Silly Season 2025

wi_racefan said:
Is he any better? I mean what Justin did in RWR equipment was impressive to say the least. Suarez has had several top rides and had only produced mediocre results. Don't get me wrong I like the guy but I'm not sure he's an improvement in this situation.
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He has couple of Cup wins versus Haley's only win when he stayed out and the rest of the race at Daytona was rained out.
 
I've defended Suarez before, but he's actually having a pretty bad season. He's 31st in the standings, that's shocking when you consider the ride he has. Haley is in front of him as of now.

That said, Suarez is slightly better than Haley, and capable of making the playoffs on points.
 
I don’t see how replacing Justin Haley before he even completes a full season in that car fixes anything for Spire. Especially after they thought highly enough of him and went through buying out Haley’s deal with Ware/RFK and bringing in Rodney Childers to the 7 team.

Childers lasted like 8 races with the team. And half his crew was poached by Hendrick shortly before that. The 7 team has been a disaster. And it’s not all driver. Spire strikes me as another team trying to money whip their way to competitive status without focusing on the bones of the team first.

Haley deserves another year to turn it around. I like Daniel Suarez, but I don’t see him as being the solution there either.
 
MRM said:
He has couple of Cup wins versus Haley's only win when he stayed out and the rest of the race at Daytona was rained out.
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And you can't even compare the level of equipment that the two have been in. I mean this by far the best equipment Haley has even been in and it's an organization that has one win in it's lifetime. Suarez has driven for championship level teams at SHR and JGR as well as a title contending team of Trackhouse.
 
I think it comes down to money or personality or both in Haley's case. Spire is all over the place racing wise. Could be they lipped off about Haley to see how many drivers out in the driver world would be interested in a spot on the team and what they could bring to the table. Surely Haley has a contract with them.
 
StandOnIt said:
I think it comes down to money or personality or both in Haley's case. Spire is all over the place racing wise. Could be they lipped off about Haley to see how many drivers out in the driver world would be interested in a spot on the team and what they could bring to the table. Surely Haley has a contract with them.
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Yeah and so did Rodney and Corey.......
 
StandOnIt said:
I don't know if they did or didn't myself. Can't say I heard either say so.
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Corey was part was through the 1st year of a 2 year deal when he got "traded". They're still paying him. Rodney was clearly under contract for more than 8 races or whatever that was. I'd be willing to bet they're still paying him too, because he isn't in a rush to do anything else.
 
wi_racefan said:
Corey was part was through the 1st year of a 2 year deal when he got "traded". They're still paying him. Rodney was clearly under contract for more than 8 races or whatever that was. I'd be willing to bet they're still paying him too, because he isn't in a rush to do anything else.
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Didn't they have him back for a race or two. I haven't been paying much attention to the Lajoie story.
 
JBone88 said:
I love me some SVG. Great talent and great personality for the sport. If it wasn’t for “win and you’re in” and Playoff discourse, his wins would be looked at in a much different light.
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Some of us can look past that B.S.. You don't win 3 races against the Cup field unless you are doing something. He hasn't just won them either, he's out front just cruising most of the time.
 
JBone88 said:
I love me some SVG. Great talent and great personality for the sport. If it wasn’t for “win and you’re in” and Playoff discourse, his wins would be looked at in a much different light.
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Have we asked him how he feels about bringing back the full season format? :cool: ;) ;) :punkrocke
 
wi_racefan said:
Is he any better? I mean what Justin did in RWR equipment was impressive to say the least. Suarez has had several top rides and had only produced mediocre results. Don't get me wrong I like the guy but I'm not sure he's an improvement in this situation.
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Some of the consideration will also be whether Suarez would even be willing to sign a 1-year deal with Spire. It seems the next silly season is poised to be a lot more active and Spire might not want to commit themselves to multiple years knowing other, better options will hit the market soon.
 
After Chevy wildcard entry plans with Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson fell through the past two years, Ford are working to run a Cup driver at the ‘Grand Final’ in Adelaide. Sounds like it’ll probably be Cindric, but I’d like to see them decide to go with Blaney.

 
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