didnt see it posted and I kno its nascar but hey its sports talk news

fans will hate this, the Dale Sr. lovers all Hate Gordon as evidence by his beer shower after his victory to surpass Dale Sr.

seems like a GREAT move for JR. though who now may get the cars to be in contention week in and week out.

question is...how will Dale Jr. fans react to having Gordon as a teammate?

6/13/2007 6:54:05 PM

hopefully gordon realizes hes had a good enough career and he helps dale win the next 15 championships

6/13/2007 6:55:21 PM

I'll still like him

6/13/2007 6:55:30 PM

They will still boo him when he passes jr., but will cheer him when he bump drafts jr for the win.


Its kinda crazy that about 75% of the fans are gonna be for hendrick drivers.

6/13/2007 6:59:47 PM

its ashame that his stepmom is such a bitch

6/13/2007 7:04:07 PM

man i couldn't fathom this when I saw it. Can't imagine an earnhardt ever being teammates with gordon, even though it's a good move for him. Hopefully it's one of these "keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer deals."




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6/13/2007 7:22:11 PM

wait

isnt everyone a rival of everyone else

teams dont win races, individual drivers do

6/13/2007 7:31:47 PM

booo.

I don't like the Hendrick domination going on right now and this isn't going to help matters at all.

6/13/2007 8:20:20 PM

nascar thread

6/13/2007 8:53:26 PM

I will still be a Jr fan and I still won't like GordonJohnson...I am a fan of the driver more so than the team, nothing's changed other than my favorite driver and my 2 least favorites are on the same team...

6/13/2007 9:30:41 PM

i turned left onto Avent ferry, does that make me an athlete?

6/13/2007 11:55:01 PM

^ Did you do it at 180 mph?

6/13/2007 11:57:10 PM

^^I played hoops outside today....does that make me an athlete???

Quote :

"I don't like the Hendrick domination going on right now and this isn't going to help matters at all."

Yeah Dale Jr is just winning and dominating like JJ and Jeff. We will find out next year how good these Hendrick cars really are and if Dale Jr can drive or not.

6/14/2007 12:04:34 AM

^^don't forget to add 200+ times in a 3+ hour period

6/14/2007 12:06:03 AM

I think it was said on PTI, but I agree and want to echo what they said.

Having a great team with most of the talent (read: Yankees, old Bulls, Hendrick) creates an atmosphere of competition. People always want to dethrone these teams and thus try as hard as they can. In truth I think this can only help the sport because now people will be constantly gunning for Johnson/Mears/Gordon/Jr instead of cheering for Jr b/c they hate Gordon or some other form of that scenario.

6/14/2007 12:08:11 AM

He's replacing Busch.

6/14/2007 2:35:28 AM

Sunday nap time just got even better

6/14/2007 2:47:49 AM

Quote :

"teams dont win races, individual drivers do"

unfortunately... it doesn't seem that way anymore

6/14/2007 3:59:58 AM

Quote :

"I will still be a Jr fan and I still won't like GordonJohnson...I am a fan of the driver more so than the team, nothing's changed other than my favorite driver and my 2 least favorites are on the same team..."

agreed, cept for the 2 least favorite drivers part since jr. is replacing one of em. johnson's right there next in line though.

and:

Quote :

"We will find out next year how good these Hendrick cars really are and if Dale Jr can drive or not."

i definitely think this move will show us if it's the cars or if jeff/jj just really are that good, however next year may be too early to really make that call for sure. yeah it's still a chevy, but there could be a bit of an adjustment to be made for jr. and he may get off to a slow start there, never know. i'd say we'll have our answers within the next 1-3 years or so though.

6/14/2007 6:12:36 AM

I don't think this will last as long as people think. Think back to Roush a couple years back. He had back to back cup winners in Kenseth and Bush. It seemed like those two guys or Greg Biffle won every race during that time. But that is all it lasted. Bush left, Biffle fell off the map, Jaime McMurry is just an underwear model in a racing suite, Kenseth is still dominant but that is about it for Roush. I bet the same thing happens hear. A couple good years before Jeff Gordon gets tired of being in the shadown of Jr. and JJ and decides he needs to race for his own team.

Kyle Bush is the wrong choice to boot out though if it comes to that. He is a much better driver than Mears. I hope Roush is able to pick him up when Biffle leaves for DEI.

6/14/2007 7:49:27 AM

KB would be a great premiere driver for Ginn Racing. Especially if he would listen to mark martin and learn how to simmer down some.


Jayski is reporting KB is already in negotiations with DEI but I have a hard time believing that especially with all of the Biffle/DEI reports.

