2017 Nascar Thread

I can only imagine the egos that are involved on a multi-car team like JGR...and I don't mean just with the drivers. Jealousy between teams has got to be an issue. I've followed this sport long enough to remember when most teams were single car teams, and if they did have 2 cars, the 2nd car was sometimes and R&D car. Course that was a long time ago.

 

There's a reason drivers call the CUP season the "Death March." It's the longest season in all professional sports. Much like any job, if you could focus on a your Actual Job, things would be fine. Unfortunately, 80% of any job is usually BS, even in Cup. Promotional appearances, sponsorship commitments, it gets old quick.

 

There sure is a lot of jumping to conclusions. Press conference isn't until tomorrow. Nobody knows until they know. Speculation is all we have at this point.

 

I thought Carl enjoyed the sponsorship commercials?

 

Not since Jared got busted.

 

Damn really?

 

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-me...yer-2017-fire-suit-mobil-1-look-revealed.html

Lookin good Clint! Looking forward to see Stewart-Haas driving Fords this year!

 

Sorry if I offended ya.

But

 

Lol I thought it was a real thing lol... I wasn't offended

 

http://www.nascar.com/jgr

 

2017 Driver Chart:
http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/2017-NASCAR-Cup-Team-Driver-Chart

I look forward to seeing highlights from today's press conferences. My hope is Carl simply wants to be a family man. My concern is that the inner environment at Gibbs is ethically toxic and he wanted no part of it.

 

It's totally personal, no specific reason. He gave 3, watch the press conference. We will see Daniel Suarez in the #19 this season for sure. It seems everything went very fluidly with the changes and nobody is offended. Sponsors are excited and everyone is hunky dory!

 

There's more to it.... He has to have something in the works doing something else....

 

Yep.....
Cost Benefit Analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost–benefit_analysis

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/imposs...rds-reasons-for-stepping-aside-190019703.html

He wants to protect his brain. Makes sense.

 

or....maybe he just wants some time off. I know I do!

 

http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/gal...ds-leaving-joe-gibbs-racing-truth-lies-011117

Another good article...

 

Hell all these "protect the brain" in all these sports, as if sports have got more dangerous.... I think athletes today are getting wimpier...

 

I don't know you, Ben, but that is a seriously irresponsible and thoughtless thing to say. Where's the "Unlike" button when you need it?

 

The only sports I've ever participated in are dangerous (rugby and wrestling) and I can tell you, whether I was seriously hurt or not, I stepped to the line. (Even when my shoulder was out of the socket). There is so much more safety in NASCAR nowadays than ever before. So how is there magically more concussions with drivers? I'm sorry I just see something amiss with that. There's just no way more are getting hurt.