Was he? He won two road course races at a time when the majority of cup drivers sucked at road courses. Fast forward to today and a lot more of the field are good road course drivers. He certainly was no SVG.
The flip side is that if he didn't always push the envelope he wouldn't have less wins than he does right now. If his driving style had him blow five races he should have won, who's to say it didn't win him 8 races he shouldn't have won.
I like road courses and thought that there should be more when there was only two on the schedule but I do believe they went too far and now have too many road courses.
Care to elaborate? Are you saying the rumor has Justin Haley replacing Bowman in the 48? What sense would that make? Doesn't matter as Bowman will be driving the 48 next year.
If your running for a championship in Indy, you choose the 500 over the 600. If your running for a championship in NASCAR you choose the 600 over the 500. Hopefully weather cooperates this year and it is a moot point.