100% agreed and the stats don't tell the whole tale.
I don't like Bubba any more than any of you do and as a Nascar fan, can't stand him as he's arrogant and seems to have a few screws loose. But on any given sunday, there are at least 39 other cars besides his so to say he's the worst is a fallacy. He's solid mid-pack which is to say, he's average. Doesn't help that RPM (Richard Petty Motorsports) hasn't really been competitive since Richard himself drove and even then, it was back in the early 80's when he was competitive as his later years, he was just ok.
The last really good driver that drove for RPM was Aric Almirola and he's now with Stewart Haas Racing and much more of a threat than he ever was a RPM. Bubba showed promise when he was in the XFinity series aka Busch series but has no where near performed to the expectations that were placed upon him. If he doesn't get a shot in top tier equipment (Hendrick, Stewart Haas, RCR, JGR) in the next couple of years, he'll probably flame out and be out of racing all together. That's assuming that Nascar itself will survive as it's been in a ratings plunge since about 2010 and the plunge accelerated when they started the dumbass stage racing and the old stalwarts of the sport started retiring (Gordon, Stewart, Jr., etc.).
Not even close to the worst LOL.
As an example, Michael Waltrip raced for 15 years without winning a race, before getting hired to race for DEI and getting his first win.
Auto racing in general requires a LOT of money to be competitive, and not all teams are on equal footing in that regard.
100% agreed and the stats don't tell the whole tale.
I don't like Bubba any more than any of you do and as a Nascar fan, can't stand him as he's arrogant and seems to have a few screws loose. But on any given sunday, there are at least 39 other cars besides his so to say he's the worst is a fallacy. He's solid mid-pack which is to say, he's average. Doesn't help that RPM (Richard Petty Motorsports) hasn't really been competitive since Richard himself drove and even then, it was back in the early 80's when he was competitive as his later years, he was just ok.
The last really good driver that drove for RPM was Aric Almirola and he's now with Stewart Haas Racing and much more of a threat than he ever was a RPM. Bubba showed promise when he was in the XFinity series aka Busch series but has no where near performed to the expectations that were placed upon him. If he doesn't get a shot in top tier equipment (Hendrick, Stewart Haas, RCR, JGR) in the next couple of years, he'll probably flame out and be out of racing all together. That's assuming that Nascar itself will survive as it's been in a ratings plunge since about 2010 and the plunge accelerated when they started the dumbass stage racing and the old stalwarts of the sport started retiring (Gordon, Stewart, Jr., etc.).