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Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
Written by Rocky Kitts · July 9, 2008
Well, that’s pretty big.
According to ESPN’s website, Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce
tomorrow that Tony Stewart is no longer a member of the racing team.
From the four-letter network:
On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
said.
Haas/CNC, which currently fields the Nos. 66 and 70 Chevrolets, will be
renamed Stewart Haas Racing in 2009. Sources close to both sides told
ESPN,com the deal will make Stewart the highest-paid driver in NASCAR.
Well, that must have been some flu. I’m not sure what this means for the
20 car for the rest of the year, but if Stewart continues to drive it,
like I’m assuming that he will, it could turn into a similar situation
to the Junior story from last year. A situation that will have many of
us wondering just how much work that Gibbs is going to put into a driver
that they’re not going to have next year; especially when they have
another driver who is as dominant as Kyle Busch has been this season.
Not the last we’ll hear of this story, that’s for sure.
http :// www .fastmachines,com /nascar/whoasmokes-out-at-gibbs/
Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
Written by Rocky Kitts · July 9, 2008
Well, that’s pretty big.
According to ESPN’s website, Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce
tomorrow that Tony Stewart is no longer a member of the racing team.
From the four-letter network:
On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
said.
Haas/CNC, which currently fields the Nos. 66 and 70 Chevrolets, will be
renamed Stewart Haas Racing in 2009. Sources close to both sides told
ESPN,com the deal will make Stewart the highest-paid driver in NASCAR.
Well, that must have been some flu. I’m not sure what this means for the
20 car for the rest of the year, but if Stewart continues to drive it,
like I’m assuming that he will, it could turn into a similar situation
to the Junior story from last year. A situation that will have many of
us wondering just how much work that Gibbs is going to put into a driver
that they’re not going to have next year; especially when they have
another driver who is as dominant as Kyle Busch has been this season.
Not the last we’ll hear of this story, that’s for sure.
http :// www .fastmachines,com /nascar/whoasmokes-out-at-gibbs/
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
"Tiger" <Lana_sands@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:48748811.7060205@hotmail,com ...
> Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
>
Nothing shocking or surprising. It has been talked about for weeks
(months?). The only thing that will surprise me is that the announcement did
not come at Indy. Provided, of course, that it does come today.
--
Larry
http :// larrysnatureshots,com
"Tiger" <Lana_sands@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:48748811.7060205@hotmail,com ...
> Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
>
Nothing shocking or surprising. It has been talked about for weeks
(months?). The only thing that will surprise me is that the announcement did
not come at Indy. Provided, of course, that it does come today.
--
Larry
http :// larrysnatureshots,com
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
RetiredFF wrote:
> "Tiger" <Lana sands@hotmail,com > wrote in message
> news:48748811.7060205@hotmail,com ...
>> Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
>>
>
> Nothing shocking or surprising. It has been talked about for weeks
> (months?). The only thing that will surprise me is that the announcement did
> not come at Indy. Provided, of course, that it does come today.
>
the announcement will be tomorrow afternoon at Chicago, the car
unveiling at Indy
he probably wants to get the announcement out of the way so it's not
more of a distraction at Indy, like the media will let that happen
RetiredFF wrote:
> "Tiger" <Lana sands@hotmail,com > wrote in message
> news:48748811.7060205@hotmail,com ...
>> Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
>>
>
> Nothing shocking or surprising. It has been talked about for weeks
> (months?). The only thing that will surprise me is that the announcement did
> not come at Indy. Provided, of course, that it does come today.
>
the announcement will be tomorrow afternoon at Chicago, the car
unveiling at Indy
he probably wants to get the announcement out of the way so it's not
more of a distraction at Indy, like the media will let that happen
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
Tiger wrote:
>
> On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
> move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
> said.
>
Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
follow Tony if at all possible.
Tiger wrote:
>
> On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
> move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
> said.
>
Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
follow Tony if at all possible.
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
On Jul 9, 12:06 pm, Cindy Murray <c1ndyl...@tx.rr,com > wrote:
> Tiger wrote:
>
> > On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
> > move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
> > said.
>
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
move to Tony.
N.
On Jul 9, 12:06 pm, Cindy Murray <c1ndyl...@tx.rr,com > wrote:
> Tiger wrote:
>
> > On Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart will formally announce a
> > move to Haas/CNC Racing as co-owner and driver, sources close to Stewart
> > said.
>
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
move to Tony.
N.
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
"Nancy2" <nancy-dooley@uiowa.edu> wrote in message
news:d07a1cf1-a4da-4dcd-b01f-c193ce84cc6e@27g2000hsf.googlegroups,com ...
>
> I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
> Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
> move to Tony.
>
> N.
>
Office Depot is reported moving to Stewart with Old Spice. Jack Daniels to
Ryan Newman. Hopefully, the mud will clear at Indy.
AFLAC will be primary on CE's car.
--
Larry
http :// larrysnatureshots,com
"Nancy2" <nancy-dooley@uiowa.edu> wrote in message
news:d07a1cf1-a4da-4dcd-b01f-c193ce84cc6e@27g2000hsf.googlegroups,com ...
>
> I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
> Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
> move to Tony.
>
> N.
>
Office Depot is reported moving to Stewart with Old Spice. Jack Daniels to
Ryan Newman. Hopefully, the mud will clear at Indy.
AFLAC will be primary on CE's car.
--
Larry
http :// larrysnatureshots,com
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
Nope, Office Depot wouldn't fork over the cash being primary sponsor of Carl
Edwards draws these days, and was already known to be out of the Roush mix
for 2009 (Aflac will be Carl's full time sponsor next year).
