JR Motorsports to handle Dale Jr’s licensing rights, not Hendrick
Quote selected text Published July 24th, 2007 in NASCAR News
The future licensing rights to Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be negotiated by Earnhardt Jr.’s own company, JR Motorsports, not Hendrick Motorsports, for whom he’ll drive next season. It’s yet another indication of the way the popular driver is maintaining control of his name and brand.
Earnhardt Jr. will be the only NASCAR driver whose personal company controls the licensing of his team’s merchandise and apparel. Jeff Gordon at one time had his own company that handled his team licensing, but that operation has since rolled into HG Licensing, a joint venture between Gordon and team owner Rick Hendrick.
HG handles licensing for Hendrick’s other cars as well but will not have control over Earnhardt’s licensing, which is believed to generate $30 million or more in revenue annually. Earnhardt’s licensed goods account for about a third of all NASCAR merchandise sales, experts in the industry say.
Earnhardt Jr.’s business model is similar to the one employed by his father late in his career. Earnhardt Sr.’s licensing went through his own company, Sports Image, not Richard Childress Racing, where he drove until his death in 2001.
“We’re positioning Dale Jr. as a driver and as a brand, and if we’re going to match those up, we’re going to have to have a very active role,” said Mattes, who also spearheaded the licensing for Earnhardt Sr. at Sports Image before a stint at NASCAR.com as vice president of e-commerce. “We’re going to have more control over picking our partners, the brand and the vision.”
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Looks like Junior is well on his way to becoming one of the highest paid athletes in the world. DEI who?
So, Hendrick’s is good enough for Nascar champions, but, not JR…..interesting.
To the guy that said So, Hendrick’s is good enough for Nascar champions, but, not JR…..interesting.i have a couple things to say first off what the hell have u been smoking Jr is just going o have control of shirts hats etc sp he knows what there going to look like i dont understand were u can come up with the theory that Hendrick’s is good enough for Nascar champions, but, not JR did you happen to read the part it said Dale Sr did the same thing was RCR good enough for Dale i just think ur either not a Jr fan or pissed because Jr joined HMS if so Jr dosent need you as a fan of his
I’m willing to bet a large part of this has to do with what happened when DEI/Teresa was controlling his name, merchandising, etc… Plus, if he has his own company with his sister running the show, he knows that’s where they will be looking out for his interests 100%, not his interests, Hendrick’s interests, and whoever else Rick is out to appease!
A lesson learned from his old man, thats were SR. got the $ to start DEI. Way to go JR. Smart move!
JR is NOOOOOOOOOOOOO SR.
Yea everyone already know’s that jr is not sr so why keep reminding day in and day out, if anything it proves that dale jr is maturing as a driver and business man, it just so happens to be something his dad did and jr caught on to that, doesn’t mean jr is anything like his dad, it just show’s that jr has wits like sr. Oh and by the way, ur previous post made absoulutly no sense and most of ur others dont.
JR is NOOOOOOOOOO Gordon either.
Jr is NOOOOOOOOOOOO JJ as well.
but, he’s matured.
This is an incredibly smart move; anyone who says otherwise is just
looking for any reason to bash him. He learned his lesson with Teresa,
can’t fault the guy for being wary of having little or no control
over his assets.
Stirring the pot again Annoyance ??
JR doesnt have to drive like his dad to be like his dad. There has been a few good drivers who couldn’t see and opportunity if it kicked them in the a– and they went out with a lot less $$ then they could have made. . JR is smart to have smart people around him to make sure he avails himself of every opportunity and that was the point…
You keep forgetting this is a business and making $$ is the idea. If your keeping score I would say JR is in the lead for that race way over the rest…
Anonoooymous.. Hendrick gave gordon part of hendrick motorsports…. Why would gordon do business anyother way.
This is a brilliant move for JR. Not every driver has the power to control this type of business.
well billy bob…at least he leads some type of race.
I’ll buy a Corvette Racing-JR t-shirt.
I hear they are HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hay Anonym-ass Show me were JR. has ever said he was like his dad (or anyone else for that matter) that is one reason he didn’t want to go to RCR so he didn’t have to deal with getting compaired to SR. all the time. it is sad that you have to bash Him in any topic that has to do with him or someone else brings him up. you have made your point several times that you hate JR.
i’m a huge fan of JR and sr. and u know what? JR walks in the steps of sr. but kerry’s son will be going to DEI. earnhardt is an earnhardt to the heart. no matter what motorsport team u drive for. and as far as i’m concerned jeff gordon can go suck an egg. jr and gordon will never be friends. not the way that gordon waved that 3 flag in victory for breaking a tie with sr.
