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Originally Posted by Jeffrey4318

I don't know it seems to me that PE is pretty much putting all their resources into the 43. I just don't think their resources are their to compete at a top level. Until PE starts shelling out money and getting the right people I don't think they will ever be at top. Can he win in the 43? Sure, but I don't think he can do it consistently. Can he make the Chase? You bet he can, but I don't think he can run for the Cup.

I agree. The technology available from PE is trailing technology. They haven't stayed current and now the price is being paid. Kyle never has been a major threat at winning a championship. Bobby is proven material but .... they don't have the right stuff and he isn't as young as he was when he was running at the top of his game.

[Phils20]

I think Bobby is getting all anyone could get out of that car. We have seen he can stil win and run up front by the truck and Busch seires performance.

The 43 seems to run around 8-20 all the time. It is just going to take some time to get them running up front. It's going to take things falling into place just right for Bobby to win, or even to do much better than he is. I'm hopeful the second half of the season will be better than the first, but it will not happen soon enough for him to make the chase. Running out of gas last week pretty much put the nail in the coffin for this season!

Doesn't mean we can still enjoy his season, and have hope for some improvement, but I think that is the way it is.

[titans#1]

Originally Posted by Phils20

I think Bobby is getting all anyone could get out of that car. We have seen he can stil win and run up front by the truck and Busch seires performance.

The 43 seems to run around 8-20 all the time. It is just going to take some time to get them running up front. It's going to take things falling into place just right for Bobby to win, or even to do much better than he is. I'm hopeful the second half of the season will be better than the first, but it will not happen soon enough for him to make the chase. Running out of gas last week pretty much put the nail in the coffin for this season!

Doesn't mean we can still enjoy his season, and have hope for some improvement, but I think that is the way it is.

if he would have made it on fuel and finished in the top ten it would be a totaly different story right now.i would like to see bobby leave the 43 car.he is a good driver and he shouldnt be with a team that isnt willing to get better.i know they are trying to get better but it seems to me there only getting worst.

[PettyBlue]

Originally Posted by titans#1

if he would have made it on fuel and finished in the top ten it would be a totaly different story right now.i would like to see bobby leave the 43 car.he is a good driver and he shouldnt be with a team that isnt willing to get better.i know they are trying to get better but it seems to me there only getting worst.

Sorry but what a load of crap.How fast do you expect a 45 to 50 mil team to climb up against a 275 to 300 plus mil team?I just love fair weather,jump on the band wagon fans-NOT.

[Bob Tanner]

I've followed this thread from its birth... It's a great thought and I relate to it. I'd love to see a Petty car win again. But then I'd love to see BAM Racing, Front Row Racing, Boris Said's team, or Jim Finch/Larry McClure's team win also. But, face it...it just ain't gonna happen.

OK, I'll change that. It might happen once every decade or so but I believe (going strictly on memory here) the last time a single car team won was the spring race at Darlington in 2003 (Ricky Craven in Cal Wells' car).

The truth, unfortunately, is that today the only cars that win are fielded by Hendrick, Gibbs, Roush, Childress, Ganassi, and possibly Ginn and Everham (I think I left out a mega-team but I just don't have the ambition to try and noodle out which one; they're all basically the same and are interchangeable in today's NASCAR).

The Cup owners of today have formed a very elite little group. It's like a high stakes poker game; if you can come up with the minimum ante you can sit in and play but do not; repeat: D-O N-O-T, count on winning. At the end of the game you can count on the winnings going almost exclusively to those who entered the game with the most money.

The 1920's newspaperman and writer, Daymon Runyon, once wrote:

"The race doesn't always go to the strongest, nor the battle to the strongest.
But that's the way to bet."

I agree.

[King43STP]

Originally Posted by PettyBlue

Sorry but what a load of crap.How fast do you expect a 45 to 50 mil team to climb up against a 275 to 300 plus mil team?I just love fair weather,jump on the band wagon fans-NOT.

Thanks Blue, But I think some others are forgetting some very important details. 1. Hiring Robby Loomis, former Crew Chief for Championship Driver Jeff Gordon. 2. Both Andrews and Wilburn are very good crew chiefs. 3. Both of the 'Temp' drivers are better than Kyle. 4. Since Adam died Kyle has been working on Victory Junction Gang, and The Kyle Petty Motorcycle Charity Ride. So as I said before PE is not the major focus of Kyle Petty, he has to retire.

[PettyBlue]

Chad may turn out a very good,young driver,better than Kyle but John better?

[Phils20]

I think they will get back to winning, but not in time for Bobby to enjoy it.

I also think they will find a way to win a race. They have hired some good folks, and hopefully tht COT will truly help to level the playing field. I don't think they will be true contenders for quite a few years. The King is just going to have to find a way to get the sponsors to kick up more $$. The only way to do that is to find a way to win thought hard work, brains, and luck, to show potential sponsors they can get it done.

That also means enticing a better driver for the 45. Kyle her the personality, but not the talent to get that done. Neither do any of the drivers who are filling in. But, that brings us back to not being good enough to get a top notch driver to come in.

Bobby came there, I think, because of the honor to drive the Kings car, I hope they find a way to put a car and team behind him to make it worth his time to continue to race. I grew up a Petty fan, and am a big Bobby fan, so it would really be special thing for me to see this succeed.

I'm not throwing in the towel yet. They have had a couple of bad weeks, but there is a lot of racing left to go.

Go Bobby GO!

[titans#1]

still no sign of him improving after his qualifying and practice results.i want him to run good but im starting to get tired for hopeing for something that i have no controle over so whatever happens happens.

[clutch]

Originally Posted by titans#1

still no sign of him improving after his qualifying and practice results.i want him to run good but im starting to get tired for hopeing for something that i have no controle over so whatever happens happens.

While I understand what you're saying ....Me thinks Bobby is gonna suprise us all very soon....chin up mate!

[tkj24]

Originally Posted by clutch

While I understand what you're saying ....Me thinks Bobby is gonna suprise us all very soon....chin up mate!

Man that is exactly what me kept thinking about Richard. LOL

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The true driver fan hangs in there until the very end. You guys are doing a great job of being loyal fans.

[titans#1]

not to sure about if his race today will be a good run,hopefully it will,but i think its the race next week that will be the race for labonte to surprise everyone at.

[titans#1]

i just read an article on bobbylabonte.com about what they expect to happen this week.i think you should check it out.

[Phils20]

Good article. I had forgotten about JJ taking him out in that race. Mave there is hope!