What would it take for Dale Jr to go to Hendricks?

Question

I know that dale is going to take some time and decided where he wants to go and to me it seems the best fit would be RCR and the second best fit would be Gibbs because he works so good with Stewart. But if Dale wants to win on a normal basis and win championships the place to do it would be with Hendricks. So what would they have to do to get him. Do you think that they would get rid of Casey mears or what other options, like a satellite team or what them me know what you guys think

Answer 1

Jr would love to go to Hendricks , but they have the max number of cars already, so the only way it would happen is to give C Mears the axe after just one yr. (dont see that happening)

Answer 2

Cant see Hendricks opting out of Casey Mears deal after only one season so it is unlikely he will drive directly for hendricks. He could expand his own Busch program to include Cup cars and bring Truex with him so they could be a 2 car team and sign a lease deal to drive Hendricks chassis and powerplants (Bass Pro Shops has already announced its intention to find a new car to sponsor outside of DEI next year....could they know something?). He could sign with RCR but somehow i cant see him wanting to go in that direction just because the microscope he would be under driving in the Dale Sr. shadow. Plus it eliminates the question of whether or not to un-retire the #3 ride.Would Goodwrench balk at the #3 coming out of retirement in different colors? Betting they would and Budweiser will be on Jrs car no matter what. RCR wont jepordize their relationship with Goodwrench. If he signs with another Chevy team (seems like a slam dunk decision) right now from a championship and personal freedom standpoint it looks like the best possibility would be with Gibbs. Him and Tony Stewart are very good freinds and work very well together on the track, combine the driving skills and the information transfer from racer to racer and suddenly Gibbs is knocking hard at Hendricks domination. Because he involves his sister so heavily I think he may be leaning hard toward expanding his own team ,think Mark Martin for a 3rd part time car....he might have tipped his hand last night driving a Hendrick ride and once he steps down and he has an up and coming kid that could slide right into his ride in 2 or 3 years once Jr can sustain a 3 car team full time.

Answer 3

the likely hood of this happening is crazy im not sure what kind of contract mears has but it is possible mears can be bought out yes unfair to mears but its bussiness and look at 2 years ago that was a really crazy offseason 3 or 4 diff teams swapped drivers and some were still under contract its not impossible for it but unlikely but jr would be a fool to walk away from hendrick if there was a very good offer rcr has been really good this year so has jgr but hendrick has been dominant this year i truly believe he will go to rcr but i would never count out the other 2 chevy powerhouse teams

Answer 4

Hendricks will most likely not happen. First all four drivers are locked into their contracts, Secondly they can not have a fifth team, cause Roush was the only one grandfathered in. Third in a interview Jimmie Johnson said he, "doesn't see where Junior could fit into Hendrick". Hendricks at most is a very longshot, However Gibbs and RCR are most likely to happen because getting a fourth car for either wouldnt be a problem.

Answer 5

Hendrick is not a likely choice due to the fact that they have 4 cars already and 2 really big egos there. Gibbs racing doesn't want the sponsorship of alcohol coming to them because of their beliefs (although Stewart and Hamlin are being very vocal about wanting Jr. to come drive with them). RCR may have too much of his dad left there that he would feel like he was stepping right back into his shadow again (Harvick has also stated how much he would love for Jr. to come drive with him). He has already stated he didn't want to be an owner/driver but that may change given his limited options on Chevy teams. Ginn racing is really interested in having him drive for them and that may be the best choice for him. We'll have to wait impatiently until Jr. makes his decision to know for sure what will happen. I think he already knows what he is doing, just waiting on the legal stuff to be handled. He's being too cool to think otherwise.

Answer 6

I would hate to see Jr. go to Hendrick. I'm not bashing Hendricks, but I think that whole Dale vs. Jeff controversy would die out if they were teammates. I think RCR is a great option for Jr. and if not that, then a Tony-Jr. combo at Joe Gibbs would be interesting to see.

Answer 7

Junior also has to consider his fans. Most of them hate Gordon and Johnson so they naturally hate Hendricks. If he were to race for them it would be like siding with the enemy. Obviously, it'd be a tough call if he did get an offer, but Junior could probably feel confidant racing for someone like Joe Gibbs considering Stewart's two championships.

Answer 8

definite, DEI remains a race group. Ginn Motorsports and DEI blended and downsized there vehicles, so the three communities left are the #a million of Martin Truex Jr. using for Bass professional shops, the #8 of Aric Amirola and Mark Martin using the united statesmilitary vehicle, and the #15 of Paul Menard subsidized by potential of Menards. the respond on your 2d question is definite they do. i think of he nevertheless has inventory in the business enterprise yet different then that he doesnt have majority possession, and Teressa wouldnt sell it to him, and or supply it to him, so after months and months of negotiating, Kyle Busch and Rick Hendrick together desperate it may be better for Kyle to pass away on the tip of the 2007 season, and not renew his settlement. With an beginning on the Hendrick stables, Jr. signed his new settlement, at HMS, with AMP and Mountain Dew as his sponsors. Dale Jr. tried to get DEI and Teressa to enable him take the #8 with him to HMS, whether he had to purchase the selection, yet DEI and Teressa wouldnt enable him have it, so as that they saved his nicely-prevalent and enormous selection, the selection he had raced with considering he first began at DEI, the business enterprise his previous due father, Dale Earnhardt Sr. based. That brought about Jr. choosing the #88 as his new selection for the 2008 season. HMS moved Casey Mears to the #5 vehicle, and desperate to alter the #25 vehicle to the #88. To suitable all of it off, Budweiser, Jr.'s previous sponsor desperate to no longer pass with him to HMS, and fairly pass away DEI, after the 2007 season. Budweiser could now be sponsoring Kasey Kahne, driving force of the #9 sidestep, Gillette Evernham Motorsports. pass Jeff Gordon #24!!!!

Answer 9

First Hendrix would have to let a driver go to add another driver.
Dale JR would have to accept some kind of offer. Nothing is impossible, but personally I doubt if that will happen at this point of time. However, Hendrix does got their programs together and JR is looking for a career move to win championships! Could you imagine JR going to Hendrix with Budweiser following him?
No shortage of $ !!
One thing you can bank on, no matter where JR goes, he won't be driving junk!

Answer 10

That wouldn't work right now, because Hendrick Motorsports has four teams,
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#5
#24
#25
#48
and that is the maximum amount of teams that one team can have.