WhiningSmoke
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The biggest issue with Nascar today. Talent comes second in terms of things owners look at when hiring a young driver. Most up and comers are ride buyers, or have family connections. Pretty much the only exception to this that I can think of is Bubba Wallace.
Too many times we've seen talented drivers lose their rides to people with sponsorship. An example includes Ross Chastain. Chastain had a part-time 2013 truck campaign where if he'd run the full season, he'd have been in the hunt to win the championship. The only full-time driver with a better average finish than his in 2013 was Matt Crafton. So what does Brad Keselowski Racing do with this very talented young man? Does Brad give him a full-time ride? No, he fires him and hires Tyler Reddick, a ride buyer. One who has done nothing but disappoint.
This is all too common in Nascar today. Elliott Sadler is currently driving the #11 car for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series. Why? Because he has guaranteed sponsorship from One Main Financial. Gibbs lets Sadler run full-time while he has promising drivers like Drew Herring, Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, and Michael McDowell either running in lower series or a part-time schedule.
RCR's entire stable, except for Ryan Newman, has either family connections or has bought a ride. This wasn't happening ten years ago.
Too many times we've seen talented drivers lose their rides to people with sponsorship. An example includes Ross Chastain. Chastain had a part-time 2013 truck campaign where if he'd run the full season, he'd have been in the hunt to win the championship. The only full-time driver with a better average finish than his in 2013 was Matt Crafton. So what does Brad Keselowski Racing do with this very talented young man? Does Brad give him a full-time ride? No, he fires him and hires Tyler Reddick, a ride buyer. One who has done nothing but disappoint.
This is all too common in Nascar today. Elliott Sadler is currently driving the #11 car for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series. Why? Because he has guaranteed sponsorship from One Main Financial. Gibbs lets Sadler run full-time while he has promising drivers like Drew Herring, Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, and Michael McDowell either running in lower series or a part-time schedule.
RCR's entire stable, except for Ryan Newman, has either family connections or has bought a ride. This wasn't happening ten years ago.