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Dave Moody says that Dale Jr. and Jimmie Johnson are 'lobbying hard' for the Matt Kenseth. Take it for what it's worth .. Jimmie must be lobbying for everybody because he just went to bat for Bowman the other day. There's some other tidbits in this article, so check it out if you are...

I'll go with an 8. There was lots of passing ... lots of grooves ... and a fairly decent finish.

Bonehead goes to Jason Ratcliff for his 2 tire call on the final pitstop. Probably cost Matt Kenseth the win.

Matt said he holds no ill will toward anyone at JGR, but you know he'd like to stick it to them and outperform the kid over the next few years.

He's a pretty solid bet for the 88 .. both Jimmie and Junior have went to bat for him. Just today Jimmie said Bowman deserves the 88 ride, but it wil ultimately be the call of the sponsors.

Matt put his house in NC up for sale last year .. not sure he got it sold or not. He also closed up his museum in Cambridge, Wi. a month or so ago.

Yeah, I don't know why he said that ... probably wanting to put a happy face on things at JGR. He surely knew at that point in time what Matt's future looked like .. just didn't want to give the press anything to start speculating with. It's business, but yeah ... he's as shady as any of them...

Oh I know .. just posting to show that Joe Gibbs is pretty good at PR spin. He's full of crap like most PR folks. I'm sure Matt fully understands the business aspects of being replaced by a hot shot youngster ... just have to hope Matt will get a top new ride next year and race like he has a...

Here's a quote from Joe Gibbs from last year. **Kenseth's boss, Joe Gibbs, insists emphatically his senior driver's future is secure. "Kenseth's future is - we love him," Gibbs says with a laugh. "I can tell you that right now. We love Matt Kenseth. He's a big part of our program. We don't need...

Haha .. there are always going to be upset people when it comes to sports. I'm sure kyle busch has ruffled some feathers over the years, but his sponsors don't seem to care much.

So .. this is how you pass 90 plus cars in Nascar.

I think he was hoping that a deal could be extended between Jones and Furniture Row.

Junior sure seemed to act as if he knew something about Matt's situation .. he was having a little trouble keeping a straight face during that interview. My initial thought was that there was some sort of a deal between Hendrick or JR and Matt.

Love the idea ... would be great to see Matt get a 2 or 3 year deal in a ride like that.

The only thing that was kind of shady is that Joe Gibbs kept saying Matt's future was safe at JGR, and that they loved him, and hoped he'd retire at JGR. I don't really fault for Gibbs for trying to keep a happy face on everything though .. and I think Matt was aware of the situation pretty...

What are the facts, then? It was reported at the time that Monster is paying 20 mil per season .. the old deal for Sprint was believed to be $50 mil per. Maybe a third isn't quite accurate, but it's substantially less according to dozens of reports at the time. Were those reports all wrong?

Matt "The Brat" Kenseth appeared to come out that day. Yeah .. he totally beat Joe Gibbs to the punch and kind of forced their hand a bit. He was tired of living under that cloud.

Matt Kenseth has *never* said he was planning on retiring, or even thinking of retiring ... that has been media creation, and some words from Joe Gibbs hoping he would retire with JGR...

I don't disagree there ... I already stated in one of these threads that sponsorsh I'd agree with this ... salesmanship is not a Matt Kenseth strong point. He's never loved the camera quite to the degree that most of these drivers do. He might finally be at a point where his driving skills...

Joe Gibbs kept making statements last year that he loved Matt and he hoped he would retire with JGR ... Matt on the other hand never planned on retiring. I don't think Matt has been treated unfairly. He saw the writing on the wall just like Carl did, but he elected to finish out his contract...