--pig
On 7/9/08 6:06 PM, in article
d07a1cf1-a4da-4dcd-b01f-c193ce84cc6e@27g2000hsf.googlegroups,com , "Nancy2"
<nancy-dooley@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
> Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
> move to Tony.
Nope, Office Depot wouldn't fork over the cash being primary sponsor of Carl
Edwards draws these days, and was already known to be out of the Roush mix
for 2009 (Aflac will be Carl's full time sponsor next year).
--pig
On 7/9/08 6:06 PM, in article
d07a1cf1-a4da-4dcd-b01f-c193ce84cc6e@27g2000hsf.googlegroups,com , "Nancy2"
<nancy-dooley@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> I bet the article got Office and Home mixed up ... Office Depot is on
> Edwards' car part of the time as a major sponsor - I doubt they'll
> move to Tony.
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
Cindy Murray <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote in
news:g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org:
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest
> client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
Apparently Home Depot either doesn't have an out in their contract
with Gibbs, or they chose not to take it. Which may have some
bearing on why it took a while for Gibbs to agree to release Stewart
(if they had to negotiate Home Depot staying).
So it will be the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala for Stewart.
The question in my mind is, does Home Depot get Logano? Or will
Gibbs swap drivers/sponsors around - perhaps the young guy to the
candy car, and Busch for HD?
Edwards, btw, will be AFLAC all year next year.
John
(didn't even need to queue the duck for that)
Cindy Murray <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote in
news:g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org:
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest
> client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
Apparently Home Depot either doesn't have an out in their contract
with Gibbs, or they chose not to take it. Which may have some
bearing on why it took a while for Gibbs to agree to release Stewart
(if they had to negotiate Home Depot staying).
So it will be the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala for Stewart.
The question in my mind is, does Home Depot get Logano? Or will
Gibbs swap drivers/sponsors around - perhaps the young guy to the
candy car, and Busch for HD?
Edwards, btw, will be AFLAC all year next year.
John
(didn't even need to queue the duck for that)
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
John McCoy wrote:
> Cindy Murray <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote in
> news:g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org:
>
>> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest
>> client.
>> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
>> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
>> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
>> follow Tony if at all possible.
>
> Apparently Home Depot either doesn't have an out in their contract
> with Gibbs, or they chose not to take it. Which may have some
> bearing on why it took a while for Gibbs to agree to release Stewart
> (if they had to negotiate Home Depot staying).
>
> So it will be the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala for Stewart.
>
> The question in my mind is, does Home Depot get Logano? Or will
> Gibbs swap drivers/sponsors around - perhaps the young guy to the
> candy car, and Busch for HD?
>
> Edwards, btw, will be AFLAC all year next year.
>
> John
>
> (didn't even need to queue the duck for that)
>
>
I'll tell hubby to keep his ear to the ground. Like I said, he works
with them daily and they haven't said ANYTHING about changing teams, but
they also LOVE Tony as he's been a very good spokesman for them....
John McCoy wrote:
> Cindy Murray <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote in
> news:g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org:
>
>> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest
>> client.
>> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
>> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
>> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
>> follow Tony if at all possible.
>
> Apparently Home Depot either doesn't have an out in their contract
> with Gibbs, or they chose not to take it. Which may have some
> bearing on why it took a while for Gibbs to agree to release Stewart
> (if they had to negotiate Home Depot staying).
>
> So it will be the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala for Stewart.
>
> The question in my mind is, does Home Depot get Logano? Or will
> Gibbs swap drivers/sponsors around - perhaps the young guy to the
> candy car, and Busch for HD?
>
> Edwards, btw, will be AFLAC all year next year.
>
> John
>
> (didn't even need to queue the duck for that)
>
>
I'll tell hubby to keep his ear to the ground. Like I said, he works
with them daily and they haven't said ANYTHING about changing teams, but
they also LOVE Tony as he's been a very good spokesman for them....
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
They're still contractually bound for another year, and everyone's saying
they'll stay with Gibbs.....as will Zippy.
--pig
On 7/9/08 1:06 PM, in article g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org, "Cindy
Murray" <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote:
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
They're still contractually bound for another year, and everyone's saying
they'll stay with Gibbs.....as will Zippy.
--pig
On 7/9/08 1:06 PM, in article g529s6$flf$1@registered.motzarella.org, "Cindy
Murray" <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr,com > wrote:
> Hubby was curious about sponsorship....Home Depot is his biggest client.
> He does ALL their radio spots. He works with them almost every day.
> They've made no mention of it. The article says Office Depot would be
> involved, but no mentions of Home Depot. Hubby thinks Home Depot will
> follow Tony if at all possible.
Re: Major News flash: Smoke is leaving Gibbs!
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:43:13 CST, Tiger <Lana sands@hotmail,com > wrote in <48748811.7060205@hotmail,com >:
>Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs? ...
> http :// www .fastmachines,com /nascar/whoasmokes-out-at-gibbs/
It's going to be fun to see what he can do
with the new team.
There probably wasn't the same kind of career
path available at JGR.
That's why I RPG that Jr. will leave HMS if
he can get control of DEI.
"It is good to be the king."
Marty
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:43:13 CST, Tiger <Lana sands@hotmail,com > wrote in <48748811.7060205@hotmail,com >:
>Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs? ...
> http :// www .fastmachines,com /nascar/whoasmokes-out-at-gibbs/
It's going to be fun to see what he can do
with the new team.
There probably wasn't the same kind of career
path available at JGR.
That's why I RPG that Jr. will leave HMS if
he can get control of DEI.
"It is good to be the king."
Marty
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