[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeTriDelta

Please don't call me a "joker" just because of the driver I support and do not assume what I believe or think about the driver I choose to support. I do honestly think Jr. will win a championship because he has determination. He has the drive to drive in my opinion and I believe if you have that determination and drive you will eventually be rewarded. After listening to his radio at Michigan (I was fortunate to be at the race yesterday) he wants to win. He wants that championship. Whether or not he will achieve those goals is unknown to you and to me, but I believe that with determination and the drive he has he can an will win. I'm sure you will counter that, but that is what I believe and really nothing you say will change my mind. He can't help his last name. Did he ask to be an Earnhardt? Nope. Does he have a whole lot of pressure because of that last name? Absolutely. He isn't Dale Sr. and never will be. He will never achieve what his father did, and that's fine with me. I want Jr. to be Jr., not Sr. Even if Jr. never wins a championship, he has still been successful in my eyes with his Nationwide team and his bar in Charlotte.

Interesting about that Gibbs Nationwide team infractions though.

LOL, BTD I wasn't trying to offend you. I use the word joker all the time. It's a habit that I have. I certainly do apologize if I did offended you, and I'll try not to use that word when I quote you. My apologies.

I wasn't trying to change your opinion. If you like Junior then so be it. IMO, I just don't think he's got the skills to win a championship. I bumped this thread because I was trying to make my point. About a year ago I said Kyle was going to be "The Man" and that he would win a championship before Junior does. When I said that, I almost got laughed off of this thread. You, shinerbock and other greekchat members posting on here said that Kyle was no comparison to Junior. I agree with you 100% when you said neither one of us can predict the future, you are absolutely right. What I can do though is make a judgement call based on the way a driver drives. I used to watch Kyle when he was racing in the Busch series before he entered cup racing. I knew at that point that he was going to be the next Jeff Gordon, or close to it. The question I have is, what is Kyle doing now? He's doing exactly what I said he was going to do. WIN. He almost won at Michigan which would have been race win #9. The next question I have is who is at the top of the food chain as far as points are concerned? Kyle. I said that he would win a championship before Junior. You all thought I was insane. What's about to happen? I'll be surprised if Kyle doesn't take the Sprint Cup home this season. Sure, I agree with you, Junior is a successful business man "off" the track, but on the track he is not. I'm sure when he retires he'll also be inducted into the NASCAR hall of fame too. But for what? How is he the most popular driver in NASCAR with 0 championships and his father a 7 time champion and Gordon a 4 time champion never, not once got that honor? Last but not least. IMO Junior will not win a championship. He doesn't have the skills nor does he have enough time. He'll be 34 soon. If he was as good of a driver as Eury Jr. is a crew chief, that team would more than likely win no less than 2 championships. Eury Jr. is by far one of the best crew chiefs in the business.

I haven't been keeping up with the Nationwide series. What's up with Gibbs?

What do you think about Tony leaving Gibbs as an owner/driver? I like Tony and I hope he succeeds, but I have yet to see a successful owner/driver.