NASCAR Drivers In Top Teams That Should Be Replaced By A....

[Panther_99FS]

..."young gun"...

Not doubt this will cause some "debate" - but here goes...

-Clint Bowyer
-Kasey Kahne
-Jamie McMurray
-Danica Patrick
-Ryan Newman

[MustangL2W]

I'll take your bait...

I agree with your statement although I think Bowyer has the opportunity and tools this year that if he can't make something of it this season, he will remain on your list. I don't think the talent pool out there is deep enough though to fill 2 Stewart-Haas seats, a Hendrick Seat, a Childress Seat and a Ganassi seat. You are going to have a hard time attracting big-league corporate sponsors to up and coming drivers. These kind of seats would be better filled by other known talents moving along from other opportunities. I think that Erik Jones would have been a great candidate for one of those top seats, but Furniture Row put on another car and it really spread the opportunities even thinner.

[Terry]

Come on P, the kids have not developed personalities yet plus they think they are immortal. There should be an age limit of 30 to let them drive.

[wombat666]

NASCAR made our local news under the same old heading ......... 'NASCAR Drivers in Pit Lane Punch Up'.

Logano and Busch would have collected a really long vacation under CAMS regulations.

[PRB]

The jury is still out on Bowyer. He was in a slow car last year. Agree with the rest of your list. But...

If You're going to put Danica on this list, then you have to consider Dale Jr. as well. They both have rides because they bring sponsor money, not because they win races. Although Dale Jr. at least has won a race...

[Daveroo]

want to comment on the bush vs lagono thing,i didnt see it live,but i watched it online.looked to me that if any one is in the wrong it would have to be bush,he came down on lagono ( yup i cant spell his name) when trying to pass that car,then joey (better) got loose and got him,i cant see anything joey did wrong.....kyle just reverted to his hot head mode...idiot...and i like the guy as a driver...maybe he and the wife need another honeymoon..and why dont we see much of her anymore?? maybe lecherous of me...but shes sweet...

[joe bob]

Earnhardt Jr has won 26 races, that is 26 more than Patrick.
In my opinion he is a good NASCAR driver, not a legendary one, but has certainly had a career that most drivers would be glad to look back on.
The best late model stock car race I ever saw was him and Maurice Petty's son dueling it out on a half mile track when he was just a teen.

Being easy on the eyes has not just gotten, and kept Patrick rides, but top quality rides that she has done nothing to speak of with.
I don't mind that so much, you have to use what you have, but lets not pretend she is anything but an also ran.
I have known several drivers who I think could have made a name for themselves if they got a break, particularly on the caliber teams she has been on.
But thems the breaks as they say.

[Panther_99FS]

The jury is still out on Bowyer. He was in a slow car last year. Agree with the rest of your list. But...

If You're going to put Danica on this list, then you have to consider Dale Jr. as well. They both have rides because they bring sponsor money, not because they win races. Although Dale Jr. at least has won a race...

- Agreed about Bowyer...
- I think I gotta side with joe bob's post about Jr.

[Panther_99FS]

I'll take your bait...

I agree with your statement although I think Bowyer has the opportunity and tools this year that if he can't make something of it this season, he will remain on your list. I don't think the talent pool out there is deep enough though to fill 2 Stewart-Haas seats, a Hendrick Seat, a Childress Seat and a Ganassi seat. You are going to have a hard time attracting big-league corporate sponsors to up and coming drivers. These kind of seats would be better filled by other known talents moving along from other opportunities. I think that Erik Jones would have been a great candidate for one of those top seats, but Furniture Row put on another car and it really spread the opportunities even thinner.

- About Bowyer, agreed...
- You could be correct about the deepness of the talent pool - more to follow!
- Agreed about Erik Jones..