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Formerjackman said:
Well, it's been 24 years, I don't think it's too soon to point out that Kenny's NASCAR career was indeed somewhat disappointing. That's not a knock on Kenny, it's just a fact, and some times facts are uncomfortable, but it doesn't make them any less true. It's also quite possible he would have found his groove at some point and become a great NASCAR driver. Sadly we'll never get to know. Side note to the OP, Kenny was with Yates, not Roush, and then he went to Sabco.
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I have no issue with anyone pointing out that he wasn’t a success in NASCAR competition.

I think what I was talking about is pretty clear.
 
Jorge De Guzman said:
What a stretch that was. Jeff was the height his powers, one of my fondest memories as a kid
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Jeff is the best to ever do it, in my eyes. Never seen someone as dominant as he was in the 90’s as a kid. At every type of race track. At every big race there was.

The fact that Terry Labonte, my favorite as a kid, won a championship against him in his prime, was remarkable in of itself.
 
JBone88 said:
Jeff is the best to ever do it, in my eyes. Never seen someone as dominant as he was in the 90’s as a kid. At every type of race track. At every big race there was.

The fact that Terry Labonte, my favorite as a kid, won a championship against him in his prime, was remarkable in of itself.
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When people say GOAT, Jeff gets my vote every single time.
 
Jorge De Guzman said:
What a stretch that was. Jeff was the height his powers, one of my fondest memories as a kid
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The run the 24 car got on after Rusty wrecked him at Richmond through the end of the season was the greatest thing in racing I have seen in my lifetime. They had a LEGITIMATE shot to win the last 17 races in a row.
 
Team Penske said:
I know Indy are highest paid but compared to Nascar?
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Elite F1 names like Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are well above and beyond anyone else in the motorsports industry, meaning $50M+ just in base salary. Obviously it drops off pretty significantly once you get into F1’s midfield and backmarkers, but the top are untouchable.

Colton Herta had the reported top salary in IndyCar coming into the year at ~ $7M/year. Others like Kirkwood, Ericsson, Dixon, O’Ward, etc. are in the $3-4M range. Probably nowhere close to what the top level Cup guys are getting, but still the highest since the Split. If you’re a Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott there’s no way you aren’t making eight figures.
 
I sure would like to see this be a regular thing instead of a one-off. Nothing better than my favorite driving a Coke machine!
 
AlTerego said:
My favorite Hooters scheme was from Rick Mast in the 1 car.
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That was a great one!

I really loved all the Hooters schemes, but my favorite might be the Loy Allen from '94.....

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Whizzer said:
Loy Allen. Now there's a name you don't hear often. That Hooter's car was sharp. I loved their motto:
"Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined."
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I think Loy was probably a fairly decent racer, but I think he kind of got thrown into a no win situation in the aftermath of Kulwicki's death, and the mess over who would own the 7 team and where the Hooters sponsorship would go.
 
I had high hopes for Allen when he took over the ride after Kulwicki died. Allen Kulwicki had a big pair of shoes to fill and I just don't think Allen was good enough to fill them. I looked up his record and in 48 races over 7 years, he only had one top ten and one pole.
Didn't Geoff Bodine buy the 7 team after Allen's run?
 
Whizzer said:
I had high hopes for Allen when he took over the ride after Kulwicki died. Allen Kulwicki had a big pair of shoes to fill and I just don't think Allen was good enough to fill them. I looked up his record and in 48 races over 7 years, he only had one top ten and one pole.
Didn't Geoff Bodine buy the 7 team after Allen's run?
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As I recall it, the "Hooters' family, (Sorry I just spaced on their last name) wanted Loy in the 7 car after Kulwicki's death, but Felix Sabates, who was the executor so to speak of the 7 team did NOT want Loy Allen in the seat. That caused a riff between the Hooter's camp and the 7 team, which ultimately led to the 7 team getting sold to Geoff Bodine sans sponsorship, while Loy took Hooter's sponsorship over to TriStar Motorsports, where he had very modest success. I would call it unrealistic expectations on the shoulders of a driver without a lot of experience paired with a team that wasn't good enough to prop him up until he got his feet under him in Cup.
 
Formerjackman said:
As I recall it, the "Hooters' family, (Sorry I just spaced on their last name) wanted Loy in the 7 car after Kulwicki's death, but Felix Sabates, who was the executor so to speak of the 7 team did NOT want Loy Allen in the seat. That caused a riff between the Hooter's camp and the 7 team, which ultimately led to the 7 team getting sold to Geoff Bodine sans sponsorship, while Loy took Hooter's sponsorship over to TriStar Motorsports, where he had very modest success. I would call it unrealistic expectations on the shoulders of a driver without a lot of experience paired with a team that wasn't good enough to prop him up until he got his feet under him in Cup.
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Alan wanted Jimmy Hensley to take the 7 car if anything happened to him. Hooters said no to Jimmy. As you stated, they were firmly in Loy's camp
 
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