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I think you just need to find american drivers that don't give a damn about nascar, like me.
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It's not just about money, NASCAR gives a driver security and a wide audience. In ChampCars there's much more risk of ending up without a drive for funding reasons.
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Where will ChampCar or Forsythe be in 5 years' time? Not as strong as Toyota in NASCAR, I'd wager.
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A lot can happen in 5 years.
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Which is probably one of the reasons that stopped AJ from signing a long term deal with FCR.
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The thing is everywhere has its pecking order. If your're in the USA, then NASCAR is top of the pile. In Australia, then its V8 Supercars. For the Rest of the World its Formula One. Well thats how it looks to me and unless you have a real love for a certain category then all aspiring drivers will gravitate to the perceived top of the pile. Thats how you get your top rated drivers as viewed by the public and the industry. Nick |
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I guess it depends what your philosophy of life is and obviously we are different. I recently took a job in the racing industry for less benefits and possibly less money(maybe more we'll see), but I have a 'dream' job most would kill for. Not only will it be 10x more fun than my old job, but it will open doors for me down the line. I race for my own personal satisfaction. I have no interest in racing a stock car. I could have done that years ago when I lived in alabama. If I do make it to the top levels of racing professionally I know what I want to do and I would rather be in a champcar winning surfers than a nascar at talladega. I don't care about the money. I have worked for some of the wealthiest and best known people in the world. Money does buy you a lot, sure and yes it is nice to be able to afford lifes luxeries, but I've seen it isn't everything. I've seen plenty of miserable people that own $20 million homes and private jets. For AJ, I think if he went to nascar because he really wanted to, then he did the right thing. If he went because his management pushed him into it because of the money then he made a poor choice. All this blabber about champcar not providing long term stability is total BS. Forsythe offered him a 5 year contract, then a 3 year contract at AJ's insistance. From what I understand it offered a good salary, with prize money and other incentives. He would have earned quite well for 17 race weekends and he also had the option of racing elsewhere on off weekends. He would have made millions. |
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VERY interesting story:
http://www.champcarworldseries.com/N...e.asp?ID=11027 As he told RACER's (and our web site's) David Phillips in 2004: "I race not because I want to make a lot of money doing it, that's a perk I'm not gonna lie and it's nice to have, but I race for the passion of winning. Of beating the other guys on the track, knowing that when I won I drove the best that day. And I love doing it on all types of circuits. "I love this atmosphere and racing in Champ Car, hopefully it can get back to where it was in 1995. I love Champ Car and I want to win the title. I'm not here just to race, I'm here to dominate. I don't get any enjoyment out of running 10th. And it's my dream to dominate Champ Car." |
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So therefore, we can conclude that he doesn't want money. He wants to win.
..which is something that he has been doing the second half of the season. So why leave? |
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And he could have had the chance to domonate next season....
Maybe its something between Forysthe and the atmosphere which I highly doubt, I donno, I'm just checking stones... |
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Maybe he now wants to dominate Nascar
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