What were you thinking, Ricky?
It's been a couple of weeks, time enough to digest the official announcement that Ricky Rudd has returned to Robert Yates Racing. It's a good thing that Rudd was able to take a year off and that he was able to come back to the NEXTEL Cup Series and find a good ride. The question here is: Ricky, what were you thinking when you left RYR in the first place to go to the Wood Brothers? Rudd left RYR after a stormy 2002 season, and, only he, the people close to him and Yates and the people close to him know why that relationship was severed four years ago. Until mid-season 2002, Rudd was a championship contender. With all of the distractions about his eminent departure, the team's performance started going downhill. But to go over to the Wood Brothers, where he had no chance of even winning a race? I remember sitting in that press conference when he was announced, thinking "Why Ricky, why?" You have to do what you think is best for you and your family, but this just conjures up bad memories. Perhaps if he had stayed with RYR and worked out the differences with Yates, Texaco would still be on the side of the car along with the No. 28, Elliott Sadler would have spent 2003-2005 somewhere else, nobody would have heard of David Gilliland yet and Dale Jarrett might have finished his career at RYR because it was still thriving. You never know.
Posted: 1/3/2007 2:13:00 PM
Comments:
Exactely what you are thinking.
Been a long long time a DJ fan and finally realize what a PHONEY HE REALLY is That last interview where he states "HE RATHER DRIVE A tOYOTA ,THAN A FORD. DODGE OR CHEVY MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. OF COURSE AFTER FORD MADE THE PHONEY A MILLIONAIRE.  PARTS ARE MADE IN OTHER COUNTRY, IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH TOYOTA BUT THE PROFITS(LITTLE AS IT MAY BE RETURN TO THE USA)
guess the PHONEY can't figure that one out.

Show them how it done RUDD
Posted On: 1/3/2007 2:13:00 PM

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