thoughts on AJ?

Hey All,

I was right as I said long ago - Penske shoulda gone with Brian Vickers. Much better chance of winning and avoiding all this. Background matters.

Open wheel probably is A J's best shot.

-Ed-
 
EasyEd said:
Hey All,

I was right as I said long ago - Penske shoulda gone with Brian Vickers.
-Ed-
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No, you were not right.
Until Brian Vickers drives for Penske, all you have is a perspective.

A different perspective is for example that Penske should have picked up Landon Cassill....
 
Addendum:
I should add that if Vickers is picked up by Penske, it wouldn't be surprising at all....Also of note, Stewart-Haas has yet to renew Ryan Newman's contract so here is another drive in contention for the seat....

It's arguable that Vickers is faster than Newman but I personally think Newman could work better with Keselowski than Vickers...
 
Hey All,

Ryan would be an outstanding choice as well. I was referring to an earlier thread which I did not dig up. Point is either Brian or Ryan would be good as they are both stock car racers.

-Ed-
 
It appears he will have a ride.



Shank wants Allmendinger in Grand-Am car: What's next for AJ Allmendinger? During a short telephone interview with FOXSports.com on Wednesday, Allmendinger expressed regret as well as gratitude for the outpouring of support from fans, which he acknowledged "helped me get through all of this." He said he has met with the administrator for NASCAR's Road to Recovery program and was given a "road map" to follow throughout the process. Team owner Michael Shank, who campaigns in the NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and won the Rolex 24 with Allmendinger behind the wheel at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 29, said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he would field a car for the driver once he satisfies the sanctioning body's requirements for reinstatement. "He has to go through the Road to Recovery - which we all accept and we all agree with," Shank said. "That process, I'm told, can take anywhere from a month to three months. We'll be testing in Daytona in October and November with the Daytona prototype and some new stuff we have from Ford Racing coming. If that's the case, as soon as NASCAR says it's been satisfied, we'll get him back in."(Fox Sports)(8-3-2012)
 
Word on the IndyCar side of the house is that Foyt wants him...Personally, I didn't care for how he left CART so I'm agnostic here....
 
Allmendinger said in an interview with ESPN that he took Adderall a couple of days before the race at Kentucky Speedway on June 30 because he was tired. He does not have ADHD or a prescription for the drug.

He says a friend gave him the pill and said it was a workout supplement that would give him energy.
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So he does not have ADHD, but he took a prescription drug given to him by a friend because he was feeling tired? That's being a real bonehead. I hope he has learned his lesson.

By the way, why did it take so long for him to confess as to what he took? My tinfoil hat is making me think he actually took an illegal drug and needed a couple of weeks to come up with a plausible story.
 
It is very difficult to believe he just took this pill because the guy said it would pep him up and never bothered to ask what it was.:isadizzy:
 
Some interesting notes from today's pre-race interview.
-NASCAR's drug test is flawed in that it couldn't narrow down the specific ADHD drug..in other words, it just read "Metamphetamine".
-Allmendingers NASCAR mandated treatment program was tailored for him and not a substance abuse program but rather a stress managment program.
-After hearing more of the complete story, (which we will never see), Rusty Wallace said he would take him.

As for me personally, after years of supervising individuals in the military and learning root cause analysis for individuals and situations, I've never been quick to condemn until after all the facts are in....

However, there are still some peculiars out.....Bottom line for me now is that it's not black and white to simply say "He's an addict" and call it a day.
 
personally i got side tracked ,AJ claims it is ADHD meds?..and nascar says its meth?.....well is it just cut and dry..no investigation?..doesnt a dr have to prescribe the ADHD meds?..and if so isnt that evidence?..i relaise nascar isnt a club or anything,but they should still follow the law of the land and investigate,mayfield was caught with drugs,,,but its making me wonder about his whole ordeal now too
 
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