Those corvette racing JR t-shirts are not HOT. They are ON FIRE!!!!
Theresa was right…it’s not about racing with this guy.
If your a public figure and you know it, say ‘aw shucks’.
JRT2003,
Umm…it was the FANS that had a hard time dealing with Gordon waving the 3 flag after he tied Srs all time wins in Phoenix. (BTW, it was when he tied, not broke it which happened in Talladega) Even if you think the public statements that Jr has made saying he thought it was cool for Gordon to respect his father that way, and even cooler that the 24 team must have been carrying that flag with them for months prior to that win were all scripted, who was the FIRST person in victory lane to congratulate Gordon that night?
Why is it that people can’t seem to get past the fact that rivalries on the track don’t mean crap about the people off the track. Look back at the rivalry between Sr and DW, after all they went through, they became close enough that Jr specifically asked DW to be there when he announced he was leaving DEI. Do you people think that because a football player tackles another on the field means they hate each other off the field? It’s part of competition.
Okay..something freaky went on there…the above was supposed to be directed TO JRT2003 …not from them…
JoeMomma,
Umm..okay..you say Teresa was right and it wasn’t about racing to him…but…what was it about to Teresa when SHE trademarked Jrs name and image? Not only is she still make money off of her dead husband, but, was making money off of his son as well….
good points….
aw shucks
Was JR a prisoner and forced to sell t-shirts? Did he make anything along with her from the sales?…..there must be more to this.
Jr has a good head for business, no dispute.
he’s obviously taken his past circumstances and
turned them around in his favor.
being that his dad did this same marketing technique
as well shows he’s paid attention—and
has paid his dues to DEI
Anonymous —-when you have something to say that
makes actual sense are you gonna put your name on it
or do we have to continue wading thru your bull???
JR is such a strong driver, this from yahoo sports:
Jimmie Johnson might have won the 2007 championship, but his title was far from a foregone conclusion for most of the second half of the season as well as for much of the playoffs. While drivers like Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards traditionally improve during the last 18 races, Johnson has been going in the other direction – and habitual late-season slumps kept him from winning the championship until last year.
Johnson fell 7.3 positions in average finish in the second half of 2004, and in 2005 he fell 4.9 positions to finish 15.2 on average. So when he slipped only 2.7 spots last year, it was actually a good omen. Of course, the fact that his nearly three-position slide still netted him an average result of 11.0 didn’t hurt either.
Johnson’s hopes for the championship last year were nearly dashed from the start when he was collected in an accident in the first Chase race. He finished 39th at New Hampshire and seemed to be determined to give up his bid for the top spot when he also failed to crack the top 10 in the next three races. He finished second at Lowe’s, however, in week five of the playoffs, and then rattled off four first- or second-place finishes in the ensuing weeks. A ninth at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the finale sealed the deal.
Other faders have not been quite so lucky. In the last three seasons, Earnhardt has fallen an average of five positions. He slipped six spots in 2004 to an average finish of 15.1, dropped 5.6 spots in 2005 to an average of 23.3, and last year he fell 2.8 spots to finish with an average of 14.9. Ultimately, Earnhardt finished fifth in the 2007 standings in a season where no one seemed to want to grab the advantage early in the Chase.
Four of Earnhardt’s first six playoff races in 2007 ended in finishes outside the top 10, but what really hurt his second-half average were back-to-back 43rd-place results at New Hampshire and Pocono in weeks 19 and 20.
Elliott Sadler’s current woes are rooted in his poor finish to last year’s stretch run. Sadler joined Evernham Motorsports in 2006 at Michigan just in time for the week 23 contest and the new pairing showed a little promise with a 10th-place finish. He backed that up with a sixth at New Hampshire a couple of weeks later, but even those two top-10s were not sufficient to raise his second-half average to better than 25.6. He started that season with Robert Yates Racing and logged an average result of 20.7.
Losing ground in the second half of the season has been Sadler’s pattern for quite some time. In 2001, he slipped 6.7 spots in the second half of the season. In 2002, he fell 3.3 spots and continued to plummet by 4.3 positions in 2003, by 3.9 positions in 2004 and by 6.6 positions in 2005. Last year’s drop of 4.9 spots gives him an average decline of 5.0 during the last six years.
