Newman's Attitude

#31

ryan is just toeing the party line - we'll see
how he really deals with an immature punk week
in and week out...

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:35:15 -0500, "Crusader" <cru32 (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

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Newman anticipates teaming with Busch
By Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM
January 10, 2006

"I look forward to Kurt and the entire team," Newman said.

"We never depended on the other teams -- we depended on ourselves,"

"Hopefully we'll have all the right morals and those things
so when time passes we're still on the same page.
It's a team sport, and I've always said it's a conflict
of interest when you're helping somebody you're
competing against.
"It's a difficult situation, but in the grand scheme of
things if everything works right, if you have an
equation that works out the way Jack Roush's did last year,
nobody complains about that except NASCAR."

"It's something we'll have to work on, but in this sport,
you don't want to be dependent on anybody else
other than your own team," Newman said.

CRU:
Seems to me Ryan didn't sugarcoat anything, including morals.
He just has to feel he has a new lease on life with ridding
himself of Rusty Wallace & hope for Kurt Busch.

#32

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:21:12 GMT, "SimRacer" <nOspaM@simracer68 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:52:10 -0500, "armpit" <udontneedit (AT) myemail (DOT) addy
wrote:

Actually, more money isn't the primary reason if I had to guess. It would be
more for gaining more information (in the old days, each team got 7 tests.
If an owner owns 5 "teams", that's 35 tests throughout the year if they want
to use them all)...this information can be passed around among teammates,
and used to gain an advantage against the field for the entire organization.
Also, it's more cards in the hat when it comes time to appoint a Champ thru
the Chase system that's now in place. And it is this reason I somewhat find
Tony winning the title out from under 5 Roush cars this past year, somewhat
satisfying. ;-p

Yes I think that is true for the owners. If a guy has 10 teams and all 10 are in
the Chase, he can't lose.

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Why else make the investment? And if that is true, isn't it to the
owner's advantage to share info so > more of his cars finish toward the top,
so he/she can make more money?

Money is a driving force, no doubt. But I think you're putting a little too
much emphasis on it. Once these full time guys get to Cup, they're making
mucho Jack, period.

Yah well ---- Bill Gates is a multi multi multi BILLIONAIRE and makes a little
over 8 Billion a year. He keeps at it though because he still likes money.

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At this level it is about winning races and competing
for the Championship moreso than each week's driving salary and prize money
split.

Oh I am sure they want to win races and the Championship. When they do they get
more money. Look at Tony's 6+ million dollars. They ALL try to win --- and the
money ain't too bad either. :-)

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Do you think folks like Kirk Shelmerdine are really out there for the money?

Never heard of him so I can't say.
--
Paul of El Cajon

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