Silly Season So Far: Do you thing the predicitions will hold up?

Question

#5= Casey Mears Out, Mark Martin In

#12= Ryan Newman Out, Casey Mears In

#20= Tony Stewart Out, Joey Lagano In

#66 and #70 will be driven by Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman

#1= Martin Truex Jr Out, Brad Keselowski in

New Childress Car driven by Martin Truex Jr.

These are just the major teams, if Stewart-Hass becomes a major team. Maybe Dario Franchitti or Scott Riggs will land a ride in the 96. Maybe Marcos Ambrose will be in a 2nd Robby Gordon Motorsports entry. Who knows on those fronts. But do you think the main rumors listed above will turn out true.

Just a bunch of switching around and

Answer 1

#5= Casey Mears Out, Mark Martin In

**Already Announced**

#12= Ryan Newman Out, Casey Mears In

**Probably best choice for Penske Racing and Mears so I say yes**

#20= Tony Stewart Out, Joey Lagano In

**Almost certain, JGR won't leave #20 empty but I am not sure they don't want Logano racing full time in Sprint Cup yet. I mean he is not even racing full time in Nationwide. I think JGR will go for another driver for just a one year contract... possibly Boris Said**

#66 and #70 will be driven by Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman

**They won't be racing those numbers though**

#1= Martin Truex Jr Out, Brad Keselowski in

**I think Keslowski will stay in Nationwide until 2010 and join Hendrick when Martin leaves the ride**

New Childress Car driven by Martin Truex Jr.

**This is in my opinion, certain**

Answer 2

#5= Casey Mears Out, Mark Martin In - No

#12= Ryan Newman Out, Casey Mears In _Newman IS out, he said so. Mears in....I doubt it.

#20= Tony Stewart Out, Joey Lagano In - Maybe

#66 and #70 will be driven by Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman - No

#1= Martin Truex Jr Out, Brad Keselowski in -No

New Childress Car driven by Martin Truex Jr. - Possible

Answer 3

#5: Already announced.

#12: More likely to be Truex or Stremme than Mears.

#20: Half of that has been announced, the other half is sure to come.

#66/#70: One will become the #14, driven by Tony Stewart.  The other car hasn't been announced, could very well be Newman.

#1: Truex may or may not leave.  If he does, I see Teresa to look for someone experienced to help the team, like Scott Riggs or Jeremy Mayfield.

New Childress Car (#33): Most likely will be Newman, Truex, or Wimmer, depending on what comes true with the other teams.

Ambrose has been announced to drive the #47 for JTG/Daugherty Racing in 2009.  They're going to actually introduce the car at Indy this weekend.

Gibbs is planning to start a fourth team as well.  Riggs will probably have a Cup ride... perhaps with Petty.  Franchitti will be fighting Sorenson for the #41.

Answer 4

Predictions are like letting out a f**t and hoping that you don’s c**p your pants. You never know until the f**t happens if it was a f**t or you just crapped your pants. Why not just wait and see what happens? Pondering it isn’t going to affect the outcome… really. Besides, 50% of the time you are going to be wrong, so why subject yourself to that?

Answer 5

if forced to guess, which i'm not of course, except by my own ego:

done and announced:

#5 - casey mears out, mark martin in

#70 or #66 - everybody out, tony stewart in, and car # change to #14

#47 - new car for JTG/Daugherty, marcos ambrose in

half done and announced:

#20 - tony stewart out (done), joey logano in

#12 - ryan newman out (done), david stremme in (he tests for penske now)

#33 - new childress car (done), casey mears (or maybe scott wimmer)

nothing confirmed yet:

#66 or #70 - scott riggs out, ryan newman in, probably a new car #

#1 - martin truex will stay still - dei exercised their option, he hasn't locked in yet, and has been looking elsewhere. but i heard yesterday that he supposedly overpriced himself out of a couple of possibilities.

that's my $0.18 worth of guesses.

Answer 6

Mark Martin is moving to Hendricks number 5.

Ryan Newman is leaving the 12 and driving for Stewart-Haas next year.

Truex is staying at DEI because he over priced himself.

Logano will be filling in for Stewart.

Stremme is going to be filling in the number 12 for Penske next year.

Casey Mears is driving the number 38 Robert Yates car and Gilliland is out.

New Childress Car will be filled by ______________?

Marcos Ambros is racing for JTG racing with Brad Daughtry (SP ESPN Guy).

Dario is stuck in NNS.

Scott Riggs will go to 96.

Those are my predictions.

Answer 7

#5= Casey Mears Out, Mark Martin In? Yes

#20= Tony Stewart Out, Joey Lagano In? Yes

The rest? Too unpredictable.