Sadler’s fans hope he has bottomed out, and with an average result of 23.6 in the first half of the season, it would seem likely that he should improve in the last 18 races of 2007. In fact, his poor start in 2007 accounts for Sadler’s worst first-half average since he was 27.8 on average in the first 18 races of his sophomore year, and in 2000 he improved in the second 18 races to finish slightly higher at 25.7.
Of course, Sadler is going to need to turn his fortunes around quickly because the second half of this season has already started with a poor showing of 33rd at Chicagoland. Interestingly enough, that was his third consecutive finish of exactly 33rd, and while drivers strive to be consistent, that is not the consistency they are looking for.
Second-half Average Finish Losses
Driver 3-Year Avg. drop 2006 2005 2004
Jeremy Mayfield -5.2 positions -13.3 -1.8 -0.6
Elliott Sadler -5.1 -4.9 -6.6 -3.9
Jimmie Johnson -5 -2.7 -4.9 -7.3
Dale Earnhardt Jr. -4.8 -2.8 -5.6 -6
Terry Labonte -4.1 -5.5 -2.1 -4.6
Kevin Lepage -3.7 -3.1 -3.1 -4.9
Michael Waltrip -3.2 -2.8 -6.3 -0.5
Kyle Busch -2.3 -3.1 -1.6 N/A
Dale Jarrett -2.3 -1.4 -5.7 0.4
Scott Riggs -1.6 0.7 -7.3 1.7
Hermie Sadler -1.6 -0.6 -1.6 -2.7
Stanton Barrett -1.6 0.3 -2.5 -2.5
Jamie McMurray -1.3 -7.5 -3.9 7.4
Morgan Shepherd -1.3 0.8 -1.7 -3.1
Not only does he fade at the end of the season…look at that steller company.
…No one’s really debating his driver’s skill, the topic at hand is
his head for business, which by doing this he proves he has a very
good one. Read before responding?
JoeMomma
I didn’t say that Jr wasn’t making some kind of money off of the sales DEI made through their trademark on him. But, if they decided to produce and sell something that he didn’t want to represent him, he really had no way in the matter. Likewise, if he were to want to do something outside of what Teresa would want, then they could stop him because they had the rights to his name. From what I’ve heard (not sure if it’s true or not) but she took the actions with his name after the accident in California. It’s like she was saying, if he dies too, we’ll still be able to market him. Personally, if ANYONE other than Jr should have the rights to continue making money off of his celebrity after his death, I’d say at this time, since he has no children and judging by the closeness they obviously share, he’d probably want it to go to Kelley and her kids.
“…No one’s really debating his driver’s skill, the topic at hand is
his head for business, which by doing this he proves he has a very
good one. Read before responding?”
I’m sorry, I thought he was a race car driver, not a team onwer. You see, young person with the sassy mouth, business people manage teams and drivers race cars…..get it.
Think before responding.
JR is both, remember he owns a Busch team!!!!!
He is a racecar driver, but he’s also a team owner, albeit it
in the Busch series. This article also doesn’t have to do with
that, however. If you actually took the time to read the story instead
of randomly posting just for the sake of bashing him, you would see
that it has to do with him keeping his licensing rights, aka it’s
talking about his business sense, not his driving ability.
““…No one’s really debating his driver’s skill, the topic at hand is
his head for business, which by doing this he proves he has a very
good one. Read before responding?”
I’m sorry, I thought he was a race car driver, not a team onwer. You see, young person with the sassy mouth, business people manage teams and drivers race cars…..get it.
Think before responding.”
LOL 8Can’tDrive…maybe YOU should think before responding. He is BOTH, a driver and a team owner, just like his father was. He obviously DOES have the head for business (although I know Kelley helps with this alot) to keep his own licensing rights.
what driving ability?
The one that led him to his first win within 12 races, 17 Cup wins,
two Busch series titles, and a career in Nascar period. Do I think he’s
the most talented driver out there? No. But trying to say anyone in
Nascar has no driving ability is ludicrous. And don’t even
start with the “riding daddy’s coattails” bit again, cuz it’s a well-
known fact Dale didn’t give him anything on his way up.
he’s not good enough to ride daddy’s coat-tails. Daddy chewed hacks like him up for breakfast….(except Gordon, of course).
or drive a corvette again
or win a Sprint Championship
Fact: many Nascar drivers are middle of the road. JR is one of them.
