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I hope the rumor of Truex going to Penski isn't true.

Here is a tip Dario, become a better stock car driver and you will get your future......just stick to something you know. Open wheels......and your HOT wife

He'll run the #40 car in Nationwide. Has had some really good runs in that car this year.

Take your practice laps in Nationwide........watch out though for Steve Wallace.

jackman; Very good on Wallace. I often feel that the spectators should watch out for him. Last week he took Coleman out, who is next?

Darn right JKindle - he is not progressing too fast. You know Daddy would love for him to get to next level.

Steve Wallace had a string of like 3 straight top 10's earlier this year, and then started wrecking out again. He's inconsistent. Coleman just needs better equipment like what he had at Gibbs.

Of course he wants to remain in NASCAR...it's all about the cash.

Don't you know his old buddy's, from where ever he came from are razzing him big time.
Maybe they will think twice before coming to play with the Big Boys!

Too many of the Open Wheel **** are comin over just to try their hand at it. It should be mandatory they run a FULL season in Nationwide before they get to the Cup level. Kinda like playing in the minors first to see if they are worth the risk/cash.

Franchitti would've been better off to have spent the entire '08 season running the 40 car in the Nationwide Series, and, turning some laps in the Truck series. He was not ready for the level of competition in the Cup Series just yet, IMHO.

I agree with the above poster. Of the open wheelers that came over JPM and Hornish were probably the most ready. JPM has a natural ability, and Hornish just has an incredible amount of experience at oval racing. Franchitti is good, but has a much steeper learning curve.

The closing down of the 40 car team is NOT good news for NASCAR in general. Gotta wonder if one of the big money teams in all of NASCAR goes belly up, what of some of the low budget teams that are getting bye week to week? Pretty soon teams won't have to worry about the "go or go home" rule. They won't have enough cars to make a 43 car field. These discussion about whether Open Wheelers belong or not won't matter.

I would have thought that Dario would have a better future in open wheel. Maybe it's more about proving to himself and other competitors that he can race in Nascar.

I think RZ may have hit on something there. What else did Hornish and Franchitti have to win in the IRL? They both had Indianapolis 500 wins and IndyCar Championships(Hornish had 3, Franchitti had 1).

so that gives them carte blanche to clutter up the cup races with their ineptitude

If a Cup Series contract is dangled in front of my face I'm sure as heck going to sign it without a second thought. Same thing goes for most of these open wheel stars that have won it all in open wheel. The only exception is JPM, who took a pay cut to come to NASCAR.

The only exception is JPM, who took a pay cut to come to NASCAR.
SithLord196 | 07/03/08, 01:11 PM
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Damn shame too....he should have taken the cash and stayed there....worthless little punk.

Why? He would've blown everyone away in F-1 last year. I applaud him for taking on a new challenge.

Hamilton would have owned him too...just like he did everyone else. New challenge or not, he is a danger to the other drivers in NASCAR. He should be suspended for spinning Kyle Busch.