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Marty Smith @MartySmithESPN 38s Confirmed: @AJDinger signs multi year deal w JTG/Daugherty 47, sources close to team tell me. Formal announcement Sat. at AMS.
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There will be folks here who are surprised by this. Why, I don't know, but there you have it.
Why wouldn't he?"Why do we do this? Because we love it, don't want to be anywhere else but a race car. We will keep your legacy my friend. Racers race."
Tony Kanaan -
Huh. Guess he has a short attention span after all.Racing ain't much, but workin's nothing. Richard Tharp
Lying was a no-brainer for me. Robin Miller
"I thought they booed [Danica] because she was being a complete jerk, but then they applauded for A.J. Foyt. Now I'm just confused."
The real world sucks. Ed McCulloughComment
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He had a good run at Indy, but got schooled in every other race and never really showed pace on the twisties. He's better off staying in NASCAR.Comment
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That was very easy to predict. He went for the money. Go figure.Comment
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Certainly an improvement at that team over Bobby Labonte. Why hasn't he retired yet?"If your car was a dog, then you had to figure it out and test your own limits. And we didn't go to a wind tunnel – we did it in the first turn at Indianapolis."Comment
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dang.
But what would be a bigger bump for Indycar. Dinger in Indycar for a full season, or K. Busch in for one or two races between this year or next?Indianapolis 500: '95, '14
Milwaukee Indyfest: '12, '13, '14
Road America: '16, '17, '18Comment
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Getting hired for more money over a maybe part time role with Penske is what he took I guess. I would sure rather have seen him in an Indycar but should the lesson of Tony Kanaan, defending Indy 500 winner, out scouting for sponsors because he can't get hired be completely lost. And reinforced by 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice unable to get a ride for how many years?"You can't arrest those guys, they're folk heroes"
"They're criminals"
"Well most folk heroes started out as criminals"Comment
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Glad to see he found a good job.Road racing is doomed...what this country needs is a big new racetrack designed for automobiles instead of horses. C.G. FisherComment
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Penske had no ride for him, I think that is obvious. They were hoping to find sponsors, but his Detroit performance scuttled that because he crashed both cars. They weren't able to field him again."If your car was a dog, then you had to figure it out and test your own limits. And we didn't go to a wind tunnel – we did it in the first turn at Indianapolis."Comment
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Allmendinger had one truly inspired stretch in his whole career - the rest of the time he appears to be "high maintenance" or at least prone to bouts of self doubt etc. that really harm his performances.... I think the two crashes at Detroit are as likely to happen as an inspired win - so no great loss to Indycar.....Comment
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Hands down K B in for a couple of races will generate way more headlines, and more on track excitement. Other than a drug bust, nobody ever heard of AJA.Originally posted by MadisonIndyFan View PostComment
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This doesn't bother me one bit. I enjoyed seeing him run at Indianapolis and I am all for him getting his career straightened out, but I am fine with his return to NASCAR. All the best to him.Comment
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OUCH!!! that's a cold shot...Originally posted by atrackforumfan View Post
Short attention span or a very focused, smart business manager?
Sadly, AJA's new deal at a very mid pack NASCAR team will pay him much more than what 2013 Indy 500 winner & 2004 ICS champion Tony Kanaan will get paid in 2014.
"I just WON the Indy 500 & now I'm goin' to DETROIT!!!" :) :) -Ryan Hunter-Reay 500 banquet, May 26, 2014
Race CARS Not DOGS!!! Adopt or foster a retired greyhound -MeComment
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Originally posted by Chris R View Post
I like Allmendinger and hope he does well, but I think you have a fair point. He is a classic case for a guy like himself. He gets a little success and then seems to idle OR he is faced with getting fired and suddenly winning races. The sad thing is there are a ton of guys in NASCAR that would be superstar talent in IndyCar and are better suited to it (including both Labontes in their prime, not now of course). Johnson, Montoya, McMurray, Nadeau, Kahne, Logano, Allmendinger, Lake Speed, both Busch brothers, Bobby Hillin, etc just to name a few. Their driving style and background - they "should have been" IndyCar drivers. (although you can't see Johnson being "more" successful than he already has - he IS the Rick Mears of today).
Bobby Labonte grew up racing with Vasser in TQs just for the record just like his older brother. Much like Tim Richmond's story of heading south, Terry Labonte's dad came to Indy in 1973 looking to the future for his son... after that race - they were headed to NASCAR.
I leave off Gordon, Stewart, Richmond and Schrader as I honestly think their car-control and oval background matched NASCAR well.Every race I run in is in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. Indy is the most important thing in my life. It is what I live for. - Al Unser Jr.
Everything I ever wanted in my life, I found inside the walls of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. - Eddie Sachs.Comment
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