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Interested point of view. Totally agree with your down sizing statement. But I was never impressed with John Andretti. He was decent at best in my opinion. Kind of riding the family name like Jr. at the moment. But at least Jr. did have a few wins in his early years at the top level.

no thats marco andretti, at least john won a few races. yea he never did do anything great in nascar or Indy, but he at least can race and has made the Indy 500 in the last 2 years. Downsizing is a good thing. RCR did it last year when they dropped the 07 and Casey Mears and went from a 4 car operation to a 3 car operation. In 2009 they had none of their 4 cars make the chase, and this year they had a 3 make the chase.

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no thats marco andretti, at least john won a few races. yea he never did do anything great in nascar or Indy, but he at least can race and has made the Indy 500 in the last 2 years. Downsizing is a good thing. RCR did it last year when they dropped the 07 and Casey Mears and went from a 4 car operation to a 3 car operation. In 2009 they had none of their 4 cars make the chase, and this year they had a 3 make the chase.

Those are the guys that make me wonder how they even got a ride. Talking about guys like Mears. Even when they have good equipment they dont do anything with it. At least Jr has a slew of fans and brings any owner revenue just off of his star power. He is still the most marketable driver in Nascar.

Seems like Marco started off open wheels like Kasey Kane did nascar. He was running and contending for wins his first 2-3 seasons then nothing.

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Those are the guys that make me wonder how they even got a ride. Talking about guys like Mears. Even when they have good equipment they dont do anything with it. At least Jr has a slew of fans and brings any owner revenue just off of his star power. He is still the most marketable driver in Nascar.

Seems like Marco started off open wheels like Kasey Kane did nascar. He was running and contending for wins his first 2-3 seasons then nothing.

Marco had a great rookie year where he finished 2nd in the Indy 500 and won at Sonoma. But since then he hasnt been that type of driver. Not to mention he got into a stupid wreck with Tony Kanaan a few years ago at Indy.

Mears for me never built chemistry wherever he went. His best years were at Chip Ganassi Racing in the 41 and 42 with Jimmy Eldgridge. Then he went to Hendrick and had Darian Grubb (Tony Stewarts current crew chief) and after 1 season in the 25 he went to the 5 car and had Alan Gusterson. THen he went to RCR and he didnt have good sucess but then again RCR didnt have much success at all in 2009.

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scott speed was released by red bull racing today. not suprised and you could see this coming with Red Bull Racing having Kasey Kahne for 2011. Honestly Speed is alot of hype more than actual talent. I thought Red Bull Racing screwed up in 2008 when they released AJ Allmendinger for Speed. In his two years with Red Bull Racing Allmendinger struggled in his rookie year, but the 2nd half into his second campaign he began to get some confidence and ran better.

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Also Junior was voted as the most popular driver again this year, making it 8 years ago.

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scott speed was released by red bull racing today. not suprised and you could see this coming with Red Bull Racing having Kasey Kahne for 2011. Honestly Speed is alot of hype more than actual talent. I thought Red Bull Racing screwed up in 2008 when they released AJ Allmendinger for Speed. In his two years with Red Bull Racing Allmendinger struggled in his rookie year, but the 2nd half into his second campaign he began to get some confidence and ran better.

Not a single thing to debate in this post. Agree 100%. It does suck to have that last name and be a race car driver that sucks. Do you remember Lake Speed?

Also Junior was voted as the most popular driver again this year, making it 8 years ago.

like we didnt see this coming. LOL

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Not a single thing to debate in this post. Agree 100%. It does suck to have that last name and be a race car driver that sucks. Do you remember Lake Speed?

lol yea, i think i have a old racing card of him when i collected sports cards when i was a kid. drove the #9

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here are the drivers that are switching rides or has signed a new deal to stay

AJ Allmendinger signed a new deal with RPM and will race the #43. IDK what his sponser is.

Marcos Ambrose signed a new deal to race the #9 for RPM in 2011. Was in the 47.

Kasey Kahne signed a new deal with Hendrick Motorsports, but will race the 82 for Red Bull RAcing in 2011 cause HEndrick dosent have a open spot in their teams until 2012.

Kevin Harvick signed a new deal to race with RCR. His sponser will be Budweiser in 2011.

Bobby Labonte signed a new deal with JTG Daughtry Racing and the 47. Was in the 09, 71, 10, and 7 this year.

Brian Vickers is cleared to race in 2011 and will race for Red Bull Racing. Last year he had blood clots form and had to stop racing after being on blodd thinners. Vickers only raced 7 or 8 times this year.

Both Kurt and Kyle Busch signed a new deal with their teams. Kurt will drive the 22 instead of the 2 in 2011.

Regan Smith signed a 2 year agreement with Front Row Motorsports.

Elliott Sadler signed a new deal with Kevin Harvick Inc to race either their Nationwide or Truck teams in fulltime.

Paul Menard will be the 4th car at RCR after racing for RPM this year. (nice to have daddy's money and sponser)

Scott Speed is out at Red Bull Racing after Kahne was announced to drive for them in 2011.

David Reuitimann signed a new deal to race with MWR and the 00.

A small rumor that Indy Series driver Tony Kanaan might race for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2011. Kanaan was released from Andretti Autosport after they couldn't find any sponsers for next year.

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Philsanity......... seen the new pain scheme on the 24? I kind of like it.

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Philsanity......... seen the new pain scheme on the 24? I kind of like it.

it looks like the old T Rex paint scheme that gordon ran in 1997. the front isnt the same but the back looks simular

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it looks like the old T Rex paint scheme that gordon ran in 1997. the front isnt the same but the back looks simular

Your right it does look like it. But I think after 17-18 years, its a nice change. I have this 81 chevy stepside I am half restoring as I drive it on weekends... I may just consider painting it that color.

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Your right it does look like it. But I think after 17-18 years, its a nice change. I have this 81 chevy stepside I am half restoring as I drive it on weekends... I may just consider painting it that color.

yea, its gonna be weird to see though cause we are used to see him in dupont colors

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i dont have an old car to restore, but wish i did. The only 2 cars ive ever had was a 1996 Mishubitsi Galant that I traded in to get a 2007 Scion tC. Yes Im sorry its not a mustang. Its silver with after market black wheels

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i dont have an old car to restore, but wish i did. The only 2 cars ive ever had was a 1996 Mishubitsi Galant that I traded in to get a 2007 Scion tC. Yes Im sorry its not a mustang. Its silver with after market black wheels

Hell man, I bet 80% of the people on this site dont have a stang anymore. I sold mine a few years ago. When I bought my vette. To many toys!! How do you like the Scion?

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Hell man, I bet 80% of the people on this site dont have a stang anymore. I sold mine a few years ago. When I bought my vette. To many toys!! How do you like the Scion?

i havent had any issues with it, i i have about 70,000 miles on it and I've had no problems with it. just keep up with the mantinence that needs to be done. need to drop the tranny pan and change the filter.