Comments on: Open Wheel Bust

By: LesterBop

LesterBop — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:39:56 +0000

Hey Journo, do you think Montoya would have produced way better results with a top NASCAR team? Is his talents being wasted with the Ganassi operation?

By: montoyafan1

montoyafan1 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:32:19 +0000

Mr. ANDY you need to be informed before you make staments that are , well let just say not smart, not one time did i hear JPM or any of the other open- drivers say NASCAR would be easy , if you read it somewhere please tell me and ill go read it. I do agree those folks are arrogant ,cocky overconfident etc. etc. BUT “overinflated opinion of their own talent” this 2 drivers have FI championship , cart champ , f300 champ etc. etc. too many to mention ,Juan has won 2 of the holy grail of racing , Monaco and Indy500 also multiple winner of the daytona 24 etc , well look it up and you will see (specially Juan) there is nothing overinflated about their resume…lol

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:40:02 +0000

I suppose the obvious question is, how many of them went into NASCAR saying ‘this is going to be easy’? Villeneuve and JPM are cocky sods with overinflated opinions of their own talent, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they expected to sweep all before them, but in general haven’t the drivers crossing over done so in full awareness that they faced a challenge? For most of them, it was a case of wanting to try a new challenge having fulfilled all their ambitions in open-wheel racing – not of them thinking they’d come over because it would be a series of easy wins. Scott Speed might be the exception – we never could figure what the hell he was doing in F1 so he’s probably better off where he is now.

Interesting post – especially on the differences between the cars. Thanks!

By: Journo

Journo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:23:47 +0000

Matt – As much as we do know about the inner workings of these organizations I am not privy to what goes on in the minds of these team owners and most of the time the closed door meetings. And Tony Stewart was not on the list because as I mention several times this was about the new class of open wheel guys, not a historical look at open wheel drivers in NASCAR.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:34:24 +0000

I thought this site was about inside info, not “my bet is…”

Im not even an AJ fan, but what he has done after getting taken out of that seat has been impressive. He has nearly clawed his way back into the top 35.

Heres some real inside info, expect a merger with BDR or a 3rd RBR team to support Scott Speed.

Also, you forgot Tony Stewart on the list. If you will remember, he had some awful years in the Shell #44 JGR Busch car before he started running decent in cup. It takes time, dont expect an overnight transformation.