Green Flag at Daytona

[Mr. Ford95]

Racing is about to resume, in 3 hours the Rolex 24 will go green and the new year of racing will be underway with a load of NASCAR drivers in this year's field. A couple of former champs and the current champ will be in it this year. So on those notes:

Will an Earnhardt be driving for DEI by season's end??
Will the COT fall flat on it's face with wreckfest's at it's couple of tracks this year??
Will the title go to the real champ for the 3rd year in a row??


If Junior struggles early this year, expect him to start job searching and see Teresa kick him out of the car by the final few races if he is not in the Chase. If he struggles then more than likely, he is done at DEI for the time being at least. Expect Childress to throw everything he can out there to get Junior, he badly wants a 4th car with a good driver in it.

If Daytona was any indication, the COT at 'Dega in the fall race will be a major wreckfest in turn 1 of lap 1. Kurt Busch put down a lap of 191 mph at Daytona and said the car was doing a 4 wheel slide all the way around the track. It also put NASCAR's foot down that they will not remove the plates as they were saying could happen if the car showed it was much slower than the current cars at Daytona and 'Dega. If anything, they will put a plate on with smaller holes like they did at 'Dega last fall. If anything, they should not put the COT in any Chase races this year, this is a bad decision by NASCAR. Do the Spring race or the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, not the Chase race at 'Dega. Spring race at Bristol is the debut of the car this year and if it continues to have problems with being loose to where the teams can't fix it, expect a record number of cautions at Bristol and Greg Biffle to win the race.

Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson have won the past 2 titles. Stewart led going into the Chase and JJ was 2nd after Richmond just 57 back under the old system. Kurt Busch would not have won the title in 04 under the old system as he came from 7th position at the start of the Chase at 300 points out. Gordon would have won by 47 in 2004 under the old system.

[Jackrabbit379]

I cant believe that NASCAR is about to get cranked up again,already.

[Cripplecreek]

As a junior fan, it can't happen quick enough. He needs to leave his winch mom in law high and dry ,get with a competent team and win races and championships and quit watchin losers like Kasey Kahne go by him. One thing for sure, you can always bet on, there will be plenty of whining from fric and frac,i.e., Gordon and Johnson. Would like to see Jr get a championship, but if not Denny Hamlin and of course our local boy from west Florida, 3rd in Truck points last year, starting full Nextel schedule this year, David Reutimann.

[Mr. Ford95]

During the Media Tour this week, Gordon was qouted as saying that Junior is done there. Once it started playing out in the media, they had no chance of reconciling. He says Junior would be better to move on now. At least he wasn't like Harvick who called out Teresa out. I like how the media spun that Earnhardt defended her. If you read his comments towards Harvick, he really didn't defend her just said that those were Harvick's comments and it didn't matter to him. Junior is the face of that team, not her, she needs to give him what he wants.

[WildK9]

Really looking forward to this year's Chase. Go Stewart and Hamlin!! As for the COT, they have lots of things to fix with those cars. I think it's gonna get interesting.

[mike3fan]

As a junior fan, it can't happen quick enough. He needs to leave his winch mom in law high and dry ,get with a competent team and win races and championships and quit watchin losers like Kasey Kahne go by him. One thing for sure, you can always bet on, there will be plenty of whining from fric and frac,i.e., Gordon and Johnson. Would like to see Jr get a championship, but if not Denny Hamlin and of course our local boy from west Florida, 3rd in Truck points last year, starting full Nextel schedule this year, David Reutimann.

These are the same type of comments that fans made when they wanted JR and the Eury's to part ways,remember how that worked out?

[Sgt_D]

I am a Kr fan, BUT with him asking for more than 50% of the company, it seems like he is just looking for a way out...Until he said that, I figured that if he did leave DEI, Bud would go with him, but with him making demands like that(who in their right mind would give up controling interest of ANY company to someone they really dont get along with), I doubt Bud would follow him...I am not to sure which team would accept a driver that wants most of the company as part of his contract...

I guess next year I might be a fan of JR Racing and supporting the Tampax Toyota #6.7

Rick

[Mr. Ford95]

Childress wants him and Bud will follow Junior. They would be stupid not to follow the most poplar driver and recognized face in NASCAR. He wants 100% of DEI, it was the media who said 51% or controlling interest. The reason is not because he is being selfish but because he wants to change things around at DEI to make all 3 teams better. He see's what everyone else in the garage is seeing, DEI is a 1 car team not a 3. Teresa is not seeing it and will not listen to what she is being told needs to be done.

