Chevy fold in the future.

J.D.

ThePenguin · 18 Oct 2007, 03:58 (Ref:2043279)

Tony has a contract through 2008 with JGR, so RCR better be ready with a lot of money just to be able to sign him. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see him in a Chevy next year instead of sticking with JGR and driving for Toyota. I also heard a rumor that he may replace Casey Mears at Hendrick. But who knows.

stradlin21 · 19 Oct 2007, 11:19 (Ref:2044427)

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Originally Posted by ThePenguin

Tony has a contract through 2008 with JGR, so RCR better be ready with a lot of money just to be able to sign him. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see him in a Chevy next year instead of sticking with JGR and driving for Toyota. I also heard a rumor that he may replace Casey Mears at Hendrick. But who knows.

imagine that

Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, the other guy AND Tony Stewart in the same team

now that would be something

i can't see it happening though, although it would be great if it did

muggle not · 19 Oct 2007, 14:03 (Ref:2044570)

another rumor:

Jim France moving into the Big Chair and nephew Brian going to Grand-Am?

muggle not · 19 Oct 2007, 16:50 (Ref:2044705)

Another rumor:

Rusty may be getting the axe as an announcer.

luke · 19 Oct 2007, 19:46 (Ref:2044872)

That sucks as IMO he is fantastic at announcing.

Knowlesy · 19 Oct 2007, 20:15 (Ref:2044894)

Fantastic news. We can do without such commentary gold as "you don't wanna push around Kevin (Harvick)."

luke · 19 Oct 2007, 21:21 (Ref:2044946)

I frankly find the others annoying who used to do the start of the year with the deep southern accents so couldn't understand them and that sounded close to redneck!

and saying bogity bogity all the time. I much prefer the espn team, especially Rusty, he's great. As for the descirption of how slipstream works not everyone knows, just givin' an insight.

Knowlesy · 19 Oct 2007, 22:51 (Ref:2045018)

I like the ESPN team most too, but Rusty has begun to grate massively.

No problem with deep south accents either. It is, after all, NASCAR's origin. But as I say, ESPN is the better bet. Once you've heard boogity-boogity for the thousandth time you do yearn for something else.

Fish_Flake · 20 Oct 2007, 04:30 (Ref:2045146)

Quite frankly, Dale Jarrett has done a much better job in the ESPN booth than Rusty, and since he's not driving next year, the analyst's seat is all his.

**FIRE** · 20 Oct 2007, 12:25 (Ref:2045324)

Robby Gordon expanding to 2nd car?

muggle not · 20 Oct 2007, 14:00 (Ref:2045385)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Robby Gordon expanding to 2nd car?

Maybe he will do better in the 2nd car, he isn't doing too well in the current car.

It is very difficult for a driver to be an owner and driver concurrently. Few succeed.

muggle not · 23 Oct 2007, 01:47 (Ref:2048577)

Three DEI employees were fired for hiring a plane to pull a Banner over Lowes Track during the race that said:
"How Much Money Does Bobby Ginn Owe You".

ThePenguin · 23 Oct 2007, 03:12 (Ref:2048604)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Robby Gordon expanding to 2nd car?

He has already stated that he would like to expand to a two car operation, he just needs a sponsor willing to take up the second car. I think that we will see a second cup car from Robby Gordon Motorsports next year running part schedule, if not full schedule.

StuiE · 23 Oct 2007, 14:34 (Ref:2049231)

Just read on Nascar.com Mayfield is replacing Jeff Green in the 66 immediately, and Johnny Benson and Mike Skinner will be sharing the 36 ride for the rest of the season.

Will BDR have 3 teams next year or 2? (27 replacing 36?)

muggle not · 31 Oct 2007, 13:27 (Ref:2055882)

The biggest rumor of all.

Nascar may be put up for sale.

Cupscene.com has reported that there may be a chink in the once impregnable armor of Nascar. This comes not long after the rumor that Brian France may be replaced by Jim France. Evidently Lehman Brothers has completed a study determining the value of Nascar and has prepared a prospectus for potential buyers. I wonder if there may be some validity to these recent troubling rumors.

Anyone else have any rumors on the potential sale or othe troubles in Nascar.

ThePenguin · 31 Oct 2007, 23:25 (Ref:2056424)

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Originally Posted by muggle not

The biggest rumor of all.

Nascar may be put up for sale.

Cupscene.com has reported that there may be a chink in the once impregnable armor of Nascar. This comes not long after the rumor that Brian France may be replaced by Jim France. Evidently Lehman Brothers has completed a study determining the value of Nascar and has prepared a prospectus for potential buyers. I wonder if there may be some validity to these recent troubling rumors.

Anyone else have any rumors on the potential sale or othe troubles in Nascar.

I have also heard rumors that NASCAR might be up for sale. Though it looks like if that happens the new owners will franchise NASCAR, which many are opposed to.

muggle not · 1 Nov 2007, 02:16 (Ref:2056499)

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/stor...42?FSO2&ATT=MA

There is going to be a big announcement on Friday, according to FoxSports.

It appears like bruton smith may be buying NHIS. This could be bad news for fans in the New England area as Bruton will probably take one of their races and move it to Las Vegas. Bruton has a history of buying tracks and moving their races to other tracks that he owns.

StuiE · 1 Nov 2007, 08:52 (Ref:2056612)

I hope Nascar doesn't sell, I really don't like the franchise system.

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