I believe you are correct. I think Tony hooked him up with a job after Larry got sprung from the big house. Gregg, check your pm's.
David.

Tony displayed a loyalty to Larry Curry which Grandma Kim and I have never understood. Ask Tony's father about the Tony/Larry stuff..........
BTW, which genius at Vision Racing had his two drivers colliding in the pits in Japan. :thumbsdown: That was just plain stupid on the part of the person "managing" those cars during the race, not the drivers.

What i would like to see is this....

Tony Quits JGR and starts running only the big races. He gets a Cup car for Daytona and the Brickyard.... He runs the Indy 500 till he wins it.... and the nruns big USAC races with his team while continueing to run it and Eldora.

It would be awesome to see someone running only the big races again.

I know Tony is a Chevy guy and has their support of his open wheel programs. But I'm a little intrigued by the idea somebody else mentioned about Stewart joining Ganassi and his connection with Nardelli. If Tony were to go in that direction, that could provide some really cool opportunities. I don't know what Tony's feelings are about returning to the IndyCar series now that unification has finally happened. I honestly do not see him ever driving an IndyCar again. However, I think it would really be cool to see him run something like what S_Meekhof said. Run a third IndyCar for Chip, and when there are breaks in the schedule run the #40 (after they can Dario or Reed) in the Cup series. He could run Daytona and the Brickyard, and still have enough breaks in the IndyCar schedule to do more of the short track stuff that he enjoys. It would be a situation where he could still try to achieve some of his remaining goals, but also be free of some of the demands of a full Cup series schedule. That would be a true "outlaw" schedule at the highest level of motorsports. Never going to happen, but an interesting scenario to me. I can see him leaving Gibbs, but I think they have some obstacles to address.

What's to understand? They're friends. That's what friends do. They are loyal to each other.

The Vision mistake is nothing new - that has happened to just about every team in just about every series - from the have nots all the way up to the haves. So you made a mistake. You work through it and move on. Learn from it. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough my boss always said.

listen to his interviews ,he always say's the car :Steer
he doesn't use the t-word

it's a bow-tie thing (imo)

It was widely rumored that when Tony went to renegotiate his contract the last time, that he told his people something to the effect of, "Figure out how long I have to race to be set for life, make the contract for that length and I will then retire from the Cup series as a full-time driver". So, they came up with a contract through the 2009 season.

I heard rumblings a couple weeks back that he had signed a contract extension through 2012, but from all that is being said, that appears untrue.

So, what's going to happen?

I tell you this, if I am Tony Stewart, I would absolutely be exploring my options outside of JGR right now. I would be holding all the cards in doing so, because when we sit down to re-up, either JGR is going to pay me well above market value to keep my services for a couple more years, or I will simply just move on to a better deal for me. Maybe not financially per se, but in terms of my own happiness, and peace of mind, it would be more lucrative.

Again, if I was Tony, and was at this point as independently wealthy as he is, I would want to own or be a co-owner of my own Cup team (although I would steer clear of the Haas CNC team), so that I could race a limited schedule in the Cup series, continue to be an ambassador to Sprint Cup as a former champion, share in profits of my Cup team, and earn a decent living through competition, souvenir sales, and endorsement deals, all the while gaining my freedom to do the things I love to do...These things include, (but are not limited to) racing midgets, late models, silver crown cars, and sprint cars wherever, and whenever the hell I feel like it. Running Indy Cars when I feel like it, including shifting my focus on trying to win THE race I still covet, the Indianapolis 500. I would want to continue to help build the sport of short track racing with my various racetracks I own or co-own, and I would be looking to further invest in places that can not only help grow the sport, but that I could also benefit from financially, as well. And, I would want more time away from racing to do the things that I love to do outside of the sport. If I own or co-own my own Cup team, I can do just that...

Makes complete sense to me.

DM

I would love to see Tony run in EVERY type of racecar there is!

I was told he made the remark, that he had never raced in a World of Outlaw sprintcar race?
I hadn't really thought about it, but if he has, I couldn't remember when or where it was. Hmm?

Mostly I want to see him win the Indy 500!
(and run ever dirt race known to man)

:kookooHe should start a bar.....yea and have JJones and I run it.... yeaaaaa. Then he'll be big time.

You know what I would like to see? I would like to see Tony drop NASCAR To run Indy and the Grand AM Series. That would be kind of fun. Ganassi would be a guy that could supply him with such a deal.