Bobby Pierce :)
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Nice guy but not much of a racer
I'll say this I was at Fairbury this past weekend with a few friends and on the way there I told them I believe Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, & Ryan Newman are probably the next 3 NASCAR Cup stars to retire. So far 1 for 3. I've been lucky enough to have met Dale Earnhardt Sr. at Indianapolis Motor Speedway & Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Chicagoland Speedway and honestly you could have not found two nicer people in the NASCAR community.
He is a good dude for sure and the already failing sport will suffer even more without him. I have always been a fan of Jr. not because of his dad either. I was a big fan of Sr. tho.
Jr imo was a dam good racer. He just seemed to have to much bad luck... Jr loved his Chevy's... Maybe he should have been in a Ford :D
I wish him all the best! Hate to see him go but, he is smart to get out and live his life.
I never was a fan ... His 10 wins at ss tracks are mostly do to havin the best equipment .... That leave 16 wins on regular tracks ... 16 wins out of 500 plus starts seems poor when he had the Best of the Best .... I do respect Sr for his raise to fame / talent ....
Who can tell if he is a good racer or not, there hasn't been much actual racing in NASCAR for a long time.
Drivers in the final year of their contracts:
McMurray
Keselowski
Kenseth
Menard
Larson
Johnson
Almirola
Erik Jones
With Target leaving Ganassi, I think it'll be Larson. Bowman should get in a JR Motorsports Xfinity car and be ready for the 5 or 48, whichever opens up first.
....A good friend of mine lived in the south near earnharts .... He had some good stories .... One story was Sr gave his church 10k to have the parking lot black topped .... The story was if the preacher told the donation was from him .... Hed come back with his dozer and take up the black top himself ... Kinda sounds like something Sr would do ....
Jr couldn't be a pimple on his dad's as*. He has won on superspeedway tracks were many one hit wonders have. Superspeedway races are won in the shops before the car ever hits the track. Car is right almost any driver can wheel it to the front. Look at the history of nascrap, superspeedway's winner's list is loaded with nobody's.
I foresee Alex Bowman in this ride. Even when he's not in the car he is still promoting Nationwide. After his success he had last year in the car I see no reason not to put him in. He is a great talent without the funding for a full time ride, and has been endlessly loyal to Dale Jr. And Hendrick Motorsports