STINGRAYS NASCAR RACE RANT 2010
Beware the following opinions are Harsh !
...BIASED and just plain outrageous !

HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH NASCAR 2010 !
1....WILL CHEVROLET CONTINUE TO RULE NASCAR ?
2....CAN DALE JR WIN A 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP ?
3....WILL TONY GET MORE WINS IN A CHEVROLET ?
4....WILL HONDA COME IN & KICK TOYOTA'S ASS ?
5....WILL NASCAR SURVIVE THE ECONOMIC CRASH ?
6....WHO IS TO BECOME THE WORST NASCAR DRIVER ?
7....WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH DODGE RACING ?
1. THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS...YES, CHEVY WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE NASCAR IN 2009. WITH OVER 650 WINS, NO OTHER COMPANY HAS A CHANCE IN HELL OF EVEN COMING CLOSE TO GENERAL MOTORS IN NASCAR, SPORTS CAR RACING OR DRAG RACING...CHEVY IS JUST UNBEATABLE. NO DEBATE THERE & IF YOU THINK OTHERWISE YOU ARE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD OF YOUR OWN MAKING WHICH BEARS NO RESPECT TO THE REAL WORLD WHERE CHEVY IS #1 !!!
....IT IS A BOW TIE OR NO TIE WORLD OF RACING !!!



2. DALE JR PUT HIS REPUTATION ON THE LINE IN 2008, & HE FAILED TO DELIVER A CUP TITLE, BUT HE DID WIN A FEW RACES & MADE THE CHASE. IN 2009 HE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM. HE HAS THE VERY BEST TEAM, CARS & CREW...AND EVEN BETTER TEAM MATES !!!...AND THAT IS GOING TO BE HIS PROBLEM. IN THIS SEASON HE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE BETTER, SMARTER & WIN MANY RACES TO EVEN COMPETE WITH HIS OWN TEAM...NOT TO MENTION HIS PAL, TONY STEWART !!!

3. YES HE WILL. TAKING LEAVE OF JOE GIBBS & TOYOTA WAS THE BEST MOVE TONY COULD HAVE MADE FOR 2009, NOW WITH HIS OWN TEAM & RYAN NEWMAN, BOTH IN CHEVROLET'S, ...LOOK OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE DYNAMIC DUO FOR 2010 !

^ click above for the direct link to Stewart Haas Racing website !
4. HONDA HAS THE HERITAGE TO BE IN NASCAR, WHERE TOYOTA IS THE SINGLE MOST DISGUSTING DEVELOPMENT IN NASCAR RACING EVER !! THE "THEFT" OF GM ENGINE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE "PAYOFF" OF JOE GIBBS RACING ALLOWED TOYOTA TO GAIN YEARS OF GM ENGINE DEVELOPMENT & IN OUR OPINION SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL ACTION THAT NASCAR SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED FROM HAPPENING, OR AT LEAST FINED TOYOTA FOR STEALING GM TECHNOLOGY. THE PRECEDENT IS WELL DEFINED WITH THE F1 CASE OF FERRARI & McLAREN...THIS IS NO DIFFERENT , IT IS A CRIME. HONDA MUST GET INTO NASCAR NOW, EVEN IF IT MEANS THEY SELL OFF THE F1 TEAM WHICH HAS PRODUCED NO REAL RESULTS FOR THEM ANYWAY, BUT TO DEFEND THE HONOR OF HONDA, THEY MUST NOW TAKE ON TOYOTA IN NASCAR OR LOSE FACE....HEY AND WHILE WE ARE AT IT, LET'S OPEN THE DOOR TO NASCAR FOR A FEW MORE DESERVING BRANDS AS WELL ;


