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Wow I can't believe they're going to Ford. I thought Stewart was a diehard Chevy guy, but I guess not. The money must have been too good which is another reason I lost interest in Nascar. I fear that Chevy won't get to many wins after this being there will be four more less in the field.

 

I just looked on Jayski and if they are right, Harvick's contract is up at the end of this year. The Mrs is going to have to find another driver to root for besides Harvick if he ends up in a Ford, or she is gonna be the ex-Mrs. :seeya:

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I just looked on Jayski and if they are right, Harvick's contract is up at the end of this year. The Mrs is going to have to find another driver to root for besides Harvick if he ends up in a Ford, or she is gonna be the ex-Mrs. :seeya:

It'd be nice if he goes to a Chevy team, but being that him and Stewart are good friends I doubt he will.

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It'd be nice if he goes to a Chevy team, but being that him and Stewart are good friends I doubt he will.

Harvick has been in chevrolet since his Nascar Southwest days when i used to watch him on the local track.
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Harvick has been in chevrolet since his Nascar Southwest days when i used to watch him on the local track.

Exactly, that's what makes it that much more odd if he stays and drives the Ford.

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Exactly, that's what makes it that much more odd if he stays and drives the Ford.

He will stay. He is likely looking at a huge contract to stay. Danica and Kurt got extended. If Harvick does leave, the team now knows that Busch is capable of competing for a championship.
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I don't think he will stay, but where would he end up if he left? Hendrick doesn't have a driver with a contract ending in 16. Childress has both Newman and Menard up for renewal along with the possibility of a 4th car, BUT I don't see Harvick going back there.

He could pull a Tony and buy into one of the small teams like HScott Motorsports, or JTG Daugherty Racing. Time will tell......

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Well... Danica was never much of a threat to rack up wins, and Tony's been out of the car more than he's been in it for the last couple of years (unfortunately). I think Jimmy still has a good number of wins left in him, and Jr should tack on a few more. Kahne has been close, but I'd be surprised if Chase doesn't get any this year. I don't think Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson have reached their potential yet. I'd like to think Newman might have a couple more left, but it's been a while. McMurray and Menard could get hot here and there... All is not lost for Chevy!

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All about the money.

 

^^^This...

 

I have been a Stewart fan my whole life, not because of Nascar, but because of all his dirt racing activities. Within the last couple years I lost the will to continue to support him. He changed the progressive banking to suit the Nascar truck race better at Eldora and ruined it for sprint cars. Now this last year a guy won an Outlaw race from the bottom, that has never happened in the history of Eldora. Sold out for money.

Now he leaves a proven alliance with Hendrick motorsports that has won his team many races and 2 championships to go to the highest bidder. Sold out for money again.

Tony does so much behind the scenes for drivers and racing, so I cannot hate the guy. I just never in my wildest dreams expected to consider him a sellout. It really turns my stomach to be honest.

 

As for Harvick, who knows. Newman and Tony were good buddies as well and look what happened there. Harvick may not have a real true Chevy performance alliance, it just so happens he came into Sprint Cup with RCR and then went to Stewart-Hass which both run Chevrolets. Harvick actually ran a Ford in the truck series for period of time. Not sure that a manufacturer will change his decision to stay or leave. The same won't be said for his fan base though.

 

To the OP, the Daytona photos are remarkable and I'm very happy that you got to go and enjoy it. Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

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Well... Danica was never much of a threat to rack up wins, and Tony's been out of the car more than he's been in it for the last couple of years (unfortunately). I think Jimmy still has a good number of wins left in him, and Jr should tack on a few more. Kahne has been close, but I'd be surprised if Chase doesn't get any this year. I don't think Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson have reached their potential yet. I'd like to think Newman might have a couple more left, but it's been a while. McMurray and Menard could get hot here and there... All is not lost for Chevy!

 

Agreed. Kahne, Larson, and Dillion all expressed there displeasure with the high downforce package of the last couple years. Being dirt guys I believe this year's low downforce package and higher horsepower will suit their driving styles much better. Good example was Darlington last fall. Nascar tried out the package for this year there and Larson should have lapped the field if it wasn't for an off sink pit strategy.

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He changed the progressive banking to suit the Nascar truck race better at Eldora and ruined it for sprint cars. Now this last year a guy won an Outlaw race from the bottom, that has never happened in the history of Eldora.

Did he do that after the first truck race? I missed it last year, but saw the first 2. I thought the 1st truck race at Eldora was great. 2nd one not so much. Wondering if the banking change killed it for the trucks too?

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It started the year of the first truck race. I have been going there for almost 20 years now, started around age 9, and the last two years the sprint car races have been VERY different than we are accustomed to.

 

This is a quote from a great one on one article with my favorite driver Joey Saldana. It pretty much sums up our frustrations along with his. Here is the link to the full article if you are interested. http://www.thedriversproject.com/2016/01/reflections-of-the-brownsburg-bullet/

 

"Unfortunately those days are gone. These days they’re trying to make Eldora more NASCAR-friendly. As soon as they did that it took the uniqueness right out of Eldora. That track was built for open wheel racing, it wasn’t built for a truck. They’ve had to change the configuration and shape of the track so that you can run a stock car on it and what did it do to us? It killed our cars. Nothing against Greg Wilson, but you shouldn’t ever go to a race at Eldora and dominate a race on the inside guard rail. It’s the same for everybody but to me the uniqueness and “The cool” factor is gone. I can remember going to 4 Crown in the late 70’s and early 80’s and these guys were just up on the fence and banging off the wall and those days are gone now. That phase is gone. Tony doesn’t really care though because he’s making millions of dollars on that truck race and that’s totally understandable."

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