by richard teague tinynascars@yahoo.com
Would you drive a Ford? Well would ya? Seems that Dale Earnhardt Jr. wouldn’t unless there was “a big ‘ol, big ‘ol pile of money!” And he really means big. He says there’s a price on everything, but there ain’t that kind of money out there to get him in a Ford. I don’t know about that for sure, Junior, there just might be a group of guys at Ford Motor Company cutting back on their bonuses right now just to build that pile for you. Like they say, “never say never,” cause if you were to get in a Ford next season you might get that 51% of DEI you and Kelly want from Teresa. With DEI talking to RYR, and Jr. says he hasn’t had any part of that and he don’t know nothing about that, they just might have an “offer you can’t refuse.” Hmm, a Blue Oval Budweiser car sounds neat Bubba.
Now I can relate to Jr. not wanting to drive a “Fix Or Repair Daily” car, but remember, dude, they are “first on race day,” aren’t they? Then again, if things don’t fall the way you want them to, you can go to any other team in NASCAR and get yourself a huge pile of money, if that’s what racing means to you. Your pappy would be so proud of you, I bet. Just knowing that money and power is more important than racing and being a fan’s driver. Sure, Dale Sr. had bucks, but he was almost like that Harley Davidson saying, he’d say “Live to Drive, Drive to Live.” OK, so you don’t really need the big bucks, leave DEI and go with Richard Childress Racing to learn from the best there is, and stay in a Chevrolet, where you belong.
I bet Richard would make you a partner in RCR if you went with him. One day you could have the whole deal, but you need to change a few things before you go. One thing would be to be more amicable to your step-mom, because burning bridges never seems to be a good thing. There are other thoughts from people about you going to Hendrick Motorsports, and I’ve said that before, the only thing is: what would Casey Mears think about that? You know, I think that Bud has been on a #25 Hendrick’s car before, and I do believe that baby was a red one, don’t ya know. Why I bet that there is still some red paint over there in the back of the shop and that Jimmie and Chad would love to break out those tools from Lowe’s and paint it fer ya’.
Perhaps they would put you in a COT you could live with, since you hate the one you’re in now, or at least you’ve been crying about the one you got. Hey, don’t get me too wrong, Jr, I hate those things worse than you. I only have to watch them go around the track, not drive one. I believe you when you say they can’t turn and have problems and they “get tight.” “It’ll be hard and slow, real slow. Very, very frustrating. Really, really, really frustrating.” I hope that you make your feelings known about the COT. Maybe that will make NASCAR do something like SCRAP THE WHOLE IDEA. But they have already said they don’t intend to change nothing on the car. NASCAR says that y’all drivers have got to adjust to it and that’s that, live with it or leave it, I think was what they meant.
So Junior, if DEI can’t build you one you like, or rather one you can drive to victory lane, I sure do think that Hendrick can, since they have all the COT victories so far. You know that not only do they have all the COT race wins, they’ve got 7 of the first 10 races to their credit. You would fit right in. I read the other day that if the Hendrick’s teams were to dominate the season, it would be bad for NASCAR. How’s that? Does this writer think that fans would get tired of seeing the #5 or the #24 or the #48 (and perhaps next year the #25 Bud car) in victory lane all of the time? I don’t think so, because they would watch just to see if somebody else could beat those guys and maybe even make it more popular.
Whatever the outcome of all this BS is with DEI, RYR and either Ford or Chevy and Dale Earnhardt Jr staying put with the 51-or-fight slogan (or whatever other crap can come into play), it is hurting NASCAR. It’s more than one team winning more than the others, all this stuff ain’t racing, it’s a dad burn soap opera, if you ask me. I gave up The Young & the Restless years ago, but I still like to hear about Jack and Victor every once and a while. That is the way I will feel about NASCAR racing if all the outside stuff doesn’t stop soon. And I think that there are a lot of fans that feel the same way. Another thing, my friend John said the other day about the COT, people don’t want to watch a race full of safe-driving, no-wrecking cars, they want wrecks. And before we had them and drivers walked away all the time. CAN THE COT!
Let me throw one more thing at ya, Junior, and I’ll move on. Have you ever heard of Ginn Racing? That’s the team with all the old guys, one part-time kid and couple of other real rookies, like Mark Martin’s boy. Now, you could move right in there and be the cock of the walk for sure. Bobby Ginn could work you out a deal with not only money but real estate, free hotel rooms and even free casino money. Why, he would probably throw in some timeshare units for you and the family. Now that’s a thought, ain’t it? There was a poll the other day asking if Ginn Racing was ‘for real or for show.’ With you there it would be interesting, to say the least. Think of what you could bring to the table with a sponsor like Budweiser. Ginn wouldn’t have to spend so much by himself.
You know, I have been wondering about something for a while: why do the taxpayers spend big dollars on a racecar like the 01 car and the others that the armed forces sponsor? Does it make young people want to join the service on Monday if a government-sponsored car wins on Saturday or Sunday? Have y’all ever thought about that? You know they spend millions on NASCAR cars, so is it a cost effective advertisement? If they want you to join the Army, why don’t they just reinstate the dang draft and save the money for those $200 hammers or $500 toilet seats? Why, those congressmen and women could get another raise with that money.
I know, I know, I’m losing it here, so perhaps I should move on to other things. I will come to an end, for this week, and wait with great anticipation for another damn Car of Tomorrow race. Bubbas and Bubbets, I don’t want to watch no dang COT race at Darlington, it just does not seem right. No way! I mean heck no way!! Darlington; that’s like saying, “baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Ford” to have COTs go around the track there. Maybe it will rain or the power will go off and they’ll postpone it, like forever. Oh well, people can contact me at tinynascars@yahoo.com if you feel the need, and as always, If it ain’t NASCAR, It ain’t s**t!!
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