5. YES. NASCAR HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO EXPAND IN THE FACE OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AS IT PLANS TO THE WORLD'S LEADING STOCK CAR SERIES AT ALL COSTS. THE RECENT ADDITIONS OF BOTH CANADA & MEXICAN RACING EVENTS & SERIES IS PROOF OF NASCAR'S DIRECTION...TO GO WORLDWIDE. THE MERGER OF THE ROLEX GRAND-AM SERIES INTO NASCAR IS ALSO THE INDICATION THAT "STOCK CARS" ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY NASCAR CAN EXPAND THE FRANCHISE. THEY MAY SURELY HAVE DISORIENTED THE "OLD SCHOOL" NASCAR FANS IN AMERICA & NOW ARE SET ON A COURSE TO DOMINATE THE WORLD STOCK CAR RACING AND SPORTS CARS RACING SERIES. NEXT WILL BE THE V8 SUPER CAR SERIES, GERMAN TOURING SEDAN SERIES (DTS), & THE BRITISH TOURING SERIES (BTS) ...THEY HAVE THE SPONSOR & MEDIA EXPOSURE TO PULL ALL OF THESE SERIES INTO NASCAR, IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME & DOING BUT THEY WILL PULL IT OFF.


6. NOW IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE WORST ( and maybe one of the best too !) DRIVER'S IS, WAS , AND WILL AGAIN BE KYLE BUSH...HE HAS NO IDEA HOW DANGEROUS HIS RACING HAS BECOME AND AFTER HIS CRUSHING DEFEAT IN 2008....& EVEN WORSE IN 2009. MAYBE 2010 WILL BRING A MORE "MATURE" ATTITUDE TO HIS ABILITIES ....??

OK, KYLE BUSH IS MADE HEADLINES FOR HIS "DRIVING SKILLS" OR IS IT HIS LACK OF SKILL & PURE IGNORANCE OF THE DANGER HE CREATES ?...HERE ARE A FEW OBSERVATIONS FROM NASCAR OPINION MAKERS ;
"HE IS THE ONLY GUY I HAVE EVER SEEN WHO CAN GO 3 WIDE ALL BY HIMSELF"
- DARREL WALTRIP ON THE FOX TV BROADCAST
"HE IS A WHINER, IMMATURE AND SPOILED"
- GENERAL OPINION AMONG NASCAR FANS
"KYLE IS A DANGER TO HIMSELF & OTHER DRIVERS, HE NEEDS TO GROW UP LIKE HIS BROTHER KURT HAS DONE, AS OBVIOUSLY HE CAN DRIVE A RACE CAR "
- STINGRAYS OPINION
Courtesy of The Frontstrech a little background on Kyle Bush :
"There are things Busch should have been taught by his parents long
before his considerable talent thrust him into NASCAR.
What he got instead was ENABLED, His parents went so far once as to
fudge Kyle’s age so he could race a year early; instead of telling him
that he has to follow the rules and wait, just like everyone else.
They
say the best way to learn is by example, and if that old adage is true,
then Kyle Busch has had the best teachers in the business. Not only is
car owner Rick Hendrick one of the most respected persons in the
garage, but Busch has had a string of teammates who personify class and
a winning attitude-and he hasn’t seemed to absorb any of it. Busch replaced a retiring Terry Labonte in the
No. 5 Nextel Cup ride. If a driver was ever a picture of class and good
behavior, surely Labonte is that driver. Quiet and humble though twice
a champion, Labonte rarely spoke a bad word about anyone-even when he
was on the receiving end of the chrome horn. Quiet and understated,
Labonte understood the draft and how to use it. What finer lessons
could a newcomer have had ?
So don’t tell me Busch
hasn’t had a mentor. While he may never have looked past the end of his
nose to see the examples that Rick Hendrick and his fellow HMS
driver put before him, the examples were always there. Only Busch can
say why he hasn’t followed his teammates’ lead.
If he learns to curb
the attitude and to work within a team structure, Busch has more than
enough talent to take him to multiple Cup championships. However, there
is more to being a champion than driving fast and having talent in the
seat. Busch had three Cup Champions to learn those lessons from in his
time at Hendrick Motorsports. It’s too bad he never took the effort to
truly learn." - for the entire editorial please go to the following link ;
http://www.frontstretch.com/ahenderson/10790/
NOW, LET HIS RECORD SPEAK FOR ITSELF...AFTER SEVERAL SEASONS IN THE BEST NASCAR TEAM (HENDRICK RACING)....HIS RESULTS ARE NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT AT ALL. THIS NO DOUBT HAS MADE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WORSE, NOW THAT HE WAS HIRED BY TOYOTA TO RACE ON THE JOE GIBBS TEAM WHICH IS THE BIGGEST "SELL OUT" IN NASCAR TODAY FOR GIVING CHEVY ENGINE TECHNOLOGY TO TOYOTA.
THE PROOF IS IN HIS PERFORMANCE, SO FAR HE HAS CRASHED AWAY LEAD LAP FINISHES, FOR "SLAMMING" AWAY ON THE FINAL LAPS !!! YET STILL MANAGED TO WIN A HANDFUL OF EVENTS...AND IN EVERY RACE YOU CAN SEE HIM PUSH SOMEBODY OFF THE TRACK, CAUSE A CRASH OR JUST WHINE WHEN HE DOSE NOT WIN....IF HE MAKES IT TO THE END OF THIS SEASON IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE A MINOR MIRACLE !!!



