Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
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Can someone please explain to me all of the venom being spewed on this board about Kyle Larson? I just don't get it. You would think that sprint car fans would be happy to have such a bright, young talent arrive on the scene and enjoy watching him while they have the opportunity to do so.

I can't help but wonder what people would have been posting on this board about say maybe A.J. or Jan Opperman if Hoseheads had been around when they arrived on the scene? I don't
have the data base to check, but I somehow have the feeling that A.J. and Jan probably both started on the pole of a main event somewhere along the line and still ended up not winning.

Sprint car racing needs new, young blood if it's going to survive. I have no idea whether Kyle's parents are rich or whatever, and furthermore, I could care less. All I know is that even if someone gave me a million dollars to go sprint car racing on just a local basis for one season, I'm sure I could never win so much as even a heat race; even if they put me 2 laps ahead of the field when they dropped the green. Money doesn't buy talent, ability, and the drive to win; or a decent personality either as far as that goes.

So I'll continue to watch each and every driver and be more than glad that I had the opportunity to see them put on a good show in a sprint car of whatever "flavor". Maybe I'm just too old for all the crap that gets posted here.

And by the way, while my posting name here is J. Blundy …Fan Forever, I am, and always have been, a fan of anyone who has the intestinal fortitude to strap into a sprint car.

Thanks to all the drivers who carry on the sport I've loved for over 60 years and thanks for letting me vent!

The young man is a better open wheel racer than Tony or Kasey ever were. Had the pleasure of watching Mr. Larson and Mr. Clauson race during Midget Week, and they are amazing to watch. I am grateful that we have the talented, personable racers that we have.

Blundy, one word says it all.......JEALOUSY!!!!!

A young, successful driver like this becomes "keyboard fodder" for the socially unacceptable.

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"

Kyle Larson does have the talent, there is not doubt about that!

I think that most short track, open wheel racing fans are afraid he will jump to NASCAR, just like Jeff, Tony and Kasey did. Just imagine how much better open wheel racing would be if those guys ran ran full time with WOO!

There was a big thing about Larson not being able to race cmpetitively with the mid-west and eastern racers. I think he has more than proven he can. I live in the mid-west and I enjoy him coming back here to race winged and non winged. Drivers with his talent don't come around that often.

Woohoo, voice of reason! I just turned 62 myself. Kyle is excellent & the silly arguments get tiresome, don't they?

I'll tell you the dig from my perspective.

Last night Kyle Larson raced for a car owner and crew chief who has an extremely high profile sponsor on the car with a great cause as the focus, and all he could do after the race was talk about himself and Tony Stewart. He had to be prompted by the interviewer to talk about the name on the car, and he barely brushed over it. He was more concerned that Tony Stewart was watching him. Yes, that rubs me wrong.

Was it just a young kid who made a rare mistake? Hopefully. I've said it before - the pressure on him must be immense. But if you're going to be the next big deal, and you're running a hundred gazillion races a year, and this is your life, then you better have it down. Or maybe having Kyle Larson in the car is above what he was there to represent. It's entirely possible. He is big.

Half the posters called out Will before this race even happened, and then bitch if he responds. You all do the same thing you accuse him of. Except the Kyle fanatics go beyond with the threats. A person can't even have an opinion on a stupid nickname without the Kyle fanatics spewing threats. It's ridiculous, and that doesn't help anyone think any more of Kyle Larson. Nobody has ever said that he can't drive the crap out of a race car. The fact is that someone has to pay to fund that race car he drives, whether it be a rich entrepreneur that loves racing, or a corporation that sees his talent as an asset to their program. At least 10 times this week you all have put words in someone elses mouth about Kyles parents being rich. Even Paul Silva felt the need to clarify to me last weekend that they were not rich. I don't recall anyone having ever said otherwise. But the defensive nature about it tends to rub people wrong.

I'm going to get in trouble for even saying anything, but that's OK. I'm not jealous of Kyle. I don't think my son should be in his place. I don't even have ill feelings that my favorite duo is not together for this weekend. I think Kyle is a great talent, maybe one of the best there will ever be, who knows - and everyone behind the deal he is in this weekend (or any weekend for that matter) made a great choice to have him there. But I know a finish by almost any other driver that landed them in front of a microphone would have brought an interview that acknowledged who he was there with, and not the fact that some other rich owner 3000 miles away was watching him on TV. The entire Silva team and their new high profile sponsor may not have been hurt or offended, but it stood out like a sore thumb to me, and I felt bad for all involved.

Sorry Kyle, and Kyle fanatics, that one rubbed me wrong. And I still think the name yung money is stupid. But so am I for going against the current, so go figure.

The greatest knowledge is to know that you know nothing
at all.

That's where you are wrong once again. You want to say he didn't mention the important cause he was representing? He did mention it I heard it with my own ears. You're just looking for anything you can find to take shots. You say you don't have any issue with him but you apparently do. He DID talk about the Jeff Gordon Foundation no matter if you heard it or not pal.

Cheers!

Hey Pal - I was listening as well. He mentioned it AFTER the interviewer prompted him. BEFORE that, all he talked about was himself and Tony Stewart watching at home.

THIS is the problem. You want to hear what you want to hear. You want to read what you want to read. You put words and emotions into stuff that isn't there. I clearly said now, and before, that I have no issue with him, other than what I clearly state. Don't read anything more into it than that.

Well, maybe you can. Thats if you're reading into it that a$$holezs like yourself can go F yourself. Pal.

The greatest knowledge is to know that you know nothing
at all.

Handled very professionally and adult like, NOT......

You have to realize that many of the people on Hoseheads are losers, so they wouldn't be able to identify true talent and frequently give credit where it is not due and fail to recognize true, stand up, ambassadors of the sport. And who can blame him for racing asphalt?

Some of you experts on here probably know the answer but early on this thread it was mentioned about NASCAR "grabbing him up!" If not mistaken, he has already signed with a NASCAR owner.

Someone "in the know" please clarify.

thanx

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"

JBlundy,

My mother used to tell us,,,"The only time you make fun of someone,is when you are jelous of them",,,to straighten us out. It doesnt get any simpler than that!

The people that tries to find fault with anyone are usually only porch dwellers,that dont know a single soul other than their spouse and youngins,,,usually.

BC

There goes the neighborhood. Good try, Blundy

First of all "Yung Money" is the name of a popular rap label. So it is a hip nickname, And one of the best I have heard.

And he did mention the kick ball game. and the sponsors.

So I guess it rubbed you the wrong way that he was more concerned with winning, then being a damn informercial..

and if you didn't notice, Sliva's normal "driver" was in the car Larson won two A features in the night before.. This isn't even his car.

Instead of getting "rubbed the wrong way" Sounds like you need to just go "Rub" one out..

Thanks holley...we normally find out there are two sides to most things which end up on here. I really doubt young Larson would intentionally slight any sponsor.

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"

If i am not mistaken he signed with Chip Ganssi racing.. at least that is who is driving trucks for...