Rain at the Prelude
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Bullard Anderson
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Rain or.....Tony Stewart didn't get his dirt chassis and engine from Hendrick Motorsports in time for the event.
vegasnitro
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**Threadjack Alert**
All kidding aside Steve, there has never been an adequate explanation for how that went down. Did Tony call Rick Hendrick ... or did Rick Hendrick call Tony? Why does Tony get them for FREE? You give me Hendrick chassis and engines with engineering support and I could make the Chase. And Tony's crew chief is long time Hendrick employee and crew chief Darian Grubb.
I like Smoke, but everyone is making way too big of a deal about this owner/driver nonsense as that is basically a 5th Hendrick team (and Newman is a 6th Hendrick team) ... I am just not sure what Hendrick is getting out of it ...
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vegasnitro
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Not sure what Hendrick is getting out of the deal? How about money
Money from where?
He gives the chassis, engines and engineering support to Stewart-Haas Racing for FREE.
Bullard Anderson
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You guys probably already know this but the Haas / Hendrick relationship goes back to the development of the Haas engine machine by Gene's company and Hendrick being the first to use it. I guess they are really good friends now.
I guess my bone is not really with the equipment being bought or supplied. It's just a fact in the ever evolving world of circle track.
My problem is calling TStewart an owner/driver and NASCAR pr and media forcing it down my throat. In short co-owner/driver should be the title.
Did Alan Kulwicki (7), Geoff Bodine (7), Darrell Waltrip (17), Robby Gordon (7), Ricky Rudd (10) have a multi-millionaire in Office #2 at the shop who owned 49 percent of the company.
Tony is a great driver but a a far cry from these guys in the role of owner/driver.
I guess my bone is not really with the equipment being bought or supplied. It's just a fact in the ever evolving world of circle track.
My problem is calling TStewart an owner/driver and NASCAR pr and media forcing it down my throat. In short co-owner/driver should be the title.
Did Alan Kulwicki (7), Geoff Bodine (7), Darrell Waltrip (17), Robby Gordon (7), Ricky Rudd (10) have a multi-millionaire in Office #2 at the shop who owned 49 percent of the company.
Tony is a great driver but a a far cry from these guys in the role of owner/driver.
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