Comments on: Hey Yeley, Cool It!

By: 38

38 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:54:15 +0000

Yeley is 15 positions worse than everyone else, just peek at these stats. Raines got the 96 in 25th, he put it in 40th. Yeley got the 18 somewhere around 20th and busch would have finished 3rd if not for the chase. The stats are clear!

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:23:22 +0000

Thanks James i did not know that it was done by others. I guess what my point was that in this tough time of racing dollars everyone was giving him grief about the eBay thing and in my opinion you have to do what ever it takes to go racing.

By: Bob Miller

Bob Miller — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:43:01 +0000

Sure, the 96 is track filler, but JJ has not demonstrated the ability to put a CUP car in front. Some people should stay in midgets.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:43:47 +0000

Well Gamecocks- what do you have to say now that the 96 misses the final race of the year?

By: James

James — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:52:25 +0000

Bill ,
In regards to JJ on ebay he was not the first to try advertising on ebay. Ryan Hackett did it for the first Richmond race in the nationwide series and sold associate sponsorship. I know I tried to win . I was out bid however, I did in turn get associate sponsorship for my business. I have now seen several drivers/ team owners doing this on ebay . As i’m sure it caught some ones eye as his ad was viewed by over ten thousand.
However JJ is the first Ive seen at the cup level on ebay after
Hacketts ad I noticed alot of local dirt track drivers on ebay

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:41:52 +0000

Some guys have it, some don’t. I don’t know which side Yeley falls on really. I do know that he needs to look at what happened to Jeremy Mayfield a couple of years ago. Mayfield has talent, but he can’t keep his mouth shut. He talked his way out of his ride at Penske, burned every bridge he had in his split with Evernham, where is he now? If you think that guy at the McDonald’s in North Carolina looks like Jeremy Mayfield it’s probably him. Do you want fries with that?

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:10:52 +0000

Good Point Diana,
I would also ad that that team never pulled the belts off or did fancy tricks for qualifying when JJ was in the car. Now they do.

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:38:35 +0000

you say that they have made 17 races in a row which ok that is impressive, but again you have to count the rain for 6 of those races, also there has only been 13 races since yeley was let go at watkins glen, so he had made 4 of those 17 races. so what that leaves only 7 races that they have had to qualify for and they mostly have been on cookie cutter tracks!

i am not trying to make anyone mad and i can see all of your points that you are making but i just don’t think that most people are being fair on yeley. you can’t tell me that if (like bill said) that if Joe gibbs came to you and said hey i want you to drive in my cup car you are going to say to him NO i don’t think i am ready. Of course you are going to jump at that opportunity.

By: Neon

Neon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:38:34 +0000

JJ comes from the side of the racing tracks where you prep-transport-drive-fix the car and seek funding pretty much as an independant. See my post under the Ganassi-DEI merger, where the Alan Kulwicki’s of today just don’t (cannot) exist. It’ that way in all professional motorsports nowadays. JJ dominated in Sprints and has not suddenly forgotten how to drive. He just needs a good shot and must concentrate on the driving. The results will come in due time!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:44:18 +0000

I have been watching JJ for a long time from his teenager days and agree that JJ was put in the 18 car a year early. With that kind of shot you have to be a fool not to take that ride at that time. I do believe that JJ did not do as well as he should have done with with the 18 car and JGR equipment. I have heard that the budget between the two was 6 million a year compared to 20 million a year for Rowdy. He has stated that he didn’t have the same equipment per JGR employees as Busch and Steve has said that lots of things have changed. We all know that Kyle definately stirs up the pot so things have had to change. I think JJ was promised a lot of things and HOF never came through. JJ is not the next Jeff Gordon but i think he can drive better then Mears, Riggs, Sadler etc… You catch my drift here. Bottom line here is it is all about money now. aka… Menard. I wish JJ the best of luck and hope to see him out there next year.

PS: In regards to the comment about “One of the ways Yeley could help himself if he gets another ride next season is to go out of his way to ingratiate himself with the sponsors and their families. ” In my opinion i think you do not know anything about JJ and do not follow him. As I have followed him and know many of his friends from racing i know he signs every autograph and goes out of his way to help others when it comes to his fans. Please visit his website and you will see what i am talking about. Also in regards to the ebay thing. I think everyone is jealous because they never thought of this idea in this tough economy.