He’s a documented FADER!
I see you ignored all the factual evidence that he does, indeed, have
some skill, first of all. Secondly, you don’t have to tell me
about sprints; Steve Kinser is my all-time racing idol and when you
compare any driver to guys like him they’re going to look very mediocre.
Please don’t try to say sports car racing is more difficult than stock
cars, because it’s like comparing apples to oranges; different components
to each. And I never said Nascar drivers are the greatest in
the world and even admitted Jr isn’t the most talented among them;
I said you have to have some kind of skill to make it into Nascar.
FYI, I think Tony Stewart’s the driver of the times because he can
drive, and be successful in, a Corvette, a sprint car, and anything
else he’s tried. And his “fading” can most likely be attributed to
s__tty equipment and driving for his hack of a stepmother, or it
very well may not be, but no one will know that until around his second
year at HMS when he’s assimilated into that environment and gotten used
to their equipment and staff.
JR’s stats speek for them self!!!!!!
well you ask him to put up a name and still comes up with the same hate
at least you no who he dislikes.
Even I have SOME skill behind the wheel…that is the equivilent of saying
he is average. Which is very accurate. His first win was rigged for all the SR fans crying the blues over his death….nice Hollywood ending Nascar….takew you long to think that one up?
I can hear the announcers now.”wouldn’t it be wonderful if JR could actually win this thing for his dady?”….”Oh, what a surprise…he’s going to win.”…..(shocking….really?) Just like wrestling…staged.
And to blame his equipment on his chronic fading is just gutless. NO MAN would ever say such a thing…..gutless!
I lOVE how the excuses for a first year at hendrick are already coming to fruition.
Seriously, do you know anything about racing? His first win came in
2000, almost a year before Dale’s death. It’s impossible to completely
fix a Nascar race with the cars getting buffeted around and all the
other uncontrollable elements factored into stock car racing, so that’s
a complete load of bunk. As far as “NO MAN would ever say such a
thing…..gutless!”, thanks, I’m not a man, I’m a woman and I happen
to have enough common sense to notice the equipment has been going
downhill for years. Many many races this year he’s been doing well
and something on the car broke. The last one, for instance. One minute
he was up front and the next time I checked he had no power steering.
And he still brought it home for a top 20. Anyone with an
ounce of intelligence about racing knows that guys often don’t do
well for their first year with a new team, it can be seen throughout
the history of Nascar. So it’s not an excuse, it’s an assumption
based on a visible pattern in the past.
excuse for year no. 2=equipment is cruddy.
Child does not equal women.
and please….impossible to fix a race? that is just moronic.
Anyone with any objectivity KNEW his July daytona race in 2001(same year as daddy’sdeath) was an obvious set-up, especially with alleged ‘crappy’ equipment. ooops, I haven’t seen your spreadsheet for his deteriorating equipment.
Truex isn’t making excuses…he’s running well.
Just so you know…racers think a top 20 is like losing.
If you are saying the equipmnet is holding him back, let’s look at when he drives other cars…for example that HOT ride in a vette….case closed.
He didn’t just fade, he didn’t even start! LOSER!
By the way, those vette’s are the best equipment in road racing…period.
I noticed Mr. Racer didn’t have the ba_lls to race on dirt with his co-racers at the recent charity events…was gutless scared of driving something different? Bad equipment? date with boyfriend?
The fans support him and what does he do…cash the check.
As I’ve said before, if he doesn’t do well by his second year with
Hendrick, I make no excuses for him. He should be able to win with
that equipment. So, one stupid argument down the drain. On to the
next: I said it’s impossible to completely fix a race, I didn’t
say it’s impossible to sway it in a driver’s favor. But it’s not like
they can control the wind, especially at a track like Daytona. The
one area in which the cars’ quality hasn’t been so horrible is the
restrictor plate tracks, hence the fact that’s pretty much all they’ve
won in recent times. Truex has been doing better because after Dale
Jr announced his departure Theresa started trying to save her a__
so now the cars are actually drivable, or atleast his are; they don’t
appear to have nearly as many mechanical failures as Dale Jr’s cars,
for whatever reason. To address your next comment: Yes, usually a
top 20 is like losing to a driver, but when you have no power steering
for a large portion of a race it’s good to finish it period, let
alone in the top half of the field. Lastly, it’s pretty assanine to
point out a horrific crash he had while racing in a series outside Nascar
in one comment and then in the next ask why he doesn’t race outside
of Nascar anymore. Besides, it’s not their obligation to race anything
like that, it’s a choice. He donates plenty of money to charities on
his own.
