Will Tony Stewart Succeed Where So Many Have Failed?

by Charlie Turner

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4 Responses to “Will Tony Stewart Succeed Where So Many Have Failed?”

1. Racedriven on July 12th, 2008 4:26 pm

   First, it was Rudd Performance Motorsports (RPM), not Rudd Racing just for the record and second since Tony Stewart isn’t building a new team from scratch, but rather buying an existing team that has alot including Hendrick chassis and engines in place, he should do fine.

   If Tony puts his people in place ASAP, fans might start to see a change in year including maybe even running a couple of new or championship drivers in the #70 to see what’s going on like Mike Skinner and Red Bull did and a new resource is huge, as Tony, look for Tony in 2010 for victoies and a championship run, that will be fun to watch.

2. Charlie Turner on July 12th, 2008 6:57 pm

   Thanks for the correction on Rudd’s team name.

   Obviously, I realize that Stewart bought an existing organization. That magical “Hendrick package” has been in place at Haas CNC for at least two years. Apparently part of what has been missing is the magicians to make it work. (Hendrick has the same problem on the #5, BTW)

   Maybe Tony’s people will be those magicians. My question is, just who are “Tony’s people” ? Where are they coming from? His sprint/midget teams? Will he tap the Haas folks with his magic wand and transform one of them into the next Greg Zipidelli? Is Mike freakin Skinner better than Scott Riggs?

   I think the new team will do “fine” as well. But “fine is getting two cars into top thirty five owner’s points. Winning a race next year is a pipe dream.

3. Racedriven on July 12th, 2008 8:48 pm

   First, the Mike Skinner/Red Bull was a comparation from earlier this year, Skinner helped AJ communicate with his team better, AJ is running better or at least qualifying better.

   Second, I just read a rumor that Stewart-Haas Racing could be a three-car team with Newman and Truex as the other two drivers, i would somewhat believe that becuase the GM said on SPEED today that they are expanding when asked about hiring new people, that would be huge.

   But I don’t know who Stewart’s people are, but looking around the garage or even with the 70 people laid off at Ganassi, they could come over.

   The next Greg Zipidelli? Bootie Barker and Matt Borland who are both at Haas CNC RAcing right now.

   And I don’t expect Scott Riggs back as a matter of fact, I would be shocked to see him at Stewart-Haas Racing next season.

4. Charlie Turner on July 12th, 2008 10:32 pm

   Interesting rumor. To me, Truex makes more sense as the #2 than Newman anyway. The Bass Pro sponsorship is already connected to Stewart through his sprint/midget teams. I don’t see the infactuation with Newman that the rumor generating public has had. That, said, I can’t see Stewart-Haas as a three car team in 2009. But who knows?

   I’m a big Barker fan and hope that he is part of the program next year. Borland, not so much.

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