Teresa will not just give up controlling interest in DEI, she will call Junior's bluff and he will move on to RCR. Unless she is bought out he is gone. The only way to buy her out, all the kids will have to band together to do it. Kerry, Kelly, Junior and maybe Taylor by just her name since she is under 18.

[yoopr]

Jr's season is finished before it even starts-I predict he's gonna finish middle of the pack this year.

[heavenbound]

Jr's season is finished before it even starts-I predict he's gonna finish middle of the pack this year.

Yet still richer than all of us combined....................

It was a great start to the year for Tony in the Bud shootout.

[yoopr]

I don't care about peoples money and I'm not impressed if people have money or not-Jr. is over-rated

[Mr. Ford95]

I have to agree, he is overrated some. Can he drive, sure, but he is not his daddy nor is he a Jeff Gordon. The closest to both of them is Tony Stewart. I have a feeling that unless this thing gets figured out very very soon it will be what yoopr said, a middle of the pack run this year. Look at Mikey for example last year, horrendous as his mind was elsewhere all season long while trying to get Michael Waltrip Racing off the ground.

[mike3fan]

You guys do realize that the CAR means much more than the mindset of the driver?
The reason JR didnt have a very good year 2 years ago it was because DEI fell far behind the others,last year they made some gains,I love when people make predictions on the year with nothing to base it on more than what they see from a distance.Do I feel that the contract could be a distraction? Of course,do I think that it will affect his driving when in the heat of the battle,of course not.It could have an effect on his team though,not being sure of their future.

It is all about the car,every driver in the cup series has been a champion some where else,they can all wheel a car,but if it is not set up properly and have the horsepower behind it anyone can look average.

[heavenbound]

I don't think he's overrated, he has come along way since his Busch days, he's grown up alot to. This DEI thing will surely distract him, either way, he makes it big. He does have that last name tho to (try) and live up to his dad, one thing to, at this point in his career, he's a cleaner driver than his dad was.

Has Mr. Ford said, he's not the best out there, but with somthing like 16 or 17 wins already, he's doing pretty good for himself.

"I love when people make predictions on the year with nothing to base it on more than what they see from a distance" Well said mike3fan.

[yoopr]

You guys do realize that the CAR means much more than the mindset of the driver?
The reason JR didnt have a very good year 2 years ago it was because DEI fell far behind the others,last year they made some gains,I love when people make predictions on the year with nothing to base it on more than what they see from a distance.Do I feel that the contract could be a distraction? Of course,do I think that it will affect his driving when in the heat of the battle,of course not.It could have an effect on his team though,not being sure of their future.

It is all about the car,every driver in the cup series has been a champion some where else,they can all wheel a car,but if it is not set up properly and have the horsepower behind it anyone can look average.

DEI has all the money in the world to Get a car set up "Right" so that's no excuse.
I guess we'll see if my "Prediction" is "Right" or not

"I love when people make predictions on the year with nothing to base it on more than what they see from a distance"

ahhhhh-I see-you're "Closer" to it than me

[Mr. Ford95]

You can have a good car but if your not focused completely, your going to run in the back or wreck. Ask every driver and they will tell you, the wrecks usually happen when someone loses focus. Junior has admitted to losing focus a number of times during races. A few of those have resulted in crashes.

Yoop, they have all the money but they have also lost most of their top notch staff. Ty Norris took a bunch to Mikey's place while others were bought off by other teams. There is no loyalty amongst team members, it's whomever can pay the most.

[yoopr]

anyway-I'm still Ticked at Dish Network-I can't get distant Fox channels because those Bozo's lost a law suit so I think I'm screwed for watching NASCAR this year

[mike3fan]

ahhhhh-I see-you're "Closer" to it than me

nope,but I am not making predictions either.

Tell me now before the season starts,I give you first pick +/- 8 1/2 place points at finish?

I'll take other for a $25 gift card your choice.

[mike3fan]

anyway-I'm still Ticked at Dish Network-I can't get distant Fox channels because those Bozo's lost a law suit so I think I'm screwed for watching NASCAR this year

If I didn't have $500 wrapped up in this HD/DVR receiver,I would switch over to direct tv.

[yoopr]

Tell me now before the season starts,I give you first pick +/- 8 1/2 place points at finish?

wanna try that again?-that doesn't make sense plus there's no gambling on this site-Gentleman's bet