Will Terry Labonte finish his career in the 5 car?

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i hope not..............but, do you think that when Terry decides to hang up his racing shoes, will he be driving the 5 car with HENDRICKS?
 
Its all in his hands. I doubt that Hendrick will ask Terry to leave. Now If terry wants to go Im not sure If hendrick will say yes or no. But I think hes gonna stay put in the 5 for a while if not until the day he retires.
 
Hendrick might let him go. he has 24 and 48 and they are doing good and 5 is doing fair but not as good as the orther 2. i would say un-less he retires in the next 2-3 years he will not be in the 5 car
 
Terry most likely isnt gonna get a ride in Roush or Gibbs. They seem to be focusing in on the young guns. And lap 3, the 48 is Gordons team. Hendrick has the 25, 5, and 24. If he was gonna get rid of a driver it would be Nemechek in the 25. Rick knows that Terry can still drive a car very very well, and He also knows that all 3 of his teams arent quite up to par.
 
I think Terry will end his career in the 5. Why would he want to leave Hendrick where he gets some of the best equipment in Nascar?
 
i think you got confused gordon24fan............ the 24 and 48 cars get the best equipment in NASCAR............but this is an argument i DEFINATELY do not want to get involved in. i have my issues about HENDRICKS, and the mention of his name gets me fired up. just ask anyone on this forum about my love for Rick Hendricks.
 
I thought I read a while back that Terry had signed a new HMS contract.
HMS is the one that needs to get it's azz in gear and figure out why the 3 cars just aren't up to par.
 
Dude, I don't want to get into this battle either but Terry Labonte gets the EXACT same equipment as the 24, 48 and 25. He said so himself. I dunno why you think otherwise cause it ain't true.
 
HMS is a one way check valve............... he only goes with who is hot at the moment...........$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is all he sees. if he was smart, he would have 4 successful teams, and he would see a whole lot more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. he has the money and staff and knowledge to have 10 successful teams, but he goes with who is hot at the time. pisses me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
B.C- 24, of course Terry says he gets the same equip as all the others.............. would you bash your boss on national TV??????????? not a very wise career move if he did.
 
So are you saying that Hendrick is putting all his money into the 24? It sure seems that way.
 
FANOF5....PLEASE tell us how you really feel!:D ;)

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not all his money..........what i am saying is that he focuses more time and effort, and money on the 24 and 48, and not the 5 and 25.............if Jerry Nadeau drove the 24 or 48 car, he would be winning races...........i would bet a paycheck on it...........
 
are you my shrink now kat? lol............just don't scratch me:D
 
Yep your Right Fanof5, Hendrick is focusing on the cars that started off well and are in it for the points. After Terry fell behind, Id bet that Hendrick took that money and put it into the 24 and 48 and the rest to his own pocket.
 
Originally posted by FANOF5
are you my shrink now kat? lol............just don't scratch me:D
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Well sweetie, at least you didn't get a HISSSSSSS

Hubby says Terry will finish his career up the 24's butt so hubby gets the big HIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ and CLAAAAWWWWWWSS
 
HIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ and CLAWWWWWWWWWWWWWS hurt, so thank you kat for sparing me:D
:bleh: on HMS
 
I personally think Terry deserves better than Hendrick.I agree with most of you that Jeff and Jimmie get the better equipment,much the same way Roush had two degrees of equipment several years back.At least Jack did learn from his mistakes and now has his four teams much closer with one another.Maybe Terry would fit at RR after all......
 
So what your saying FANOF5, is that when Terry won the title in '96 he did it in equipment that was inferior to what Gordon was running. That makes a lot of sense.:rolleyes:
 
No I think what Fanof5 is saying is that Hendrick puts his money towards the team that is doing well now. So in 96 when Terry was doing extremely well, Hendricks money went to Terry. Today in 03 Terry isnt doing as well, while Gordon and Johnson are...so Hendricks money goes to them, not to Terry and the 25 car.
 
Same thing with RCR. Childress gave Harvick the good crew because he is the "star" of RCR. Gordon and Johnson are the "stars" of HM. More money goes to them because they are going for the championship.
 
Terry Labonte's career is already over!!!


But seriously, I think he will finish in the 5 car. They should just have him run other setups, maybe he could help out the 24 and 48 (of course I hope not :) )
 
Do you know how stupid that sounds? I really wish you could sit back and see how stupid that really sounds. That's a REAL bad excuse to validate as to why someone is not running very well. Real bad. Just admitt that the driver and the team are not getting the job done. Don't go blaming everything on the car owner. You know he puts forth a lot of time and money year in and year out to see his cars run well. Right now Jeff Gordon is running like a midpacker but I'm not blaming anything on the car owner. Jeff and the team are not getting the job done, it's that simple. And if you continue to believe that it's all the car owners fault that I'd have to call you ignorant. And I'm not much for name calling but that's exactly what you'd be. Either that or extremely closed-minded. And I don't know which would be worse.:bored:
 
In a word, yes. I think he will stay right where he is. And that's a damn shame. Terry Labonte is a gentleman's gentleman, one of the most respected men in any form of racing, a driver with talent and skills aplenty. But he'll stay put.
 
