Yeah, I read that and cringed... wondering if that is a real kick in the
ass to his pocketbook, or if he'll be alright with Toyota coming in next
year and stirring things up. I was glad to see Mikey get the ride with him,
but now I'm a little nervous about him closing up shop or something. Guess
since Mike's team is "his own" now it wouldn't affect him much. *shrug*

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On 2006-02-10 14:31:35 -0500, Alan Jones <alan (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> said:


Davis got exactly what he deserved for biting the hands that fed him.

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"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote

Agreed.

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"Mike Marlow" wrote ...
and Toyota will gladly pay his bill.

"WildWeasel" <wweasel_24 (AT) HooYah (DOT) com> wrote

I'm sure.

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On 2006-02-10 19:11:18 -0500, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE (AT) alltel (DOT) net> said:

of course they will.... that's what happens when you sell out.

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me believe"... $1 to Dave Matthews ~ from "Save Me"

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"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote


Yep, Jeff Gordon taught him how.

On 2006-02-10 21:55:58 -0500, "SG" <spaamtrapper (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> said:

Davis took it a step further. He not only sold out, but broke a
contract in the process. Jeff only moved on to the highest bidder at
the end of his contract ~ nothing wrong with that, IMO.

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..."You don't need to prove a thing to me ~ just give me faith, make
me believe"... $1 to Dave Matthews ~ from "Save Me"

http://www.nancies.org/music/lyrics/saveme/

I figure Toyota will take good care of Davis and Mikey; take care
of the bill.

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:51:18 GMT, "Robert J Batina"
<rbatina (AT) columbus (DOT) rr.com> wrote:

"Julia" <nospam (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote


It may look that way onthe surface Julia, but don't be so quick to poopoo
BDR for their actions. Dodge is pulling lots of support from lots of good
teams (and is basically giving it all to Ganassi/Penske/Everham), I imagine
BD saw the writing on the wall and wanted to secure his own future. In the
end, this "6.5 million" won't mean a thing. I personally would've bailed too
if I saw the support going away from me toward more mega-oriented teams. I
would've if I wanted to stay inthe sport that is.

Or more simply, should everyone bend over and take it from Daimler like
Jimmy Smith did in the truck series? Run them hard until they win a title,
and then withdraw all support? Nope, I don't blame BD at all. And 6.5 mill?
That's less than a "good driver's" salary each year. BD will succesfully
move onto Toyota, and this will be a non-story beyond this season IMO.

Of course, this is the same Daimler-Chrysler that issued C&D orders to
several small, private websites, because they were making money, implying
they were "Jeep" oriented sites, and therefore could not operate privately:
Jeeples (Clothing oriented to Jeep owners, aka Jeep People, aka Jeeples) and
7slotgrille (a site about upgrading and caring for Jeep products,
specifically for offroading). So much for socialistic European ownership of
historically American-owned companies...

So to counter your one liner, the hand that was feeding them was letting
them go hungry. IMO, they deserved to be nipped, if not down right bitten.