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When was the last time Dude ran his own car for any length of time...1980 something. He's still a quality drive that would make money for any local car owner. I agree that if he hooked up with any of his former car owners(Vermeer, Sonners, Forbrook, ect) and ran just Knoxville and Midwest he'd do pretty well and tack another Knoxville track championship to his resume. It would be great to have another 410 in Knoxville....I hope he's got Guy on his speed dial right now.

Even if the Dude called him I doubt very much that Guy would return his call.

I'm not sure Lasoski would really want to drive for Guy again like 2008 again anyway. It didn't seem like Guy wanted to race anywhere except Knox, no matter how close it was or what it payed.

when i talked to guy in the pits he said the reason why they couldnt go out on the road is because they didnt have a big time sponsor. thats why guy and sammy also parted ways even though they were winning. guy just wanted somone in his car so he could make some money and didnt tear anything up. if i remember right didnt lasoski drive his own car during the national 2 years ago and finish in the top 5.

I highly doubt that Danny's troubles have anything to do with the attempted hostile takeover of Casey's General Store. Especially since Lonnie Parsons has stated many times that he foots the bill himself and only puts Casey's on the car because of his (current or past, don't remember which) standing as a Board Member and Executive within Casey's.

Same goes for the Sonner 47, they have said for years that Don Lamberti (founder of Casey's) sponsors the car out of his pocket, as he didn't feel right using company funds to finance one of his "hobbies".

I'd look for Danny to be out of the 6 at the end of the season, it has nothing to do with the cars or motors (they are what Danny wants to run, he basically runs the whole show as it's based in his shop in MO, not in Lonnie's shop in DesMoines), I think it has more to do with driver attitude, fan interaction, and diminishment of skills the last few years.

Since Danny left the 20 car (or fired i guess it was), win total and point standing has gone down every season from what I can tell. He had a good year in the Roth 83, but his production as a driver has gone down and when your attitude alienates fans, promoters, sponsors and the like....well, I'll let you draw your own conclusions on that.

Thank you. It's not lonnie who foots the bill, but Lamberti. Any ways, to think the hostile take over bid has any affect on the car makes no sense. The car is privately funded.

I think Lasoski still has what it takes.

Put him in a TSR or KKR car and he will run in the top five every night.

Just don't think the 6 car is running top stuff every race.

Remember, this is an opinion!!!!!!

As far as his attitude...that doesn't have one thing to do with how he gets around a track.

The fact that I wouldn't invited him over for a cold iced-tea has no bearing on his ability to wheel one of these monsters!

TSA...It's not a GROPE...it's a Freedom Pat!

I do not think he ever blamed Jimmy Carr

The computer commandos did though

He won a lot of races Jimmy

I disagree Leon, his attitude can have a lot to do with how he gets around the track.

Let me put it this way, If YOU are a jerk at work to your co-workers that you rely on to make you better at your job, do you think you would be GREAT at your job? I think not, substitute Danny (and his attitude) and his crew guys (that make the car to his liking and do the maintenance which does a lot to winning races) into the same scenario. Danny's attitude can have a HUGE amount of bearing on how he gets around the track.

Treat your help like everything is their fault, and why would they want to work hard to make you go fast??

BLAME CANADA? Really? It was just a song from the SouthPark movie. That's like the forums I've frequented when people are quoting stock reports for the WoO owners... blind leading the blind comes to mind, but I digress. WoO is still in business, btw. Haven't heard any repossessions of their vehicles lately... that was Ted's gig.

Yes, the corporate situation at Casey's has "goings on" but that may not mean anything to the team, as evidenced with people saying the money isn't straight from the company itself.

Catfish Winker hasn't forgotten how to drive, I'll bet a nickel or 2 on that one. Consider the usual suspects when someone isn't winning with regularity: competition improved, equipment choice, equipment freshness, motor, shocks, maintenence, setup, communication, etc.

New ride/driver cures all for all concerned. (so they say)

Running Knoxville weekly and hitting regional shows within reasonable tow... wonder if that would be better moneywise for him this year? Can't really spend "WoO member" or deposit "prestige of national series regular" that come along with that role.

Him and guy forbrook teaming up again to race a true outlaw type schedule. I would love to see that at least one more time.

I couldn't have said it better myself. If it wasn't for a little bad luck he would have 3 or 4 wins already this year. The past month or so they have seemed to struggle and if it isn't the car, then what is it? You don't lose your ability to wheel a sprint car over night!!

I was there one night when Danny was blaming Jimmy for not winning enough (at Knoxville), even though they ran Top 3 almost every night and won the WoO Championship that year, he was complaining about Jimmy not running the motors on the edge enough, said he'd rather blow up than run 3rd..

Jimmy expressed to him that wins would come their way because they were consistent, Danny threw his hands in the air, said this is BS, we have to WIN, not run top 3 and stormed off.

I'm not a Danny fan by any stretch, but I've never seen Steve or Sammy or Doug act that way, they knew that if they ran top 3, that they would win their share (you can't win them all), even though they went out every night to WIN.

Is that you Charlie?

What happened to your old alias, The Owl?

If it is, you're still full of it.

Read Doug's book

Sammy never got mad, he drove for the same owner the whole time or did he?

A driver got mad at his crew chief I never saw that happen wow

I'm gonna agree with you here. I've seen Steve Kinser when he would show up at the track in just the worst mood and be frustrated the whole night. His results when he was like this were not what you would expect from the King. When Steve is fired up and in a good mood there is no stopping him.

After reading all your posts in this thread, vande77, it is quite obvious that you are "not a Danny fan by any stretch." You do, however, seem to be an expert on everything about him.......

Yeah it was an arctic cat paint scheme really sharpe lookin car but im pretty sure he raced that car there all year but i might be wrong

funny, I think it's more in regards to him racing in my hometown for nearly 20 years every weekend....(and winning a lot of them).

I'll say it again, your attitude can have a HUGE bearing on how you run. When confidence is high, guys run better, when everone on the crew, the owner, and the driver are all getting along great, you run better. When everyone is fighting or you aren't running good, your confidence goes down and you don't run as good (ask any driver, they can tell you that).

Good mood v. Bad mood? Really? Steve Kinser is in a bad mood when his car is not fast... It is all about running up front for Sammy and Steve.