Although some of these scenarios sound good, let's think about the one about which ever team is doing the best is where HMS puts his money. Doing the best is the major issue here. Based on what? To start out you can have 2 or 3 teams. Seems like the owner would start out these teams equally or atleast as close as possible equipment wise. Take that scenario and when you state that HMS gives the money to the team that does the best what does that leave things to be based on? I bet there are a number of members on here that could answer that. You can look at a number of teams out there today and you see these same scenarios. And I agree, this year RR has the most equal performing teams out there. And what would you base that scenario on? I wouldn't say it is just the money that RR is putting into the teams. It takes more than money to be competitive out there these days. But I do agree, the focus on one team more so than another is high on the list. Take Elliott for example. Doesn't that car owner have more than one team? Doesn't Marlin have a team mate also? Look at Stewart, look at B. Labonte? Where is the focus? And why is the focus where it's at? Is it Sponsors? Is it the talent of the driver? Just about every team out there has one or two cars out running their team mates. I think every car owner would like all their cars to be at the top of the hill, but why aren't they? For a driver to become "hot" as one poster mentioned, doesn't that driver have to start out just like the rest? First race, first year, etc. They don't become "hot" over night.
Terry is one of my favorite drivers, I would hope he will retire in the 5 car.
And yes I will agree, Ray is good at what he does. He's part of that "focus" program I mentioned earlier.
 
24 AND 48 GET BETTER EQUIPMENT THEN THE 25 AND 5 CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT IGNORANT ENOUGH FOR YA B.C.-24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF JEFF GORDON KEEPS ON BEING A MID-PACKER, HE WILL BE THE NEXT HENDRICKS VICTIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAS THAT STUPID ENOUGH FOR YA TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why can't i ever post a thread about how i think that the 25 and 5 car are getting shafted without a Jeff Gordon fan telling me i am stupid or making up excuses????????????? even if Terry wins another championship w/Hendricks, i will still think that HMS is hosed up, and i will feel bad for the other two or three cars that are getting shafted in Terry's gain..............i am not bashing Jeff Gordon when i comment about HMS...........sorry for getting loud, but damn!
 
Damn, you really believe that eh? Well that's cool I guess. Your entitled to your own opinion and I can respect that. No sense in getting all riled up about it.
 
HMS doesn't favor on team over the other. All the teams get the same equipment.....its what each team does with that equipment that the parity starts to show. Its all about performance. When Labonte and the Kellogg #5 car start qualifying better, getting more top 5's, 10's and win some races he will not get more money from Kellogg's. Wins breed wins and Dupont rewards the #24 team with a huge payoff every year....somewhere in the range of 15-20 mil a year. The difference lies in the fact that the #24 team has the money to hire the BEST tech specialists, fabricators and guys that fine tune a WC race car.....simple as that. Kellogg's prolly gives the #5 somewhere in the range of 6-12 mil per year. Its a vicious circle. Until Terry can show his sponsors that he CAN win more races.......he has no bargaining tool in which to ask for more money. :eek:
 
That's right Burndarubber. Money makes a big difference in this sport, and even though the three teams might be getting the same equipment, the #24 can better use that equipment b/c they can afford the best people.

But anyway, back to the point at hand. I think Terry Labonte is a solid racer, but I don't know how much longer we'll see him in the #5 if the results don't start picking up. Hendrick probably wouldn't release him unless Kellogg's wanted a different driver or they left, and by that point there might not be any teams willing to hire a veteran that has mediocre results the past few years against young drivers with a lot of potential. One way or another, he'll probably find himself finishing out his racing career in that #5 car.
 
Burnda, aloha and a good point. So what kind of $$$ do you think Ricky is going to bring to Woods?? PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
 
I hope Terry leaves, he proably will and Ricky Hendrick will take over the car. Also...i agree with fanof5, i witnessed it when Nadeau was in the 25, the 25 and 5 get inferior parts to the 48 and 24. The 24 and 48 order out for some of their parts while the 25 and 5 get those same parts made in shop.
 
Originally posted by Nadeaufan17
I hope Terry leaves, he proably will and Ricky Hendrick will take over the car.  Also...i agree with fanof5, i witnessed it when Nadeau was in the 25, the 25 and 5 get inferior parts to the 48 and 24.  The 24 and 48 order out for some of their parts while the 25 and 5 get those same parts made in shop.
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You got that right! The 25 and 5 are nothing more then test and tune cars for the 24 and 48! Hendrick only has them for the extra testing and knowledge to use on his #1 & #2 Teams!
 
So right you are Metal, The 5 and 25 teams are just wasting space out on the track on most occasions. If another guy was in charge of HMS, all 4 cars would be a force to reckon with on Sunday, not just 2. Too bad that Terry and Joe are stuck in the test cars...
 
I do find it amusing that people claim Jimmie Johnson is getting better resources from Hendrick than the #5 and #25 teams. Why would he? He's a rookie who didn't show a whole lot in BGN competition. Terry is a noo-too-distant former Cup champion. It's just a bunch of excuses to me.

Terry is currently 17th in points, which is better than his bro in the #18 and just one behind the "leader of Nascar Nation" in 16th. What am I saying? He isn't a doing too badly.

Do I think Terry will finish his career in the #5? Yes.
 
A lot of discussion about resource distribution on a multi car team. It ain't equal. Yates might be, but that's only two cars. Anyone believe RCR is equal? If so, then why the pit crew swap? Harvick and Green get the same stuff? Hardly. And let's ask Wally Dallenbach, Johnny Benson and Ted Musgrave if they got the same stuff from Roush as Mark Martin and Jeff Burton.

I happen to agree with 5fan. The 25 is little more than a glorified R&D car. Terry gets slightly better, but only slightly. The lion's share of the effort, time, money, focus and attention goes to the 24. Johnson is not a HMS car, so he don't count. Johnson's ride is owned by JeffyPoo. I think Sterling gets better stuff than Spencer, but then again, he does more WITH his stuff than Spencer too. I'd be willing to bet that King Kyle gets a better deal than the body of the week in the 44 or Andretti. It's the nature of the beast. You got X dollars and three cars. You can build three equal but probably mediocre cars, or you can divert a little bit of the pie to one car to contend for a championship. Hmm, let me think about that one for a minute...
 
i apologize to B.C.-24............i had a bad day at work yesterday, and i vented on you................PEACE.:D
 
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