Posted by The Two Dales
at 03:18 AM on June 28, 2008
HMS IS LOOSING A DRIVER AND THAT IS CASEY MEARS. I HATE TO SEE HIM GO AS I DON'T THINK HE'S BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF AS EVERYTIME WE TURN AROUND HE WAS GOING TO A NEW TEAM NEW CAR NEW CREW CHIEF OR JUST THE LAST TWO IF ITS THE SAME TEAM AND HOW DOES ANYONE PROVE THEMSELVES TO THE TEAM THEY ARE RACING FOR ON HOW GOOD YOU ARE IF THAT KEEPS HAPPENING.
THE NEWS OF HIS DEPARTURE FROM HMS HAS MADE SOME FANS ANGRY OVER THIS SOME JUST SAYING IT'S A BUSINESS THING. BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT A GOOD THING FOR THE DRIVER FOR WHAT EVER REASON IT IS. SOME SAY IT WAS THE DRIVER HIMSELF AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS GOOD WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS SHUFFLED HERE THERE OR WITH A NEW TEAM. SOME SAY IT WAS THE CREW CHIEF NOT KNOWING WHAT THE DRIVER WANTED AND NOT DOING HIS JOB TO BE SURE THAT HE HAD A GOOD SET UP AND WHAT NOT. WHAT EVER THE REASON IT WAS WE MAY NOT KNOW. COULD BE THAT IT WAS HIS DECISION THAT WANTED TO LEAVE.
WHO WILL BE IN THE 5 CAR NEXT YEAR. TONY STEWART? MARK MARTIN? MAYBE MARTIN TRUEX JR? FIRST OFF MARK MARTIN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MR HENDRICK WOULD HAVE HIM DRIVING THE 5 CAR UNLESS IT IS FOR JUST ONE YEAR THEN MAKE ROOM FOR BRAD. COULD BE THAT IS THE CASE. STILL I JUST THINK MR. MARTIN JUST NEEDS TO RETIRE. MARTIN TRUEX JR? NO EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO SEE HIM LEAVE DEI HE'D BE PUT BACK UNDER JR'S SHADOW LIKE HE WAS AT DEI IN MY OPINION AND AT HMS HE'D BE UNDER ALL THREE DRIVERS OF JEFF JIMMIE AND JR. THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR HIM.
THEN THERE'S TONY.THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT FIT THERE IN MY OPINION. THE 5 CAR WOULD BE GETTING MORE ATTENTION THEN IT HAD EVER BEEN AND TONY WOULD NOW BECOME DALE JR'S OFFICAL TEAMMATE AS THEY HAVE BEEN UNOFFICIAL TEAMMATES AT THE RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACKS. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND WHO THEY DO GET FOR THE 5 CAR.
CASEY MEARS WILL GET THE RIDE HE DESERVES AND WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO PROVE HE CAN DO IT. GOD SPEED CASEY. WISH YOU ALL THE GOOD LUCK AND WISHES THROUGH OUT THE REST OF YOUR CAREER.