From Jayski's

Townley to RCR?
John Wes Townley could be headed to Richard Childress Racing for the full 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season behind the wheel of a Zaxby's-sponsored Chevy.

http://www.catchfence.com/2009/nationwide/10/28/john-wes-townley-to-richard-childress-racing/?utm_campaign=twitter_tweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

The chassis and body shops at RCR are much larger than the ones at what'shisface's place.

I'm not gonna say a word. I promise. I'll be good, and stay quiet.



Well, maybe I'll say just a little...

That's what happens when you go from good to marginal, lose sponsors for lack of performance, and feel that your best fix is to
pick your crew assigments out of a hat on a weekly basis. You have to compete with the other rent-a-ride organizations for whomever is out there.

How much longer until 2011 and my driver can escape?

Zaxby's is the prize here. Townley is just along for the ride.

This is ridiculous. Townley wrecks every race and still has a ride, now an even better one. And young drivers like LAndon Cassill, Coleman, Clauson, and Bayne sit on the sidelines

skydive24 - 29 October 2009 11:42 AM

This is ridiculous. Townley wrecks every race and still has a ride, now an even better one. And young drivers like LAndon Cassill, Coleman, Clauson, and Bayne sit on the sidelines

Because the sport revolves around money. Townley has it and they don't. Used to be talent got you the ride, because the sport was about winning purses, then the owners found sponsorship to be more profitable than race winnings, now good rides are available to the highest bidder. And since NASCAR has little to no prerequisite for being on the track, we end up with Field Fillers, Start N Parks, and Rent A Rides.

I still prefer talented drivers in good cars myself, but that is quickly becoming as Old School as a Ford Galaxy.

If the sport didn't revolve around money, do you think that Paul Menard would have a ride without his daddy's checkbook?

HiVolt65 - 29 October 2009 11:48 AM

If the sport didn't revolve around money, do you think that Paul Menard would have a ride without his daddy's checkbook?

Unlike Townley, who has done very little other than crash in lower levels of racing, Menard drove fairly well in other forms of racing before buying his ride in NASCAR:

Wikipedia

In 2000, he began racing a limited schedule in the ARCA Re/Max Challenge Series, finishing 13th in points. During his rookie season in 2001, he earned a pole and victory at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, finishing ninth in points. The 2002 season saw Menard compete in ReMax Challenge (two poles, seventh in points), SCCA Trans-Am (one front-row start, four top-10 finishes), Grand Am Cup (victories at Fontana and Phoenix) and the NASCAR Southwest Tour. He capped his season in in the latter series with a last-lap pass of veteran Ken Schrader for the Phoenix victory.

Lovey-Dovey - 29 October 2009 11:47 AM

skydive24 - 29 October 2009 11:42 AM

This is ridiculous. Townley wrecks every race and still has a ride, now an even better one. And young drivers like LAndon Cassill, Coleman, Clauson, and Bayne sit on the sidelines

Because the sport revolves around money. Townley has it and they don't. Used to be talent got you the ride, because the sport was about winning purses, then the owners found sponsorship to be more profitable than race winnings, now good rides are available to the highest bidder. And since NASCAR has little to no prerequisite for being on the track, we end up with Field Fillers, Start N Parks, and Rent A Rides.

I still prefer talented drivers in good cars myself, but that is quickly becoming as Old School as a Ford Galaxy.

If it didn't revolve around money, the Grand Nationals would still be racing at Bowman Gray Stadium and we'd know very little about that.

auntysquat - 29 October 2009 12:07 PM

Lovey-Dovey - 29 October 2009 11:47 AM

skydive24 - 29 October 2009 11:42 AM

This is ridiculous. Townley wrecks every race and still has a ride, now an even better one. And young drivers like LAndon Cassill, Coleman, Clauson, and Bayne sit on the sidelines

Because the sport revolves around money. Townley has it and they don't. Used to be talent got you the ride, because the sport was about winning purses, then the owners found sponsorship to be more profitable than race winnings, now good rides are available to the highest bidder. And since NASCAR has little to no prerequisite for being on the track, we end up with Field Fillers, Start N Parks, and Rent A Rides.

I still prefer talented drivers in good cars myself, but that is quickly becoming as Old School as a Ford Galaxy.

If it didn't revolve around money, the Grand Nationals would still be racing at Bowman Gray Stadium and we'd know very little about that.

But those that did know about it would then be treated to better racing.

Lovey-Dovey - 29 October 2009 12:10 PM

auntysquat - 29 October 2009 12:07 PM

Lovey-Dovey - 29 October 2009 11:47 AM

skydive24 - 29 October 2009 11:42 AM

This is ridiculous. Townley wrecks every race and still has a ride, now an even better one. And young drivers like LAndon Cassill, Coleman, Clauson, and Bayne sit on the sidelines

Because the sport revolves around money. Townley has it and they don't. Used to be talent got you the ride, because the sport was about winning purses, then the owners found sponsorship to be more profitable than race winnings, now good rides are available to the highest bidder. And since NASCAR has little to no prerequisite for being on the track, we end up with Field Fillers, Start N Parks, and Rent A Rides.

I still prefer talented drivers in good cars myself, but that is quickly becoming as Old School as a Ford Galaxy.

If it didn't revolve around money, the Grand Nationals would still be racing at Bowman Gray Stadium and we'd know very little about that.

But those that did know about it would then be treated to better racing.

Could be ... it's a long hike to Bowman Gray from Tsawwassen, B.C. and Veneta, Oregon.