2012 Southern 500 at Darlington Weekend Discussion

[The Captain]

Things like this are why I'll never take the Busch brothers seriously as racers. They're spoiled man-children who think that they can get what they want by having mental tantrums. James Finch doesn't deserve to deal with the spit dealt by this "chase champion". On the flip-side though, being sponsorless is exactly what Kurt Busch deserves.

Huh? James Finch doesn't "deserve" anything. He saw a top level driver without a seat and landed him. Let's not act like James Finch is some kind of victim. He knew exactly who he was signing to drive the 51 car.

 

[Phantomguy24]

And let's also remember that James Finch could cut Kurt loose any time he wanted. I think the point where the bad publicity starts outweighing the good results is when that's going to happen, and personally I don't think that's too far away.

 

[RP Motorsports]

Well as they say "There is no such thing as bad publicity". I am sure most would disagree but its better for James Finch to have the contravesy and media attention that comes with Kurt. Because no publicity can do more harm. As long as were talking about them, the race team is relevant. Knowing they can handle Kurt will help get a them some talent next season when the seat opens up.

Normally I would agree. But in this situation, Finch doesnt necessarily need to be relevant or talked about as much as he needs funding. And with Kurt acting like that, I'm pretty sure its going to deter possible sponsors.

Cut the sponsorship part out of the equation, and I'd say hell yea. Even if its a negative situation thats making people pay attention, at least they're paying attention, which is better than not paying attention. But with this sport revolving around sponsorship, you cant afford to be doing anything that might make a sponsor think twice.