Cup points leader Matt Kenseth leaving Roush Fenway Racing

[Zembonez]

I really don't keep up with these guys but I found this surprising considering how well they are doing this year.



http://www.usatoday.com/sports/moto...enseth-leaving-Roush-Fenway-Racing/55837750/1

 

[Darkanion]

Yeah, I was surprised to see that earlier..

 

[RebelThunder]

Hopefully he gets into a Chevy. Then I can pull for the WI boy

 

[RedRider]

Going to be interesting to see where he ends up.

 

[Tucson Z60]

Kurt Bush is sweating bullets about now...

 

[OldCracker29]

That's a shock.

 

[svensk]

He's probably not making as much money as he could be with shitty sponsorships. I don't blame him for leaving he's too talented to be putting up with that ghetto outfit. I remember the Roush championship years they we're dominating nascar...now what the hell happened to them?

 

[Zembonez]

He's probably not making as much money as he could be with shitty sponsorships. I don't blame him for leaving he's too talented to be putting up with that ghetto outfit. I remember the Roush championship years they we're dominating nascar...now what the hell happened to them?

Not much. They are just leading the points race for another championship.

I do tend to agree with you about the sponsors. That's a tough deal in NASCAR. Not sure I'd call the leading team ghetto just yet.

 

[Alljackedup408]

That's crazy.

 

[Darkanion]

My guess is that Kenseth is still making the same base pay, so RFR isn't netting as much (if any) because of the tough sponsorship deal.. If they can off-load Kenseth (estimated to have made $11M last year) and get Stenhouse Jr instead (estimated at low to mid 6-figures), that's a lot less sponsorship money Roush has to come up with AND it puts more money back into Roush's pockets with the sponsors they DO have / get..

I can understand the guys who are running Kurt Busch having a problem finding sponsorship for him / that car.. But, Matt Kenseth with RFR? That seems to me like they're not trying hard enough or whoever is doing the looking sucks at their jobs...