[NASCAR] Miscellaneous Rants - 2
Good grief, it's been weeks since I last blogged, and the news is so damned exciting, I can't help but to rant on two other subjects.
Jayksi is reporting that a Cup/Busch team owner would like to sign James "Bubba" Stewart to a TEN YEAR CONTRACT. Bubba Stewart currently races 125cc AMA Motocross and is expected to move up to 250cc soon. I've been to a few Supercross races, and they are very exciting. I had the opportunity to call Jeremy McGrath a "f-n traitor" for switching motorcycles from Honda to one of his other brands. I'm sure that comment really "stung" given that he'd just won the race. Regardless, this was probably the highlight of my career as a "sports heckler". Anyway, back to my original point, I don't know who is crazier -- 1.) why would a team owner sign an unproven talent to a 10 year contract and 2.) why would a potentially talented kid sign his life away for 10 year, especially if it's working for Chip Gannassi Racing. Obviously all of this conversation is mere speculation, but it does shed some light on the thinking of some of the movers and shakers in the sport. Team owners are really looking for the next Tony Stewart/Jeff Gordon et al. And, they are looking wherever they can find them. But Steve Kinser, Robbie Gordon and countless others have proven to me that being a dominate racer in one form does not mean anything in another form. Kinser is back to winning 25 races a year at "super-dirt-tracks" in such places like Elma, Washington. And Gordon will shortly be honing up his skills for the next Baja 1000. It must be the doubly attractive nature of Bubba Stewart's name, 'nuff said.
The second exciting thing in today's news is that ISC will apparently be announcing Monday that they are going to build a 3/4-mile track in Snohomish County, Washington. This my friends is thrilling. I will be within a few hours of a major speedway, it's been years since I've had this luxury. I should note that the tree huggers and anti-business commies will probably screw up this deal. Yelm, Washington, even closer to my home, was in the running until a few weeks ago. Apparently ISC pulled this proposed site off the table because there were too many stinky hippie/sandal wearing freaks who opposed the track. Nothing like bringing $87M a year to your community. Now Yelm's biggest enterprise is JZ Knight's school of enlightenment.
Jayksi is reporting that a Cup/Busch team owner would like to sign James "Bubba" Stewart to a TEN YEAR CONTRACT. Bubba Stewart currently races 125cc AMA Motocross and is expected to move up to 250cc soon. I've been to a few Supercross races, and they are very exciting. I had the opportunity to call Jeremy McGrath a "f-n traitor" for switching motorcycles from Honda to one of his other brands. I'm sure that comment really "stung" given that he'd just won the race. Regardless, this was probably the highlight of my career as a "sports heckler". Anyway, back to my original point, I don't know who is crazier -- 1.) why would a team owner sign an unproven talent to a 10 year contract and 2.) why would a potentially talented kid sign his life away for 10 year, especially if it's working for Chip Gannassi Racing. Obviously all of this conversation is mere speculation, but it does shed some light on the thinking of some of the movers and shakers in the sport. Team owners are really looking for the next Tony Stewart/Jeff Gordon et al. And, they are looking wherever they can find them. But Steve Kinser, Robbie Gordon and countless others have proven to me that being a dominate racer in one form does not mean anything in another form. Kinser is back to winning 25 races a year at "super-dirt-tracks" in such places like Elma, Washington. And Gordon will shortly be honing up his skills for the next Baja 1000. It must be the doubly attractive nature of Bubba Stewart's name, 'nuff said.
The second exciting thing in today's news is that ISC will apparently be announcing Monday that they are going to build a 3/4-mile track in Snohomish County, Washington. This my friends is thrilling. I will be within a few hours of a major speedway, it's been years since I've had this luxury. I should note that the tree huggers and anti-business commies will probably screw up this deal. Yelm, Washington, even closer to my home, was in the running until a few weeks ago. Apparently ISC pulled this proposed site off the table because there were too many stinky hippie/sandal wearing freaks who opposed the track. Nothing like bringing $87M a year to your community. Now Yelm's biggest enterprise is JZ Knight's school of enlightenment.
1 Comments:
Bubba Stewart is undoubtedly talented, but I wouldn't get too wrapped around the axle about a 10-year contract. His contract will almost certtainly have som e perfomace standards which will leave Ganassi open to dump him if it doesn't work out. Stewart probably has a good enough agent to give himself some wiggle room if he wants to jump ship. All that aside, I am looking forward to some new blood not name Jeff Green or some other Busch scrub. I hope he works out.
Glad to hear Washington is getting a track, and a short track at that. I wonder which existing track will get cannablized for a race date. I hope it's Loudon.
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