I don't know that much about NASCAR so I'll accept any criticism, but
doesn't it seem like Andy Houston is being F****d up the A**?
How so?
-John
"Euan Gilmour" <egilmour@*NOSPAM*home.com> wrote in message
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> I don't know that much about NASCAR so I'll accept any criticism, but
> doesn't it seem like Andy Houston is being F****d up the A**?
>
>
Well he seems like a good guy his dad was a good guy. He does well in
Craftsmen Truck Series in 2000. (He was in the hunt I can't remember where
he ended up). He's brought up to WC by PPI for the McDonald's car, touted
as the next big thing. Then PPI was some problems, McDonald's bails, PPI
doesn't support him and then dumps him without even a full year. Then he
gets the Excedrian ride in BGN is in the top ten in points. Reggie Jackson
signs on puts his arm around him and sez how great he is. Then he ends up
24th (I think) in Vegas and they dump him after three races.
I guess it was that I saw him on Inside NASCAR on Monday night being given
the gears by Mikey et al, and the next morning I see on SpeedVisoins web
site he's been fired. Racing is a team thing and it takes alot to make it
gel. It just seems like firing drivers after three races is counter
productive.
Anyway that's just my two cents (Canadian, worth 1.6 cents in the real
world)
"John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> How so? > > -John > > > "Euan Gilmour" <egilmour@*NOSPAM*home.com> wrote in message > news:qawh8.232308$[email hidden]... > > I don't know that much about NASCAR so I'll accept any criticism, but > > doesn't it seem like Andy Houston is being F****d up the A**? > > > > > >"Euan Gilmour" <egilmour@*NOSPAM*home.com> wrote in message
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> Anyway that's just my two cents (Canadian, worth 1.6 cents in the real
> world)
Sorry to disappoint you, but each one of those Canadian pennies is worth
about 0.6 US cents, which means your two cents Canadian is actually worth
only 1.2 cents in the "real world" ;)
(I won't be ordering from US web sites for a while or taking a US vacation
for a while that's for sure...)
Yes, that's true. Unfortunately, just the way things are these days.
Sponsors expect results............now. Realistic or not, that's what they
think unfortunately.
When a three-time champion like Cale Yarborough has to fold his team
because he can't get a sponsor, and Richard Petty has to hire Buckshot Jones
only because he came with a sponsor, that says it all :(
Some great drivers not racing Busch this year, mainly because they're
considered to old and/or not marketable enough........Elton Sawyer and Tim
Fedewa come to mind.
It stinks, more for the fans than anyone else IMO. In terms of the
drivers, it's a chance to make more money than ever before, so it comes with
a price.
-John
"Euan Gilmour" <egilmour@*NOSPAM*home.com> wrote in message
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> Well he seems like a good guy his dad was a good guy. He does well in
> Craftsmen Truck Series in 2000. (He was in the hunt I can't rememberwhere
> he ended up). He's brought up to WC by PPI for the McDonald's car, touted
> as the next big thing. Then PPI was some problems, McDonald's bails, PPI
> doesn't support him and then dumps him without even a full year. Then he
> gets the Excedrian ride in BGN is in the top ten in points. ReggieJackson
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> signs on puts his arm around him and sez how great he is. Then he ends up > 24th (I think) in Vegas and they dump him after three races. > > I guess it was that I saw him on Inside NASCAR on Monday night being given > the gears by Mikey et al, and the next morning I see on SpeedVisoins web > site he's been fired. Racing is a team thing and it takes alot to make it > gel. It just seems like firing drivers after three races is counter > productive. > > Anyway that's just my two cents (Canadian, worth 1.6 cents in the real > world) > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > How so? > > > > -John > > > > > > "Euan Gilmour" <egilmour@*NOSPAM*home.com> wrote in message > > news:qawh8.232308$[email hidden]... > > > I don't know that much about NASCAR so I'll accept any criticism, but > > > doesn't it seem like Andy Houston is being F****d up the A**? > > > > > > > > > > > >John Pancoast ([email hidden]) wrote on 06 Mar 2002:
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> Buckshot Jones<snip>
I know nowt about NASCAR, but... someone tell me that's not his real
name. Please.
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> <snip>
> > Buckshot Jones
> <snip>
>
> I know nowt about NASCAR, but... someone tell me that's not his real
> name. Please.
That's what he writes on the car.........go figure.
Ryan
That is not his real name.
"David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> John Pancoast ([email hidden]) wrote on 06 Mar 2002: > > <snip> > > Buckshot Jones > <snip> > > I know nowt about NASCAR, but... someone tell me that's not his real > name. Please. > > -- > "After all, a mere thousand yards... such a harmless little knoll, > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > > The GPL Scrapyard: Back again! > http://www.btinternet.com/~gplscrapyardTodd Sorensen ([email hidden]) wrote on 07 Mar 2002:
> That is not his real name.
Thanks ;-)
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