What in the world is wrong with Dale Jr.???

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scratch

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I mean its one thing to finish 27th every week....Then it turned into 30 something every week...Now 40th today!!! When does Rick Hendrick finally step in and make some changes?????

Crew Chief????

Pit Crew????

I'm a Jr. Fan and I'm starting to think he just doesn't care anymore!!!!
 
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Beaver-Cleaver

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scratch said:
When does Rick Hendrick finally step in and make some changes?????
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He was going to swap Tony and Alan, but then Mark got hot and knocked off 2 wins in 5 weeks.

I think Rick's just waiting for Kez to become Sprint Cup ready so he can make a driver change.
 
homedepot20

homedepot20

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Beaver-Cleaver said:
He was going to swap Tony and Alan, but then Mark got hot and knocked off 2 wins in 5 weeks.

I think Rick's just waiting for Kez to become Sprint Cup ready so he can make a driver change.
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Your not saying that Keselowski is better than Jr are you ? Sure Jr has his problems ( I think Tony Jr needs to go , But remember I think short tracks are boring :whistle: ) but give him time to work them out , don't replace him with a guy who won Dega because he got lucky !
 
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Beaver-Cleaver

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homedepot20 said:
Your not saying that Keselowski is better than Jr are you ? Sure Jr has his problems ( I think Tony Jr needs to go , But remember I think short tracks are boring :whistle: ) but give him time to work them out , don't replace him with a guy who won Dega because he got lucky !
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You also said short tracks are boring. :killingme
 
unixpirate

unixpirate

Pitty Party
scratch said:
I mean its one thing to finish 27th every week....Then it turned into 30 something every week...Now 40th today!!! When does Rick Hendrick finally step in and make some changes?????

Crew Chief????

Pit Crew????

I'm a Jr. Fan and I'm starting to think he just doesn't care anymore!!!!
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You had 5 posts so :1bdz:
 
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MoparRacer896

Pure Bred & Bottle Fed
OK, yeah Tony Jr. has never had a handle on this new car of yesterday but you can't put the total blame on the crew chief & crew, they aren't the ones constantly missing the pit stall... Seems like since Jr. got burned up in that ride out west, he's lost his edge. They lucked out in Michigan a couple of years ago and won that race by a half a lap on fuel mileage, other than that he's done nothing. If you can't win in a Hendrick car, you can't win in anything..
 
nachomama

nachomama

All Up In Your Grill
MoparRacer896 said:
OK, yeah Tony Jr. has never had a handle on this new car of yesterday but you can't put the total blame on the crew chief & crew, they aren't the ones constantly missing the pit stall... Seems like since Jr. got burned up in that ride out west, he's lost his edge. They lucked out in Michigan a couple of years ago and won that race by a half a lap on fuel mileage, other than that he's done nothing. If you can't win in a Hendrick car, you can't win in anything..
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Junebug couldn't drive his way out of a tree. :rolleyes: This coming from a junyer fan. :ohwell:
 
GopherM

GopherM

Darwin was right
nachomama said:
Junebug couldn't drive his way out of a tree. :rolleyes: This coming from a junyer fan. :ohwell:
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If it wasn't for Jr's Dad he would just be another mediocre driver somewhere between the middle and the back of the pack that no one ever talked about very much.
 
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MoparRacer896

Pure Bred & Bottle Fed
GopherM said:
If it wasn't for Jr's Dad he would just be another mediocre driver somewhere between the middle and the back of the pack that no one ever talked about very much.
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Can you say field filler??...
Two years ago it was DEI's powerplants, what's his excuse now? He's got the best of everything. And don't make Tony Jr. the scapegoat.
 
Crewdawg141

Crewdawg141

IYAMYAS!!!!!
GopherM said:
If it wasn't for Jr's Dad he would just be another mediocre driver somewhere between the middle and the back of the pack that no one ever talked about very much.
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Sad but true! The desire to race and win has been replaced by the vast amounts of sponsorship monies thrown his way thanks to the name! I miss Senior, god rest his soul.
 
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Beaver-Cleaver

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nachomama said:
You mean kinda like Kerry? :jet:
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Junyer and Kerry can't be compared. To his credit, Junyer does have 18 Sprint Cup Series wins and 2 Nationwide Series Championships.

Kerry was able to win a few ARCA races with a Cup Series pit crew and Cup Series equipment. :yawn:
 
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MoparRacer896

Pure Bred & Bottle Fed
Beaver-Cleaver said:
Junyer and Kerry can't be compared. To his credit, Junyer does have 18 Sprint Cup Series wins and 2 Nationwide Series Championships.

Kerry was able to win a few ARCA races with a Cup Series pit crew and Cup Series equipment. :yawn:
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No you can't compare the two of them. cause Jr. was "carried" by his diddy, and Kerry was not.. He earned everything he got, wasn't on a golden platter.
 
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Beaver-Cleaver

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MoparRacer896 said:
No, didn't say he was easy on him, but he did have top notch equipment to run. Did Kerry ever have a full season under the DEI banner??
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Did you see the Nationwide races he did run? The only reason he was competitive in ARCA is because he had a Cup car, Cup engine and Cup crew (ARCA wasn't being used as a development series then like it is now). I can't begin to image what Stuart Kirby could've done in the same equipment.

Oh, and don't even get me started about Charlotte.

MoparRacer896 said:
Looks like DEI is trying to help out Jeffrey though.
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Look at how they ####ed Trevor Bayne and Sean Caisse to do so. Same way that Childress gave Stephen Leicht the direct screw job to get Austin Dillon in a Nationwide car.
 
nachomama

nachomama

All Up In Your Grill
Beaver-Cleaver said:
Did you see the Nationwide races he did run? The only reason he was competitive in ARCA is because he had a Cup car, Cup engine and Cup crew (ARCA wasn't being used as a development series then like it is now). I can't begin to image what Stuart Kirby could've done in the same equipment.

Oh, and don't even get me started about Charlotte.



Look at how they ####ed Trevor Bayne and Sean Caisse to do so. Same way that Childress gave Stephen Leicht the direct screw job to get Austin Dillon in a Nationwide car.
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Well, Austin IS his grandson, ya know. :lol:
 
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Beaver-Cleaver

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nachomama said:
Well, Austin IS his grandson, ya know. :lol:
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Exactly.

Teams are in the business of using the Nationwide Series for Cup testing, and now they're putting their family members in the Nationwide Series... just like they used to do with ARCA. When that business took over ARCA, all the talent came out of open wheel, USAR and USAC. Now, the same people are ruining the Nationwide Series.

While good drivers like Matt Carter, Stephen Leicht, Sean Caisse, Trevor Bayne, Brian Ickler, Marc Davis, Alli Owens, etc, etc. are without full-time rides; Austin Dillon and Steven Wallace are in Nationwide, and Jeffery Earnhardt is being rushed through the Camping World Series.

This is bad for business. It ruined the ARCA Series, and it won't have a positive impact for NASCAR.
 
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