I can almost assure you he wont be driving for Roush.

6/14/2007 8:50:32 AM

Kyle Busch will not drive for Roush I can promise yall that. Jr hasn't made the best move. Some of the Loyal die hard Nascar fans of his are turning against him out their hate for Gordon. You have to understand True die hard nascar fans do not forgive drivers for moves like this. Unlike other sports Nascar fans willpick one drive and only pull for him for as long as their career goes on. I think Jr will stay popular with the new pop fan base but will find a loss in his die hard fan base. The team can not support 3 Top name drivers In the words of Ricky Bobby If you ain't first your last! and the other drivers don't want to be 2nd or 3rd.

6/14/2007 9:03:54 AM

I like this move because it pisses all of the Gordon haters off. I have always been a Gordon fan but I have nothing against Jr and will have no problem pulling for him. It will be interesting to see how they work together. And I don't think Gordon is in anybody's shadow or will be anytime soon. Even if he is, he seems to be handling it just fine.

6/14/2007 9:27:06 AM

not really a fan of Gibbs as an owner, but i do like the 20 and 11 car. Stewart and Jr. are good friends and race very well together. I would have liked to seen them on the same team but its all good. They'll still kick ass together drafting on the superspeedways.

6/14/2007 10:06:15 AM

Quote :

"Kyle Busch will not drive for Roush I can promise yall that."

+1

6/14/2007 10:42:53 AM

i dont think Jr. is that amazing of a driver but next yr he will have the best of everything, Hendrick has invested millions upon millions on design for the car of tomorrow so hopefully he can actually be a contender.

6/15/2007 10:17:55 AM

#3 man, let me tell you what

6/15/2007 10:23:37 AM

I've always like hendrick just couldn't cheer for gordon
i have a couple family friends working over there.
i think jr. did well.

6/15/2007 10:53:54 AM

Just heard that Jr., Hendrick and Wal-Mart are in final talks for Wal-Mart to be Jr's primary sponsor. Not a done deal but likely.

6/15/2007 11:26:25 AM

you gotta wonder if busch is kicking himself for going MIA in texas, allowing junior to hop into his ride. a very prophetic day indeed.

6/15/2007 11:46:17 AM

Quote :

"Wal-Mart are in final talks for Wal-Mart to be Jr's primary sponsor"

wouldn't that beat all

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6/15/2007 12:20:55 PM

Will still pull for Jr. and still hate Gordon.

However, I will say this early on for all the people that are going to bash Jr. if he doesn't win his first 5 races. It could take some time for him to get adjusted to the new team/car. Don't bash him off gates!

6/15/2007 12:59:22 PM

Wal-Mart.

It fits. And further proves my suggestion that Dale Jr. fans are the UNC fans of NASCAR.

6/15/2007 1:14:46 PM

^I was going to say the same thing.

If Junior's name was Smith, nobody would like him....hell he might not be racing.

6/15/2007 2:32:15 PM

Alright, well let me ask this...who isn't a WalMart NASCAR fan? There can be WalMart UNC fans, because they didn't go there, nor have family members that went there. But how can there be a WalMart NASCAR fan? It's not like they attend some institution in which the driver is their mascot. I mean, I guess you could buy Budweiser and be a legitimate Jr. fan. But you get the point...

Now, there can be bandwagon fans, which is what I think you meant to say. And, in which case, I am not, because my grandfather, father, and family has always pulled for the Earnhardt family.

6/15/2007 2:36:13 PM

#3!!!

6/15/2007 2:36:32 PM

so i was wrong..Sony swooped in...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/06/22/earnhardt.sony.ap/index.html

6/22/2007 8:28:15 AM

he better have a red sony car

either way he's gonna lose a portion of his "redneck old-school nascar" following

6/22/2007 9:49:17 AM

He could have a pink car like his dad's first one.

6/22/2007 9:55:02 AM

lollerskates to all the people that tattooed this number on their body if it changes

6/22/2007 10:00:59 AM

lol, it will be just like that commercial he did

6/22/2007 10:39:13 AM

I don't think that article is correct ... it's a personal services agreement, not a primary car sponsorship.

6/22/2007 10:39:23 AM

thats what i brought up in nascar thread. Nascar and jayski are reporting it as an endorsement deal much like what they have with Peyton Manning. I don't think they will be sponsoring his new ride.

6/22/2007 11:04:54 AM

yeah its still up in the air on whether or not it will be the main car artwork sponsor or not, but a lot of people think it will

course computers/electronics werent exactly big nascar sponsors back when Sr. was racing...if they had been maybe he wouldve had a different sponsor

6/22/2007 11:22:00 AM