I too think they'd keep Austin if JRM bought RCR for his sponsors and Austin will bring the equipment home, hes a consistent driver. A 3/8/88 JRM fleet of cars, I'd be snookered into buying the Merch thats for sure.
I thought they already did that
I'm not sure if it's a merger as much as it is a sharing of technology. I believe both are still producing their own engines.
I'd be of the thinking that Cole's not coming back and leaving that place anytime soon.
I thought they were exchanging data, ECR engines is still a thing.
Pretty much more data sharing in the Chevy camp.
Apparently I should have used the
tag after all. That'll teach me.
Oh no! We were just discussing is all, I think you're doing just fineApparently I should have used the
believe it or not hms ran some ecr motors in the play offs last year
They haven't had a driver since Harvick left that can challenge. Actually RCR never was very good. They just happened to win a lot because people were smart enough to keep out of Dale's way. Dale hired and fired his own people while at RCR. Just ask Larry.
People moved out of the way for Dale and thats why RCR won all those championships and races? RCR was never really good??
Thanks, I knew you would agree with me. Of course I should have said people moved out of the way OR GOT MOVED.
Well I wouldnt say I was agreeing more like questioning but sure. I was looking to dive deeper into your post but here we are.Thanks, I knew you would agree with me. Of course I should have said people moved out of the way OR GOT MOVED.
Well played.
After 58 yrs of being married, I am starting to learn a few things.
Fact check. The core people at RCR were there when Dale got there. Kirk Shelmerdine was the crew chief for four of RCR's six titles, and he was at RCR even before Dale's FIRST stint at there. Dale may or may not have gotten Larry Mac moved over to the 31 team, I'm not aware that ANYONE involved has ever alleged that, but even if he did, so what? Do you want to start a list of star drivers that have gotten a crew chief fired or reassigned? Also, the last time I checked, if you want to move somebody out of the way, you have to be fast enough to CATCH them. If you don't like Dale or RCR, that's fine, but asserting that RCR was never that good is just absurd. That does nothing but insult the teams that spent ten years trying to catch up to them.
He (Kelley Earnhardt-Miller actually) bought RCR and SHR.
thats getting it done right there.
And they're switching all cars to Dodge.
I thought it was Honda???
That was last year, now it’s Etron
They already did toward the end of last season
reddit got nothing on this place.
Just for your information, it was Dale Sr. that got me into watching Nascar and I stayed a fan until his death. Only 1 car was ever successful at RCR and that was the #3. Does that mean all the other cars were just as good and had poor drivers or that Dale just got the most from what he had?
By the time RCR had other cars, other teams like Hendrick, Roush, and the relatively new JGR and Penske were beginning to catch up to RCR, but for a decade they were CLEARLY the gold standard among race teams. The only other car they had during Dale's lifetime was the 31, and that was Mike Skinner for cripes sake. With Skinner's success in the Truck Series, Childress kind of got cornered into putting him in that car, kind of like how Hendrick got stuck with Brian Vickers. Dale's uncooperative attitude towards having a teammate CLEARLY didn't help the situation either. (I find it ironic and hypocritical that a guy who didn't want a teammate for himself, owned a three car team at the time of his death). Unfortunately for them, other than Harvick, the rest of the drivers they chose (for whatever reason) haven't been ANYBODY that moves the needle as far as I'm concerned. Harvick clearly COULD have kept RCR near the top, but be needed a few years to mature, and by then the landscape had changed quite a LOT. Also never forget how much money the death of Dale Earnhardt took out of that company over time. He was the ultimate cash cow for that team, and without him, that was a huge blow at a time when team budgets were absolutely exploding. I'm not an RCR guy and CERTAINLY not a Roush guy, so it doesn't really matter to me, but would you say Roush was never really very good based on the last ten years without considering the first twenty?
That is a whole new subject. Roush cashed in by selling to Fenway who cared only for PROFITS for his investments. Maybe they are trying to become relevant again with the offer to Brad K. but I doubt that will work as long as Fenway controls the purses.
I don't disagree with you on Fenway at all. I don't see ONE positive thing that partnership has accomplished other than fattening Jack's bank account. Jack was already his own worst enemy most of the time, he didn't need any more help. Even though Mark Martin claims he and Jack are really tight now, that didn't stop him from recounting all the things Jack and his management team mucked up over the years on his podcast.