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Speedo the Clown?

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by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

September 22, 2008 10:02 am CDT 2 Comments

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Scott Speed is good.  But his stay in the ARCA RE/MAX Series has taken on a different tint from the glowing comments of early this season.  Speed leads the series points but has been vocal about how relatively unimportant the ARCA RE/Max Series championship is to him. He has told national media how the ARCA equipment is crude, compared to even the Truck Series and how  he “would rate himself an “A” and his team a “C” even though his Eddie Sharp Racing Camry was clearly one of the two best cars in the series, at the half-way point.  He has become known among some as “Speedo the Clown”.  And others think less of him than that, due to the above attitude and, lately, actions on the track.

I don’t know what any of  this means for a Cup career.  Maybe nothing.  And Scott will have a Cup career regardless.  There is speculation that  Speedo will replace A J Allmendiger at Team Red Bull  for the 2009 Sprint Cup season.  Allmendinger  has taken some well publicized shots to his ego, and for the good of the Red Bull No. 84 team (and admittedly, his own survival in the team) swallowed his pride and toed the company line.  Not sure Speed would do that.  And at the very peak of Cup competition - on the teams that contend for wins and championships - team chemistry is often the final piece of the puzzle.

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2 Responses to “Speedo the Clown?”

  1. User Avatar Marc on September 22nd, 2008 6:39 pm

    “I don’t know what any of this means for a Cup career. Maybe nothing.”

    True enough, it may mean diddly-squat.

    On the other hand he displayed a similar attitude during his time in F1, occasionally dissing his own team and other drivers.

    I will also say I’ve been impressed with his ARCA performance, it has been far and away better than anything shown in F1 - granted he was in a crapwagon there - and better than A1GP for Team USA - where he was in identical equipment but couldn’t keep up with other lesser experienced drivers and frankly, stunk the place up.

    So… the short of it is…. he may have a bright future in Cup. But he’s shown the possibility of being another Robby Gordon, mostly mouth and little action.

  2. User Avatar Charlie Turner on September 25th, 2008 3:58 pm

    Marc, he’s been very good in ARCA. But he has the best equipment there too. I thinks the more telling performances have been in the Truck Series. That’s where he’s shown to be the real thing. He’s just a bit - arrogant may not be the right word, but it’s close. He knows he’s too good for ARCA - the series and the equipment anyway. But so do some of the other guys in the series. They just keep there mouths shut, or are more coachable.

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