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We now know that Casey will be out of HMS in 2009. Where will he end up ???

[Quality88]

I think he'll go indy car.

[loco4pablo]

I don't think he will go indy car if he doesn't have too...
I THINK he should go indy car!
As I mentioned on another post. It would be be great to see a mears/peneske team run at indy again.

Might give the announcers something to talk about other then Danica and Marco.
Imagine having an Andretti/Rahal/mears shootout at indy with a few to go!

[Bob Tanner]

Only three of us have voted so far but I see an initial trend that Casey isn't feeling much of the love here at GTG.

[loco4pablo]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Only three of us have voted so far but I see an initial trend that Casey isn't feeling much of the love here at GTG.

Yeah I don't think many really care...I know I don't care where he ends up. It just chaps my a** because Rick H. is dropping him and how he dropped him.
To be honest, none of the Hedrick cars too me are actually setting the world on fire this year, yeah 3 are in the top 12 but clearly they are struggling. Why is casey's situation different? Also, I'm sure Casey makes a small fraction of what the other 3 make. What do they expect??
I don't know... there is something going on other then lack of production from the 5 car!

[Quality88]

They have to have someone to make that R&D car look decent.

[Racer Duck]

I seem to remember that last year, when all the speculation started about who would be leaving HMS to make room for Junior, no one thought Casey would leave even though he had the worst record of all the then HMS drivers. Also, if I remember correctly, I even made a remark wondering what information Casey had on RIck that seemed to make him invisible when talk of walking papers came up. Now it's become obvious it was Shrub's lack of suave that pushed him out ahead of Casey...

Thus, if Ryan leaves Penske, Casey is a good prospect to take that seat. With Biff & Truex more or less off the table, and no other Chase capable driver options, Casey pops up around the top of the list. RCR won't create a 4th team for a veteran 20th place driver, but will for a Kesolaski or Logano caliber rookie. And Penske already has Stremme under contract, so the question comes down to which will produce the best results? (If I were Penske it'd be Stremme, but ya never know what other "influences" are around...)

[Racer Duck]

I was just thinking that John Andretti is spending more and more time in IRL, and it may be Casey will follow his footsteps. But he'll have to have lots of doors closed before he does.

[Jeffrey4396]

I think Casey will and should go back to CGR where he started to gain some momentum before he left to HMS. Mears will replace Reed in the 41.

[oncea3fan]

I'm not sure where casey will land, I think he'll stay in cup. but he will land in a 2nd or 3rd tier team , he couldn't get it done at CGR or HMS what other team would waste thier time unless a sponsors says will want clean cut well mannered driver.

my thought is also that I thought he was under contract for another year, guess ricks word is has good has ????????

[PenelopePitStop]

I voted Indy. It's in the genes! But frankly, like others, I don't really care.

[Racer Duck]

Can't poor Casey get any love? Does nobody care where he ends up???

[Phils20]

I think he will end up at Penske, and do well!


See, I care!

[SteelPhoenyx]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

Can't poor Casey get any love? Does nobody care where he ends up???

I do, because everybody should have an underdog to cheer for.

I would hope he'd end up at RCR in the #33. General Mills likes him as a driver for their sponsorship, and it would be interesting to see how he runs with 1. stability, i.e. not jumping from number/team to number/team every year, and 2. not being treated as the redheaded stepchild.

Watch him go to RCR and flourish, much like Kyle Busch and even Brian Vickers.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Phils20

I think he will end up at Penske, and do well!


See, I care!

Not obvious!

"I think" expresses an opinion and is non-committal in nature because we have no idea whether you're for or against such a solution.

If instead you'd said "I wish" or "I hope" it would have indicated caring.

Words mean something. If we should always strive to use the proper words to convey our thoughts.



(how's that for highbrowed literary critiquing? I wasn't sure I still had it in me! )

BTW: I'm happy you care