Because it is a family business and there was opposition against him spending more for Nascar. By going to Toyota much of his cost was cut and he was fine until Joe doubled the costs.
I'm not talking about Jack.
Boy, I completely misread the date on the announcement. Thanks.
Costs initially cut, and the allegedly JGR raises costs....Should put him back at what he was paying for Chevy. I mean I love the logic that surrounds all of this. The more people talk about the atrocities of JGR and Furniture Row, the sillier it gets.
Torn on this. I agree that 23XI would be the most lateral, but that is a fun new team. It might be interesting, however, to see if the narrative around here changes with a change in OEM. I want him back, but I am ready if he launches.
I can't see RCR. Just can't. Why the hell would you go to that mess? Plus, Poop Poop says he couldn't afford Reddick, but he can afford KFB? Makes no sense. I don't see KFB as a Toyota lock, but I wonder what the conversation sounded like between Denny and MJ.....MJ talks championships, and KFB is a champion with something to prove.
Corvette will be selling customer cars within two years fwiw, as a result of the regulations.
MJ might want championships but he's also a business man and I don't think he's willing to just throw a ton of his own money in to try to win a championship given how much of a crap shoot the way the championship is decided. I guess he could sponsor the car through his own brands and it wouldn't be as much of a personal financial hit.
Yes, ONLY because of a rules change. They have had 23 years to sell customer cars in the US and have refused to do so. They even ran off the one guy that tried to do it in his own. That's a bull**** way to operate and I told Doug Fehan that personally back in 2013, not that it was HIS decision to make.
Your reasoning is in part why my prediction is that he goes to 23XI: the question nobody can answer is IF Kurt is going to retire due to his injury? It’s understandable, and would open the seat to KDB, but they’d still have to purchase an additional charter to bring Reddick in for the following year.
My gut tells me that this is what's going to happen.
They're a personal sponsor of Kurt. If Kurt retires, Monster is gone from 23XI
Or going to the 18 with Ty?
It depends on the terms of the contract. Remember when HMS had Nationwide one one car and Farmers on another in the same year
Not sure what is going to happen, but from the perspective of security and family.....Is he going to find a better deal elsewhere than he has right now...at least with Toyota? Is Chevy going to give him more than he has right now? Ford? I don't think so....unless there is ownership at stake somewhere. For him to gamble the security of TRD and his team, there has to be some equity involved IMO.
It is getting stupid. Pick a lane, and let's be done with it.he better be moving after all this bs.
The wins will absolutely slow down....by design. Next Gen. Look at Larson....he isn't sundowning, but this car is designed to level the playing field. Kyle and everybody else haters and supporters alike need to come up with a new metric to judge him. Having said all of that.....I respect your point, but that 37 year old has been sure is causing a fuss. Interesting stuff.
Please sweet baby Jesus be right!
Can't @StandOnIt come out to play?
I hope you are right. It does fit....I think Kurt is gone.....Why would he continue with the safety of the car in question.....and that would explain why 23 XI isn't desperate for a charter.....
The thing is, can’t blame the Next Gen for Kyle. He has 4 wins in 3 years… and this is the first year of the car. At one point I figured he pass Earnhardt in wins. Now I don’t think he will.
I think it's less about age 37, and more about mileage. He's in year 18.
I never do business with friends....You ever wonder how that saying came about?
While I do agree the super teams will rise to the top, I don't think you will find domination. This is a drastically different formula from anything NASCAR has done before. The box is tight.....and the Pocono consequences are pretty devastating.
The difference as you pointed out, is with this car they cant spend millions on making a better Upper or lower control arm, spindles, massaging body panels etc.... they are gonna buy it from the same place as the little guy.
Just a hunch.
We shall see. I distinctly remember the same hype around the 2008 season with the COT. We heard every single week from the fox booth about this unprecedented level of party. Then Edwards Busch and Johnson won 24/36 races that season, but generally speaking, the rest of the field was packed pretty tight outside of those 3 cars.
Absolutely..but the better funded teams still will be paying the higher quality staff you could assume, right? And with superior performance over time, they'll have more reliable data to work with. The platform may be the same baseline but I'd still imagine the playing field will get less even.
That wasn't the hype. The car was built to be safer after the death of Sr, and Adam Petty.
As always the better funded teams will find a trick here or there but nothing like in the past, there just isnt any room for it. The most important parts of the car have effectively been put off limits. The new car eliminated the need for many crew positions so a lot of really good crew guys were set free to find other jobs and many found their way to the lesser funded teams. You might think if they were that good they wouldnt have been let go but thats unfortunately what happened to a ton of really really talented guys and girls. I've been around a long time and have never seen the competition this close and I expect it to continue
