Was this the battle for Joe Gibbs Racing ride?

by Charlie Turner

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July 28, 2007 3:53 pm EDT 2 Comments

How’s this for a karma siting? J J "Mr. Lucky" Yeley facing off against Kyle "the younger" Busch, head-to-head, one-on-one, mana a mano ….. you get it, on the track. No holds barred. Ten laps, winner takes all.

That’s how it was Friday at Indy. Racing equally prepared (I’m not sure that J J would believe that with his current Cup team experience as reference) radio controlled "Chevy Impalas", Kyle edged Yeley for the win.

Busch is also the leading candidate in most scenarios, to replace the one time USAC Triple Crown winner as team-mate to Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin at JGR.

Yeley doesn’t seem too stressed out about the whole deal. Fox Sports has a nice piece on it.

"I’ve talked to a lot of different teams, I have a lot of backup plans in place right now and they’re all good teams that want to build their programs around me," Yeley said. "As a driver, I can’t ask any more than that. more…

It doesn’t show in our picture, but Kyle was driving the green car. Do you suppose it was powered by an Interstate Battery?

Picture credit: Beth Anne Heisler - ON PIT ROW

Filed under: J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR Rumors, The Busch Bros

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2 Responses to “Was this the battle for Joe Gibbs Racing ride?”

CarMike on July 29th, 2007 10:11 pm

I loved the bright green #18 since I started following NASCAR when Jarret drove it. I lost interest when Bobby left.
I’ve been looking for a favorite since. I keep trying to root for Smoke, but everytime I pick him in The Chain Game he $%$*% up. But I like Tony’s attitude. He says what he thinks without filtering (or thinking about)it. Could I actually root for Kyle? J Gibbs Racing might make me consider. Heck, Tony and Kyle might wreck each other every week as teammates and have a weekly come to Jesus meetings in the trailer–either Gibbs’ or NASCAR’s.

Looking forward to all the fun.
CarMike on July 29th, 2007 10:55 pm

Here’s the reason I like Tony. http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/7072336 Check out Lee Spencer’s take and Tony’s quote at the end.

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