It is expected that Mark Martin will be named to drive the #14 for most of the remaining races along with Austin Dillon driving a few.
But the MAJOR announcement could be Kurt Busch driving for Stewart Hass next year...that could be interesting.
Juan Montoya contract not renewed...where will he land?
Bobby Dale posted on his face book this morning...
"I wanted to let you all know I made a terrible mistake last night drinking and driving and I am thankful nothing bad happened from my stupidity and I know It could have. I'm sorry for letting all my fans friends and family down and I hope I can make it up to each and everyone of you and in the future be a good role model. I will continue to move forward with my racing career and I hope I continue to have your support thanks"
SHR has not yet named a driver of its No. 14 Chevrolet for the Sprint Cup Series following race Aug. 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Max will run Watkins Glen and the team will evaluate from there who will fill in future races. Tony will need a second surgery at a later date.
Tony actually hit a car that was already spun out on the backstretch.
Racers race.
Its what they do, what they live for, what they eat, sleep and breathe, consequences be damned.
And sometimes those consequences are very real.
Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart broke his right tibia and fibula in the crash of 360 sprint car. It was Stewarts third sprint car crash in the last three weeks and as a result he will not race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday, missing his first Cup race after 521 consecutive starts, dating back to his rookie season.
Without question, Stewart breaking his leg and potentially missing the Chase for the Sprint Cup will fuel a whole new round of debates about driver safety, track safety and driver responsibility.
In June at Sonoma Raceway, I spent about 15 minutes inside the No. 14 hauler one-on-one with Stewart, mostly talking about the business of running Stewart-Haas Racing and the importance dollar-wise to the team about making the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which is worth literally millions of dollars in sponsor incentives and prize money.
After I turned the tape recorder off, Stewart spoke passionately and eloquently about his love of sprint car racing and how much he enjoyed the short-track competition. And in the wake of the recent death of his close friend Jason Leffler, he was very upset with how some journalists had portrayed some of the mom-and-pop short tracks as having not done enough for safety.
Stewart the businessman and track owner knows how difficult it is for short tracks to make money these days, and to suggest that things are unsafe is something that could potentially affect his bottom line. He was furious about it.
But the one topic that Stewart never considered was throttling back his non-NASCAR schedule. That may be hard for race fans the folks Stewart called civilians to understand, but its how racers think. And how they think is different than the public at large thinks.
Thirteen years ago, I sat in the black No. 3 hauler at Richmond International Raceway, not long after Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin had both died in separate crashes in New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
At the time, there was fierce debate among drivers about whether NASCAR was moving fast enough on issues of safety. Remember, this was in the days before SAFER barriers were in place at every track and before NASCAR mandated the use of the HANS device.
On that morning in Richmond, Dale Earnhardt walked into his trailer and told four reporters, myself included, that he was OK with the risks in racing and understood implicitly that he was risking his life by racing. He was a racer. He raced. Racing was dangerous. What didnt people get about that?
You know what I think about these drivers who say racing is too dangerous? Earnhardt asked. I think they ought to tie a kerosene rag around their ankles so the ants dont crawl up their legs and chew their candy asses off.
And then Earnhardt went on at great length to talk about some of the accidents he had witnessed fatal and otherwise when he was a kid and his father Ralph was racing the short tracks of the Deep South in the 1950s and 60s.
Six months later, Earnhardt was dead.
After Earnhardts death, NASCAR racing changed radically and for the better, in terms of safety.
Just a few hours after Stewarts crash, its way too early to assess the impact it will have in the sport. But its almost certain it will fuel spirited debate in the days and weeks ahead.
S.T.A.R.S. Radio tonight we will be talking to everyone's hero last week Norm Benning to tell us about his Eldora run and Frank Kimmel to bring everyone up to date on the Street Stocks testing at Darlington. Catch us tonight Monday, July 29th, 2013 at 6 pm EST LIVE on www.racersreunion.com . And remember Patrick Reynolds and Motorweek will follow at 7 pm to be followed by Bill Pratt and Racin' and Rockin' rounds out the night at 8 pm. So join the crew right here RacersReunion.com.
Need to listen to STARS more we have talked about it several times...lol
