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2nd December 2010, 19:26 #1
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Scott Speed dropped by Red Bull
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88555
Speed released by Red Bull
By Diego Mejia
Thursday, December 2nd 2010, 15:41 GMT
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Scott Speed has been released by Red Bull, leaving the Californian out of a ride in the Sprint Cup series for 2011.
According to Speed's twitter feed, he got a termination letter from Red Bull last week, which he claimed to be "not huge surprise".
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2nd December 2010, 19:54 #2
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My immediate thought to this is that I dont want him to pick up another NASCAR ride; He should go to Indy Car. He's got open wheel experience obviously and i think he'd be an interesting addition over there.
Congratulations Sebastian Vettel. Champion of the season of seasons.
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2nd December 2010, 20:07 #3
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Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTRDVR . . . . . Life is too short to watch commercials.
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3rd December 2010, 05:02 #4
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Other alternatives would be Grand-Am or ALMS or LMS.
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5th December 2010, 04:19 #5
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He was an interesting dude...but in the end, NASCAR for him didn't suit him. He just never seemed to get better once that first year was gone...
"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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5th December 2010, 22:19 #6
He never got better, possibly because Red Bull never got better either. If he is serious about NASCAR I think he should try to get a full ride with Kyle Busch's truck team (who I've heard he is good personal friends with) & run for the Truck championship, and them run every Nationwide & Cup race he can get a ride for, even if he has to run for free.
Kyle Busch's trucks are first rate - if SS can win & challenge for the championship, he can probably make it back to Cup. If not, he probably needs to try some other career path.N.Hayden L.Hamilton D.Earnhardt R.Gordon S.Speed T.Stewart J.P.Montoya G.Rahal Ferrari Lotus
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6th December 2010, 00:33 #7
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e2 I think you are right. He will try for a Sprint Cup ride but they are harder and harder to get and he just has not produced for whatever reason. So he tries for Nationwide or truck. Nationwide is full of guys on the way up or doing double duty plus a female posseur. Truck is the best bet.
Failing that it will be ALMS (unlikely) or Grand Am with greatly reduced paychecks. Or retirement.
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7th December 2010, 22:00 #8
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Originally Posted by e2mtt
Hard to say. I suspect he made enough money in the last 5 years in F1 and Cup that he really doesn't HAVE to work again, but he does have a standard of living he would love to keep I am sure!"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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8th December 2010, 23:45 #9
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Speed suing Red Bull: UPDATE:
According to a tweet by Scott Speed, "today should be the day my lawyer files this lawsuit against Red Bull...Had to tell my loyal twitter followers before they saw it online". In a later post he made clear that he is looking for a ride for next season, "Sure not easy to find something when u start looking in December but we workin on it! Ill keep ya posted. sure we will find something".(12-8-2010)
http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20101208c#4 2014 Sprint Cup Champion, 2007 Daytona 500,2003 Brickyard 400,2x Coke 600,2014 Southern 500 Champ: 962 starts,90 wins, 345 T5s, 544 T10s, 44 poles, 2x NNS champ
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9th December 2010, 06:59 #10
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Originally Posted by Giuseppe F1
after that YouTube channel with tons of old rallying videos was 'stopped', now its time for one rallycross YouTube channel to have the same end. https://youtube.com/@rallygreat2660?feature=shared...
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