Posted by The Two Dales
at 07:42 AM on July 10, 2008
BOY THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN FILLED WITH NEWS OF DRIVERS OTHER THEN DALE JR.
1. MARK MARTIN WILL BE DRIVING THE 5 CAR STARTING IN 2009 FOR 2 YEARS. FULL TIME IN 2009, 26 RACES IN 2010 LANDON CASSILL OR BRAD KESOLOWSKI THE OTHER TIMES. SOME DON'T LIKE IT SOME DO. MARK NEEDS TO RETIRE LIKE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO SOME YEARS BACK. BUT TO EACH HIS OWN. I GOT TO THINKING WELL IF HE STILL BELIEVES HE'S CAPABLE OF RACING EVEN NOW GO FOR IT. MARK WILL BE THERE TO MENTOR LANDON AND BRAD AND WELL THAT IS A GOOD THING. ISN'T IT?
2. MARTIN TRUEX JR. JUST WHAT WAS DEI OR THE CREW THINKING OF WHEN IT CAME TO THE CARS TEMPLATE BY PUTTING IT ON WRONG OR WHAT EVER THEY DID TO IT.? FOR A COMPANY THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP HIM THERE THAT WAS THE WRONG WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. IT SURE KILLED HIS CHANCES OF GETTING INTO THE CHASE. THAT SURE WASN'T FAIR TO HIM. AND THAT I BET WILL MAKE MARTIN WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THEN STAY AT DEI AND THAT MISTAKE WILL BE ON DEI NOT ANYONE ELSE.
3. DEI. I NORMALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT RUMORS BUT THERE IS A RUMOR THAT HAD THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE BUYERS TO BUY THE COMPANY OUTRIGHT IF NOT SHARES OF IT. AND TO ME THAT WOULD BE A SHAME IF THAT HAPPENED EXCEPT IF ITS TO THE KIDS(EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE THEY SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO BUY IT). I WOULD BE TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED IN TERESA IF SELLING OF THE COMPANY COMES TO BE TRUE.
4. TONY STEWART. HE IS LEAVING JGR. AND WE ALL SEEN IT COMING FROM THE START OF THE YEAR. TONY DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE TOYOTAS AND GOT PUT BACK TO THE BACK BURNER ON THE TEAM IN PLACE OF THE IDIOT STICK AND HIS TEAMMATE DENNY. AND THATS NOT THE WAY TO TREAT A TWO TIME CHAMPION. JGR DID TONY WRONG IN THAT ASPECT AND THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR THAT. NOW WE GET TO SIT BACK AND DISCUSS WHAT NUMBER HE WILL HAVE AND WHAT SPONSORS HE'LL HAVE. HE WILL BE CO-OWNER OF STEWART/HAAS RACING NOW. AND WONDER WHAT JR HAS GOT TO DO WITH ALL THIS? HMMMMMM