7. DODGE ..!!!!! THIS HAS TO BE THE REAL "TOSS UP" FOR 2010....ONE OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN NASCAR HISTORY HAS SUFFERED LOSS OF MAJOR DODGE TEAMS, DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CRASH & THE CRISIS WITH DETROIT AUTO MAKERS IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE JUST GAVE UP ON CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND JUMPED THE DODGE "SHIP" AS FAST AS THEY COULD !


^ CAN DODGE REVITALIZE THE BRAND & BRING BACK THE WINNING WAYS ?
PARTLY BECAUSE THE FACTORY SUPPORT FOR DODGE IS IN QUESTION AS TO WHAT, IF ANY, SUPPORT CAN BE EXPECTED IN 2010. DEPENDING UPON THE FATE OF CHRYSLER, DODGE COULD RETURN FULL FORCE, OR OPEN THE DOOR FOR A NEW AUTO MAKER TO JOIN THE NASCAR RANKS. THE DODGE TEAMS NOW LEAD BY PENSKE RACING & KURT BUSH HAVE THE TASK OF BRING BACK TO THE FOREFRONT ONE OF NASCAR'S TOP BRANDS TO PROMINENCE.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF DODGE CAN COMPETE AND WIN IN NASCAR NOW....BUT WITH THE RECENT WIN & PERFORMANCE OF THE PENSKE TEAM IT SURE LOOKS LIKE "THE DODGE BOYS" HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING NOW !!

^ PENSKE REMAINS THE LEADING DODGE TEAM ..!!!
Chrysler slashed its overall NASCAR budget by more than 30
percent in 2009, yet Dodge Motorsports director Mike Accavitti says "You need to advertise your product. There's one way out of the
situation we're in, and that's to sell your way out of it. It is a
debt-spiral if we stop advertising and expect to sell any vehicles.
It's a proven fact -- advertising sells vehicles. NASCAR is a form of
advertising."
That reduction is due in part to the team-merger between Dale
Earnhardt, Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing, which removes Ganassi's former
three-team Sprint Cup operation from the Dodge fold. (Earnhardt-Ganassi
Racing will run Chevrolets.) Dodge has also cut back on
at-track car displays, track sponsorships and promotions. It will,
though, continue to support Penske Racing, Gillet Evernham Motorsports
and Petty Enterprises as planned, Accavitti said.
"We'll definitely be on the track in 2009 & 2010," Accavitti said.
HEY WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR "RACE RANT" SECTION...& REMEMBER IT'S ALL JUST OUR OPINION HERE !!
NOW IF YOU WANT TO PICK A REAL 100% WINNER.....BUILT TO LAST, BUILD TO LOVE....AND BUILT TO WIN !!!...WITH OVER 650 NASCAR WINS, CHEVY RULES !!! :

^ 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA SS NASCAR EDITION COUPE... TELL THE OTHERS TO JUST STEP OFF BECAUSE THEY GOT NOTHING TO STEP UP WITH ANYWAY.
BOW TIE OR NO TIE...THAT IS THE DEAL. GO USA & CHEVROLET, ALL THE WAY !