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Live Blogging: The Tony Stewart Announcement
1. The "wait" music is super dramatic. Pardon my laughing.
2. Tony is wearing a white shirt. Honestly, when was the last time you saw Tony wearing a shirt like that? (Honestly, I prefer the black wardrobe.)
3. Microphones are our friend, people!
4. I'm waiting for someone to finally make the Robby Gordon/Tony Stewart parallel (that Tony and Robby both have passion to make it as owner/drivers, but Tony has better resources).
5. First instance of Tony bringing the snark and verging on strangling a reporter - Gaston Gazette dude, hide your piggy bank!
6. Aw crap. So Tony was *given* part of the team. Free and clear. To drive for them. Tony, start whipping them into shape now.
7. Tony wants to be another Richard Petty. Which means he'll be extremely successful as an owner and driver for the next 15 years and then the team will go to crap.
8. And finally, what I needed to hear: Tony is most concerned about getting the solid team together. Yep. He's got his head on straight.
9. So JGR didn't want to be hurt by Tony leaving. Reading between the lines here, but really? They weren't going to let him take Home Depot and crew because it would hurt them? Don't they mean, they didn't feel like hunting up more sponsors and crew for the newbie driver they'll probably put in the car?
10. Personal recommendation regarding Tony's "look" next year - no yellow uniforms. M'kay?
11. Classy move that I liked: Tony flat out said that Scott Riggs hasn't been ruled out for the second car. Even though the probability is low, he's not denigrating anyone who's been on the team, despite a subpar performance this year.
12. Joe Custer knows that the people factor is where he's been lacking. This actually sounds like a good relationship. Huh.
13. Yes! A Robby Gordon mention! And Robby talked him into it. Hee.
14. The words "divorce" and "he knows me better than 99% of my girlfriends ever have" just...okay. For real. LOL
15. On the plus side, Tony will never be crew chief for himself.
16. And Tony apologizes to the media for being harsh and he's off to Nationwide practice. Zippy up soon.
1. The "wait" music is super dramatic. Pardon my laughing.
2. Tony is wearing a white shirt. Honestly, when was the last time you saw Tony wearing a shirt like that? (Honestly, I prefer the black wardrobe.)
3. Microphones are our friend, people!
4. I'm waiting for someone to finally make the Robby Gordon/Tony Stewart parallel (that Tony and Robby both have passion to make it as owner/drivers, but Tony has better resources).
5. First instance of Tony bringing the snark and verging on strangling a reporter - Gaston Gazette dude, hide your piggy bank!
6. Aw crap. So Tony was *given* part of the team. Free and clear. To drive for them. Tony, start whipping them into shape now.
7. Tony wants to be another Richard Petty. Which means he'll be extremely successful as an owner and driver for the next 15 years and then the team will go to crap.
8. And finally, what I needed to hear: Tony is most concerned about getting the solid team together. Yep. He's got his head on straight.
9. So JGR didn't want to be hurt by Tony leaving. Reading between the lines here, but really? They weren't going to let him take Home Depot and crew because it would hurt them? Don't they mean, they didn't feel like hunting up more sponsors and crew for the newbie driver they'll probably put in the car?
10. Personal recommendation regarding Tony's "look" next year - no yellow uniforms. M'kay?
11. Classy move that I liked: Tony flat out said that Scott Riggs hasn't been ruled out for the second car. Even though the probability is low, he's not denigrating anyone who's been on the team, despite a subpar performance this year.
12. Joe Custer knows that the people factor is where he's been lacking. This actually sounds like a good relationship. Huh.
13. Yes! A Robby Gordon mention! And Robby talked him into it. Hee.
14. The words "divorce" and "he knows me better than 99% of my girlfriends ever have" just...okay. For real. LOL
15. On the plus side, Tony will never be crew chief for himself.
16. And Tony apologizes to the media for being harsh and he's off to Nationwide practice. Zippy up soon.
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