Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Nungester
I seen several post last year that it was too soon, he isn't ready, He hasn't paid his dues etc.
The kid jumped in a coil over sprinter that basically hardly anyone could drive competitively anymore and won two ultimate challenges, a four crown and finished second in another ultimate challenge with a four bar car. The Three crowns he won, he'd never even been to Eldora before. Won a preliminary Knoxville night with a primarily Non Wing crew. etc. etc.
I think even in NASCAR his ability hasn't been reached and a ton of Nascar Indycar is the team behind you. Its testing programs, R&D, Pit Crew and Crew Chief making the right calls at the right times.
Yung Money only needed time to be able to learn how to communicate what the car is doing in terms a crew chief could translate into what the car needed. Now he's a front runner in Nascar's top division.
|
Couldn't agree more Charles. Last year I posted that I thought that KL would be the new Target driver for 2014 when JPM wasn't rehired, and that it would be a success. Not many guys come along and nearly instantly get a feel for what the car is doing, and communicate that to the crew chief, and get to the front. I would fully expect, if given the opportunity, he could jump in a F1 or Indy car and be VERY competitive in just a short time.