You have disqualified yourself as having any concept of reality with this comment….”do you know anything about racing?” and then you sate Nascar facts…..there is more to racing then Nascar. Nascar is a small part of racing.
Have you raced against Steve Kinser? Have you had him in the pits next door? No, maybe you should listen to someone who has. Do you do anything except watch racing on tv and chat online? It sounds like a big fat no.
The wind is why you can’t pre-determine a race….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.
Thier was nothing horrific about the crash, the car didn’t even flip or go head in to the guard rail…he just sucked. Couldn’t put her in the show…I guess without a guaranteed spot, he can’t cut it.
“it’s pretty assanine to
point out a horrific crash he had while racing in a series outside Nascar
in one comment and then in the next ask why he doesn’t race outside
of Nascar anymore. Besides, it’s not their obligation to race anything
like that, it’s a choice. He donates plenty of money to charities on
his own.”
translation……gutless. racers race. pretty simple.
Let’s hear your next dramatic comment. Let me guess……”he had a horrific hangnail”
Having an idol and having the knowledge to know about that form of racing is one of the most un-intelligent comments I have ever heard.
there is no connection. stick to the tv.
First, slow down on the Red Bull or whatever and learn to post in
one comment. Secondly, your comments don’t even make sense.
Having an idol and having the knowledge to know about that form
of racing is one of the most un-intelligent comments I have ever heard.
What in hell does that mean? It makes no sense. Neither does most of
the rest of your comments. I’ll try to respond to the parts that
actually make sense.
I never said Nascar is the only form of racing. But it it is a
form of racing, so I’m completely within the realm of. Em. “Reality”.
To state Nascar facts when this is a Nascar news website.
How is it funny that you can’t 100% predetermine a race because of wind?
If you haven’t noticed, many times a car has been pushed around in the
draft at tracks like Daytona and knicked another car because of it,
sending said car skidding or flipping down the track. That makes
perfect sense.
Yes, being trapped for an extended period of time inside a burning car
isn’t horrifying. In whatever universe you live in, anyway.
I guess without a guaranteed spot, he can’t cut it.
Seeing as he qualifies inside the top 35 spots every week and
therefore doesn’t have to utilize said guaranteed spot.
And I see you ignored the rest of everything I said. I’m pretty much
convinced you’re a person who doesn’t even like Nascar and comes on
here to rile people up. Guess what? Not working. I’m used to senseless,
unintelligent people bickering for the sake of bickering; I live in
a conservative area, after all.
You are confusing Nascar knowledge and facts with racing knowledge. Nascar is a small part of racing.
If you had actually racing knowledge, you would know Nigel Mansell won his fisrt race in a Cart race, it didn’t take him a year top acclimate himself. JPM won his first Indy 500, that is racing knowledge.
JR facts are Nascar knowledge, you keep interchanging the two. The fact that you pulled the info off of Nascar.com proves that.
Knowing a lot about baseball, for example, does not mean one knows a lot about sports. It means one knows a lot about baseball, that is my point.
I love racing in general….all forms of racing and as I have stated before, I don’t care for the current rules in Nascar.
Awesome!!! I am so more willing to give up my hard earned cash to someone else who is working hard to build his own company. Teresa stopped getting my money the day they announced that Jr was looking for a better offer than she would give him. I can’t wait to buy my first T-shirt with the new and improved Jr & Hendrick team!
I didn’t pull the info of Nascar.com bubba, I just know stats about
my favorite driver. When did I ever say Nascar was the only form of
racing? But this is a Nascar website; if you want to talk about sports
car racing, go to F1racing.com or whatever the sister site for that
is. I don’t need to offer up knowledge of other series when, as I
said, this is a Nascar site, not an overall racing site. Again,
any comparison between sports car racing and stock car
racing is a moot point because they’re completely different. Hence
the fact I said in the history of Nascar, not in the history of
racing. If you look at driver swaps throughout the past in Nascar,
it usually takes awhile for them to get used to the new setting.
