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For me, the question was never really whether the teams NEEDED the money, you can play that game all day long. For me it was a question of whether they DESERVE a bigger piece of the pie, and I believe they do. I am also sympathetic to the fact that the "cost saving" car has been anything but...

True, but why did it take Denny to get Jordan involved, when he's been a fan for years, and regardless, Denny really put himself out there while just about everyone was hiding in their offices or wherever. Denny could have just pussed out like everyone else and kept quiet, but he didn't, and I...

I'm not real sure I would have agreed to that. They should have been made whole.

I agree, but it was still pretty cowardly for the rest to let the other two twist in the wind like that. Not a particularly proud moment for ANY of them, especially the heavy hitters.

My thoughts exactly. I was NEVER in favor of the charter model, but once we went down that path, permanence was the ONLY logical answer. You can't have people investing that kind of money with the risk of getting the rug pulled out from under them. It's going to change the dynamics of future...

Yeah, except the two people actually RESPONSIBLE for all the success are dead. Now you just have a bunch of people who were born on third base and think they hit a triple.

Like Denny or hate him, him and his gang have a LOT more balls than the rest of the car owners, and I for one respect that.

For YEARS I was a big Jim France supporter, but after he stabbed a LOT of Grand Am, teams, drivers, and especially fans, I lost a lot of respect for him. Still, I thought him taking the reins of NASCAR was going to be a positive thing, but I feel like he set out to prove me wrong at every turn...

Hopefully it won't allow NASCAR to destroy the sport.

How many other sanctioning bodies have EVER felt the need to field race cars locked up by patents?

Brian pretty much asserted on The Dale Jr. download that he was still heavily involved, so you may not actually be all that far off.

No, we don't know, but as a general rule, civil trial juries tend to lean hard against the party perceived to hold the power and side with the " underdog". That's how we end up with some of these absolutely absurd punitive damages results. If NASCAR isn't careful, they are going to burn up any...

If the news story I read (with quotes) is accurate, the testimony yesterday from the NASCAR side was EXTREMELY unimpressive. If they think that performance is going to win over jurors, they may get a rude awakening.

I would contend it is NASCAR killing NASCAR, and anything Denny is doing is like throwing some gas on the smoldering ashes.

One of the things sorely lacking among the few who are considered full time beat reporters for NASCAR is an iconoclast that truly isn't afraid to piss anybody off, ESPECIALLY NASCAR. Where is a Robin Miller when you need them?

They are subject to the gag order. They can't say anything, at least overtly.

NASCAR basically has a gag order on them. Criticize the deal, and you are in violation of the agreement. Guys like Rick, Roger and Joe are smart enough not to get into a public pissing match. Doesn't mean they like the deal they signed. Rick said it without saying it right after the signing...

When someone has done 100 times more for an organization than you ever have or ever will, you show respect, even if you 100% disagree with the person. I've heard Richard Petty say a LOT of stuff over the last 45 years that has left me scratching my head, stuff I completely disagreed with, but...

How do we know he DIDN'T? Like most large organizations, NASCAR has a tendency to only respond after someone has embarrassed them in public. Richard Childress is an icon, he's basically untouchable. Steve Phelps is NOBODY. Five minutes after he retires /quits/ gets fired, nobody will know (or...

If I were Richard Childress, I'd be looking for somebody to hold my watch come, Daytona