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Frontsight haunts Kasey Kahne.Hindsight haunts Casey Mears, too.
Casey came up too soon and being touted the next Gorden added unnecessary pressure. And staring out with a new team did didn't help. He had the veteran Bill Elliot as a teammate but I wonder how much of a mentor he was. I imagine everyone on the Evernham team was distracted trying to figure out how to establish a new team. Casey might have done better starting with an established team where the day to day operation is established and someone might have been able to help him blend in.
When ever I hear the phrase "The next Gordon" I always think of Casey and his experience.
No one can tell us who it will be, track performance will decide. So far I'm seeing Larson as one of the next stars. But they might call him the next Kyle Bush (minus the early attitude).It would be nice to know who the next Gordon is though, so all of us Gordon fans can prepare to become fans.
I have been looking up stats lately and I read the article on Casey and yet again lazy journalism touts from time to time "..Logano, could have been, Logano may be the next Casey Atwood, blah, blah blah. Casey's stat comps year to year were no where near Logano's. IMO just lazy. If you are going to compare apple to apples you darn well better make sure you are dealing with apples. Sad article by the way.
It is sad that , even though he made it to the top 43 of his profession , he and others don't consider that a success . I didn't see the comparison to Joey as a stats comparison . Just that you make decisions at crucial points in your career , some are diamonds like Joey's move to Penske , some are coal like Casey and Evernham's .
I've mentioned Casey Atwood on here many times when it comes to people with potential because he is the first person that comes to my mind in a situation like his. I can't remember seeing anybody, besides maybe Kyle Busch who has as much just, what seemed like, pure natural, raw ability to just drive the hell out of a race car in a very long time. It was just a shame that that ability just drowned in all the other stuff that is required of a Cup driver.
I have to agree with you there. He was a hell of a crew chief for Jeff Gordon back in the day, but some people are just really cut out for certain things and not others.Having a good owner would've helped as well. Evernham seems like a dousche
I have to agree with you there. He was a hell of a crew chief for Jeff Gordon back in the day, but some people are just really cut out for certain things and not others.
I agree , but sponsorship is everything today . Sponsors are handing over checks for many millions of dollars and they want squeaky clean drivers who do really well in front of a camera . That's just the way it is . None of those old tobacco chewin good old boys would stand a chance at getting a sponsor in today's Nascar. Absolutely amazing the guys like Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards have managed , through all their troubles , to keep their sponsors onboard.
I remember watching him and thinking he was gonna be the next big thing...... but I moved back downunder in '99 so thats why I don't recall what happened to him.Casey got a lot better by the end of the 2001 season, then he got **** on by evernham and moved to the crappy 7 satellite team that was junk. His career essentially ended after that year, he never even got a chance in a competitive ride again. Real shame because I think he has the talent
i thought his castrol #27 car was the sharpest ever paint scheme, still to this day. my nephew just completed basic from the air force last week and he's home right now. he leaves tomorrow for las vegas where he will be for at least 4 years, and he asked if he could have a few 1:24 cars out of my collection, of course i said yes, that he could pick 12 cars, and the first car he chose and said he wanted more than any was the atwood 27 castrol car. funny i hadn't thought of casey in years till today with him and then this thread. funny how that happened.
I have a diecast of his Castrol car he raced in Busch somewhere. Back from the day when I collected diecast cars.i thought his castrol #27 car was the sharpest ever paint scheme, still to this day. my nephew just completed basic from the air force last week and he's home right now. he leaves tomorrow for las vegas where he will be for at least 4 years, and he asked if he could have a few 1:24 cars out of my collection, of course i said yes, that he could pick 12 cars, and the first car he chose and said he wanted more than any was the atwood 27 castrol car. funny i hadn't thought of casey in years till today with him and then this thread. funny how that happened.
I liked the 1:24 better when I was a kid. I didn't buy them of course lol. But, I would only get one for birthdays/christmas, so I would only have like three to play with lol. I don't collect diecast anymore but my desk at work is kinda empty and I was thinking the other day I might need to get a 1:24 IndyCar diecast and have it signed and put it there.I've got a lot of 1:64 but have never had the cajones to spend big money on bigger cars.
I've got a lot of 1:64 but have never had the cajones to spend big money on bigger cars.
about 100 1:24
maybe 200 1:64
1 can of davey allison chili
roughly 250 autographed magazine, cards, hats, cars
15 remote controlled cars
alot more miscellaneous stuff
sold hollywood hammond a bunch of cars a few years ago, claimed he was starting a store.
I liked the 1:24 better when I was a kid. I didn't buy them of course lol. But, I would only get one for birthdays/christmas, so I would only have like three to play with lol. I don't collect diecast anymore but my desk at work is kinda empty and I was thinking the other day I might need to get a 1:24 IndyCar diecast and have it signed and put it there.
he said he was starting his own, he had a website for a year, but it was always under construction. he bought alot dale sr and jr cars, and a couple autographed cars. he was cool, but he didn't want to pay hardly anything, told him i would just keep em, but we reached a deal on a few.
I'd put my money on Chase Elliot.It would be nice to know who the next Gordon is though, so all of us Gordon fans can prepare to become fans.