About Montoya

#11

"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

Quote:

Tim Shelton <noemail1543 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in
news:nsdr65pnj8vtg2d1h3q8pp57tplt9n4iqd (AT) ccr (DOT) org:

JJ was the chosen winner of the
race.

This is a little like the "what's the benefit to NASCAR screwing
with Mayfield's drug test" question: what's the benefit to NASCAR
by choosing Johnson to win the race? He's a very good driver, but
he's boring as all get out, he doesn't have any real fan base. If
NASCAR wanted to pick a driver to win, they'd pick Stewart or
Gordon or Earnhardt, or maybe Kenseth or Edwards if they didn't
want to be obvious - someone with a big fan base, that the media
would make a fuss about.

John

John - you're arguing with someone who could easily be a sock puppet for
janal or rickybobby. You don't really think reason is going to go to far in
this discussion do you?

--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE (AT) windstream (DOT) net

#12

In article Rick <pearl (AT) cray (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Jul 27, 11:31 am, John McCoy <igop... (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote:

what's the benefit to NASCAR
by choosing Johnson to win the race? He's a very good driver, but
he's boring as all get out, he doesn't have any real fan base.

The facts don't support your hypothesis; JJ is 4th in sales.
I imagine those numbers will keep growing with each win and
championship. Besides, how can you not like a guy who got
started riding dirt bikes?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_the_top_ten_Nascar_drivers_in_merchandise_ sal
es

Those are pretty old numbers... things have changed some since then.
Tony Stewart is now outpacing Junior in merchandise sales.
That isn't to say that he will top Junior in total for the year,
but he is outpacing him right now.
Tony is also leading in internet buzz.
Junior will still be the top earnings winner more than likely.
Due in part to his many more heavy endorsement deals
Of course if Junior should pull off a win, then he'd probably
shoot to the top again, and not look back.

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Dan

No matter how much you push the envelope,
it'll still be stationery

#13

Rick wrote:
Besides, how can you not like a guy who got

Quote:

started riding dirt bikes?

Because he is BORING! His new fans, are probably Jeff Gordon's old fans.

#14

On Jul 27, 4:14*pm, TS02_05champ <tonystewart02_05ch... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
wrote:

Quote:

Rick wrote:

* Besides, how can you not like a guy who got

started riding dirt bikes?

Because he is BORING! His new fans, are probably Jeff Gordon's old fans.

TS new fans are mostly Dale Jr's old fans, especially since
he drives a chevy again.

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