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Tommy Baldwin Racing
According to what they just said on SPEED, Riggs got out of Tommy Baldwin Racing because he refuses to do a start-and-park. I respect that. The guy is there to race. He refuses to do anything else.
On the flip side, that means Brian Simo, Mike Skinner and Patrick freaking Carpentier will be the drivers. *dances* Le Frenchy Person!
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NASCAR Predictions for Next Year
I'm calling this one now, because it seems terribly obvious.
So, Brad Keselowski won at Talladega. He's a solid driver and everything about him screams "give him a decent ride and he'll do great things in Cup". So of course, it stands to reason that Hendrick would be smart and fight like hell to have him in a car next year, because lord knows there's no way the boy is waiting another year in Nationwide.
Of course, Hendrick was stupid (or smart - jury's still out) and signed Mark Martin for next year already. Mark's driving great. But we all know how wishy washy the man is about retirement. Versus Brad, who has a long career ahead of him. So Hendrick is locked in with three drivers that'll be around awhile, but have a definite shelf life, and one guy who could retire at any moment, and he's not building for the future. Because we all know that Junior, Jeff and Jimmie will be at Hendrick until they retire barring a disaster.
So what happens to Brad? I've been thinking how Hendrick is displaying idiot tendencies by letting that one get away, especially since Brad's personality is more of a fit for Hendrick than Kyle's was. (Not to knock Kyle too much, but there are different corporate cultures, and Kyle is a much better fit at Gibbs, because Gibbs knows how to handle that personality better.)
And then it dawned on me. The obvious solution that still keeps Brad in the fold and at the same time provides him with great racing equipment and teammates of a quality caliber to learn from.
I predict that come 2010, Stewart-Haas Racing will go to three teams and Brad will drive the third car.
According to what they just said on SPEED, Riggs got out of Tommy Baldwin Racing because he refuses to do a start-and-park. I respect that. The guy is there to race. He refuses to do anything else.
On the flip side, that means Brian Simo, Mike Skinner and Patrick freaking Carpentier will be the drivers. *dances* Le Frenchy Person!
***
NASCAR Predictions for Next Year
I'm calling this one now, because it seems terribly obvious.
So, Brad Keselowski won at Talladega. He's a solid driver and everything about him screams "give him a decent ride and he'll do great things in Cup". So of course, it stands to reason that Hendrick would be smart and fight like hell to have him in a car next year, because lord knows there's no way the boy is waiting another year in Nationwide.
Of course, Hendrick was stupid (or smart - jury's still out) and signed Mark Martin for next year already. Mark's driving great. But we all know how wishy washy the man is about retirement. Versus Brad, who has a long career ahead of him. So Hendrick is locked in with three drivers that'll be around awhile, but have a definite shelf life, and one guy who could retire at any moment, and he's not building for the future. Because we all know that Junior, Jeff and Jimmie will be at Hendrick until they retire barring a disaster.
So what happens to Brad? I've been thinking how Hendrick is displaying idiot tendencies by letting that one get away, especially since Brad's personality is more of a fit for Hendrick than Kyle's was. (Not to knock Kyle too much, but there are different corporate cultures, and Kyle is a much better fit at Gibbs, because Gibbs knows how to handle that personality better.)
And then it dawned on me. The obvious solution that still keeps Brad in the fold and at the same time provides him with great racing equipment and teammates of a quality caliber to learn from.
I predict that come 2010, Stewart-Haas Racing will go to three teams and Brad will drive the third car.