And I also don’t like the rules in Nascar today, that’d be why I bash
them all the time. But the rules don’t factor into anything we’ve been
talking about so, again, that comment made no sense.
By the way, would you happen to be 8can’tdrive posting under Anonymous
now because I completely embarassed said person by pointing out Jr’s
first win wasn’t set up to ease his father’s death when Dale hadn’t
passed away yet? Cuz that would just give me a really good laugh.
It is a fact Jr’s Daytona win in 2001 was staged. First win or not…it was a set-up.
I don’t know JR stats because he is a celebrity, not a racer. I follow racers only.
Cruddy equipment? that is hilarious.
Excuses nothing but excuses.
“I noticed Mr. Racer didn’t have the ba_lls to race on dirt with his co-racers at the recent charity events…was gutless scared of driving something different? Bad equipment? date with boyfriend?
The fans support him and what does he do…cash the check.”
Umm..buddy…apparently you are the only one that hasn’t heard that JR is not able to drive in other events without permission from Budweiser. He actually had to get permission from them to drive his OWN Busch car in Daytona.
What is COMPLETELY hilarious to me is that people keep talking about him doing things for the money…then tell me something…why the heck didn’t he go to RCR and drive the 3 if he just wanted the money????
Hmm…NASCAR fixes races….it’s all about the money…can someone tell me how much money could be made by NASCAR if Jr won a championship??? Doesn’t ANYONE think that if things were fixed, he’d have won at least one by now?
It is not a fact that that race was fixed; you can’t prove stuff like
that. Would I deny they helped sway the outcome of the race in his
favor when I myself have said I think Nascar does that very thing?
No, I prefer not to be hypocritical. But they cannot entirely fix
a race. And if Nascar was fixing races because he’s so popular, quite
frankly, he’d have more than seventeen wins in his now seventh Cup
season, and most likely a championship, as Theresa said.
By the way, what’s so hilarious about it? Count the times he’s had
equipment failure this year, especially when he was running at the
front. As I said, the last race for example. And Truex didn’t really
do jack s__t until Dale Jr announced he was leaving DEI. That’s called
Theresa trying to save face, as I said before.
To the newest Anonymous poster & Theresa-Woohoo, more intelligent
people on the board. Kudos =].
Doesn’t look like they need the money to me, they need fans to keep following the series. Longevity will bring them more money then anything else.
Whoever is saying that the 2001 Daytona finish was “obviously” staged must not have watched racing at the beginning of this century. There was a man name Dale Earnhardt who built a company called DEI who had a strong emphasis on restrictor plate racing. With the flawed logic in many of the arguements above it would be easy to deduce with your thinking that NASCAR rigged Michael Waltrip’s first win and first Daytona 500 win for DEI… but, at the same time to make it more exciting they figured they had better let Junior finish second and kill his dad, one of the greatest, if not the greatest racer of all time…. Ok, so I don’t see how it seems like the 400 mile race in July was rigged when Michael and Junior were racing the same cars that got them to the front in the February race which passed inspection both times. Not to mention in every other race they won in them.
DEI was at the top of its game at that time, especially when it came to restrictor plate racing on the tracks that Dale Senior loved. That is good team management and the thinking of a wise, if not then dead, man. It wasn’t NASCAR. DEI completely dominated Daytona and Talladega until recently when Hendrick caught up with them in terms of engine and aero at the restrictor plate tracks.
You say Senior would have eaten some poser like Junior up but you obviously haven’t watched racing until recently, especially stock car racing. Junior and Senior had some heated battles and I guarantee he didn’t cut him in slack when they were racing each other for postition.
All of you guys who can find nothing more productive to do with your lives than to make yourselves feel better by trying to make us feel bad about somebody we like need to go back to your open wheel computer fest. Have fun sucking on Alonso and Schumacher… But, you might happen to like Indy… Then I just feel bad for you.
Truex is simple much more talented. Anything else is simply an assumption.
JR tried to drive a Corvette, so obviously he does drive in other events. He tried to drive in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Your post is flawed and far from intelligent, but you impressed the 19 year old.
In fact, JR has a burning desore to drive Corvettes on a road course.
Saying Truex is more talented is also an opinion/assumption.
You complete and total moron, the fact that he drove the Corvette
and got trapped in a burning car is what caused Budweiser to disallow
him from running in other series. That’s the POINT.