I do think 2001 was going to be his last shot at #8 cause of all the young drivers coming in at the time 2002 was the year the young guns took over the series.
you have to think with Kevin getting in that car as a rookie and won 2 races and finish top 10 in points.You would think Dale would had finish no worse than top 5 in points and would had been a title contender.
I remember many people at the time think he could have coming off one of his best season in years.I think he would had been in the hunt but the way Jeff ran that year he would had been tough to beat but still it would had been fun watching him and jeff battle it out that year.
imo Nascar sets these 4 cars up to be so much faster than the rest of the field cause its noway they could get this lucky every year and have the championship 4 run 1 2 3 4 all race long.
this format sucks cause all this race is is a 4 car race its not worth to watch unless ur driver is one of the 4 cause noone else has a shot to win its like Nascar sets the 4 championship cars up diffrent to outrun the rest of field.
this is why I was so worried last week when Kevin got that damage cause I knew if he had bad race at Texas it could be over cause Martinville is one of his worst tracks and did'n want the season being on the line here.