Let’s play “Name That Driver.”
Early 30s.
Resumé flush with success, but still possessing an upside.
Charisma and name cache that guarantee overflowing sponsorship.
And yet, owner gives driver little say in how the team will progress, even though said owner’s recent track record would suggest that taking advice would be worthwhile.
Someone please tell me how that description differs at all between Dale Earnhardt Jr. in January of 2007 and Juan Pablo Montoya right now.
Whoever is subliminally feeding the Teresa Earnhardt playbook to Chip Ganassi while he’s sleeping needs to realize that this sick joke has gone way too far. As Teresa would tell Ganassi, it’s all fun and games until somebody loses a meal ticket.
Actually, the descriptions do differ in one way: Montoya doesn’t have the inner turmoil that Junior did at the thought of leaving the family business. He’s already made it clear that he won’t do the often-silent slow burn that Dale Jr. did for years as things disintegrated around him.
More at Long Island Press
- No more contracts for Ganassi crewmembers
- Ganassi could lose Target as sponsor
- Hmiel joins Ganassi
- Possible merger between Ganassi and Waltrip?
- Ganassi will be ‘highly pissed off’ if a Waltrip car wins Daytona 500
Teresa Earnhardt now knows how big of a mistake she made! Ganassi may be smart enough to figure it out before he looses a good driver.
Lets hope their meeting sets about change and Hmiel needs to try and keep the peace instead of just throwing his weight around.