Bubba brought a lot with him at the time he left Petty to head to 23XI. Heck I believe there was even a brief lawsuit over one of them. He brought DoorDash, McDonald's, Columbia Sportswear, Dr Pepper, and Root Insurance with him when he left.
Have any of these sponsors said because of publicity?
Where I don't agree with Wi, I doubt a sponsor would ever even admit something like that.
Exactly there isn't any proof to any of that opinion.
Yeah, there's no proof either way. So he can have his opinion, and you can have yours.
So why are you in the middle of it then?
Was helping to keep the peace is all.
Now come on....You know thats not the way SOI works.
How do I work?
I gave that up for the new year.
You work?
Smarter, never harder?
....or, I don't know, he was aligned with the greatest basketball player of all time.....in addition to the fact that is a great driver, but you want this to be about race and a political climate that challenged how the sport (and society) have treated people of color. The passive/aggressive acknowledgment of Bubba's talent is really crappy man. Let it go.
Yep, I don't like the way this looks and feels.....I have been a staunch supporter of JGR, but this smells really bad. I don't mind Coach giving Ty more time than most because he is a the grandkid, but I have a huge problem if Ty and Heather are the straws stirring the drink. HUGE problem.....I have spoken to this before....Toyota signed Legacy as a stand alone against the wishes of JGR.....that seemed interesting to me at the time, and makes even more sense now. Just sayin'....Legacy is building a championship infrastructure.
If he was canned, and that's a big IF, and they're still holding a non-compete against him that sucks. I've dealt with these things a few times in the past and typically there is always a way to get out of them, but sometimes you'll spend more than it's worth doing it. JGR has always seemed to put themselves above everyone else when it comes to the legal side. I mean when is the last you heard of a driver leaving JGR and taking any sponsorship with them?
I might be biting on the rumor mill, but my guess is that he got strong armed into babysitting Ty to get him into the Playoffs.....didn't like it, but wasn't heard. Probably a non-compete at play here, and Jazzy Jeff Curtis took set up secrets to RCR (see Austin Dillon Richmond win) from JGR.....and JGR pursued legal action if I am not mistaken....didn't want that scenario again. JGR retains their people. If Ty and Heather are taking the nepotism too far, this is concerning.....and again, I will point to Toyota signing Legacy against the wishes of JGR as evidence of TRD seeing something coming. I get that expansion is part of the Next Gen thing, but they had been fine with all eggs in one basket for quite some time.....IF this is true, I have a huge problem with it obviously.
Lajoie raced 4 years at Spire cup level, they rehired him for the Trucks last year? They said it was a mutual separation with Childers. Have you found anything that says different because I haven't.
They signed Lajoie to a multi year contract and fired him half way through year 1. He was never rehired, the reason they brought him back to race the truck was because they were still paying him to honor said contract, so why pay someone else to drive?
Making stuff up works with Rodney then. Spire could have forced Childers to honor his contract. Instead they let him out of it...that works just as well. BTW where does it say that anywhere about Lajoie?
