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Keselowski has said that he wants a full-time Sprint Cup Series ride next year, meaning he can either bolt for another team that has an open seat available or could help bring JR Motorsports to the Cup Series or become a third car at Stewart-Haas Racing which would bring the grand total to 14 Sprint Cup Series cars from Hendrick Motorsports.
As Phillips said, "Welcome to the Hendrick Cup Series."
To some, they really don't see a problem with this scenario if it becomes reality. They may be right, as Hendrick has said all along that every car is getting the same equipment and no one will be given anything less to as a way to keep them from performing.
Will he be saying that if Stewart and Newman make the Chase and beat Johnson or Gordon for the Championship?
What if all these cars and organizations that get support from HMS go out and build their company up and become just as big as HMS and start beating them week in and week out?
As I mentioned earlier, my impression was that NASCAR was all about building your organization to be the best and have elite equipment.
Seems hard to do that when now most of your competition is going to have the same stuff as you do. I guess that would be the only time that it's acceptable to beat yourself.
Hendrick is a smart man and an excellent business man when it comes to NASCAR and what his organization needs to do and what his teams need in order to succeed and win. His accomplishments show that.
Hendrick must feel this isn't as big of a mess as it seems on paper. His company is the top of the Chevrolet teams and it knows how to keep them there.
It's obvious that the money will continue to roll into HMS and the organization will continue to produce equipment for anyone who wants it. That will keep Rick Hendrick in business and will make him a happy man.
But will he feel the pressure to keep all of his drivers happy?
Then again, maybe we have this all backwards. Maybe these teams have all seen that they can't beat Hendrick Motorsports, so instead they've decided to join 'em.
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