Jr

So I'm going to skip my NFL thoughts for the week. On my mind is all the Earnhardt Jr talk from the past week. The poor guy is in a rut and can't catch a break. Something needs to change. Not real sure what it is, but something should be done. Here's what i believe happened to him in his career. February 18 2001. Jr as we all know lost his father and had all Dale Srs fans thrust on him. In Sr Jr had obviously a father and somebody to steer him in the right direction. If Sr has still around its hard to believe Jr wouldn't have a title right now. Losing his father like that had to be crushing. Then when you take that Alms race in the Corvette when he was lucky to make it out of the fire that was to be hard. Maybe this is more of business instead of being a winning driver for him. Before that crash on off weekends you would see Jr running races. Jr had gotten into running the 24 Hours of Daytona every year. After that wreck do you see Jr running in anything but that Hendrick 88 car? No. In going to Hendrick he put all the pressure on himself. So he went from being a number one driver to being number three. I know the equipment at Hendrick is better,but that's rough not getting things your way. Hendrick is all about Jimmie and Jeff that's fine they deserve their status in the organization. Jr really doesn't fit there. I mean people can say he was born with a golden spoon. I'll take that spoon you say he had and hit you with it. Jr was never in car till he was a teenager. Jeff was racing all over the country by like age twelve. Jimmie was running off road races and bikes when he was younger. Ya Jr had everything handed to him. Sure keep saying that. I'm not saying that Jimmie and Jeff running all those races when they made them champions but it helps. If you want to race F1 over the pond you better get your kid in a go kart when they are four. Ya I said it four. Those kids are running fifty mile an hour go karts learning car control. Man when i was four I loved my big wheel. Not a go kart. The three drivers at Hendrick now have won everything they have driven. All I know is how many four car teams in Nascar can you say that all four are success? None. To me the perfect car number is three. I have no clue why you need four cars. Does an organization really have enough resources to to run those four? I know Rick Hendrick says all four cars all equal. Ok but why in California in February did Jr and Mark Martin blow up but Jimmie and Jeff didn't? If you didn't know they 24 and 48 are built in one shop and the 5 and 88 are in another. I know everybody is sick of the excuses and it is put up or shut up but maybe this isn't really a fight he can win. If Jr wins a championship it will be great. If he doesn't it won't be the end of the world. Some guys are just great when it comes to stock car racing. And some are just good. People have to remember though there is another seven time champions son who never produced anything.