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Posted By: thomasmnile on 12/08/17 09:37pm

bobsallyh wrote:

Well it looks like Danica's talks with the "Chipster" have broken down.

If they ever really were. From all I've read over time, she didn't burn her open wheel bridges, she blew them up. The intrepid Ms. Patrick is discovering her brand value as a driver ain't what it was. Perhaps she'll do better with spandex, cookbooks, and wine, though there's no shortage of any of that on the market.

Posted By: bucky on 12/09/17 04:40am

I guess ole Chip didn't need 2 more cars torn all to heck.

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Posted By: PawPaw_n_Gram on 12/09/17 01:52pm

I always thought it was a ‘rent a ride’ deal. Those include repair or replacement of crash damaged equipment. She would have needed close to a half million cash, and another quarter million security for the deal to go through.

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Posted By: gtnsmlr on 12/11/17 05:22pm

Chip probably said 4 mil a race, up front and, you only get 2 cars per...
Or...he could blow the dust off of something in the shop and sell her a Start and Park package.

* This post was edited 12/11/17 06:25pm by gtnsmlr *

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Posted By: bucky on 12/12/17 05:17am

I'm glad that she made it to Cup. it was good for Nascar. I pulled for her at first, then not so much as her personality became evident. Her final chest pounding comment was that she was going out on her own terms. I find that comical.
However she is a household name now with a bigger bank account than I will ever have, so good for her. Now go away Danica.

Posted By: thomasmnile on 12/12/17 03:52pm

bucky wrote:

I'm glad that she made it to Cup. it was good for Nascar.

Not sure how. She put any more butts in seats? The last 5 years of declining attendance reported by the publicly held track companies would suggest not, nor can the decline be laid at her feet. I saw it for what it was, a publicity stunt and not much more. Her 500 Pole will always have a cloud over it to me, just like Mikey Waltrip's 'rocket fueled' 500 Pole in Toyota's inaugural 500. The only person that made out was Danica, and maybe SHR for the sponsor money she brought from Go Daddy.

Posted By: thomasmnile on 12/12/17 05:29pm

Just read on Jayski.com Kurt Busch signed a deal with Stewart Haas and Monster is returning as a sponsor, though no details on the number of races they will sponsor the car were provided. Reckon Kurt took a pay cut? His public statement put the best spin on it possible, but given SHR didn't exercise his contract option and he didn't sign with another team, I have to figure his career options were few.

Posted By: Cloud Dancer on 12/12/17 05:43pm

Besides Danica, give me the other examples of events which led you to select the name "Follies"? For me, the totality what y'all complain is typical of what NASCAR has always been (a producer of spectacles who uses stock car racing as a venue). I've never seen a real jam-up NASCAR race.

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Posted By: bucky on 12/13/17 05:45am

I named it follies due to the constant changing of rules without giving the teams time to adjust. The rule changes I referred to cost Nascar nothing but sure raised the bar for needed sponsor money as the tech got way more complicated.
The pics below were from Dover about 1970 or so. What a difference.

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Posted By: JIMNLIN on 12/13/17 05:48am

: hmmm....and I thought this was a Danica bash thread.

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